Tetracha Genieri

''Tetracha'' is a genus of metallic tiger beetles in the family Cicindelidae, formerly treated as a subgenus within the genus ''Megacephala''. ''Tetracha'' species are exclusively New World in distribution, while ''Megacephala'' are exclusively Old World in distribution.Jürgen Wiesner (2021) Checklist of the Tiger Beetles of the World 2nd. Edition. There are ~100 described species in ''Tetracha''.

Species

* '' Tetracha acutipennis'' (Dejean, 1825) ^{c g}
* ''Tetracha affinis'' (Dejean, 1825) ^{i c g}
* ''Tetracha angustata'' (Chevrolat, 1841) ^{i c g}
* '' Tetracha angusticollis'' W.Horn, 1896 ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha annuligera'' Lucas, 1857 ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha aptera'' Chaudoir, 1862 ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha biimpressicollis'' (Mandl, 1960) ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha bilunata'' (Klug, 1834) ^{c g}
* ''Tetracha bolivari'' Naviaux, 2007 ^{c g}
* ''Tetracha brasiliensis'' (Kirby, 1819) ^{c g}
* ''Tetracha brevis'' Naviaux, 2007 ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha brevisulcata'' (W.Horn, 1907) ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha brzoskai'' Naviaux, 2007 ^{c g}
* ''Tetracha buchardi'' Naviaux, 2007 ^{c g}
* ''Tetracha camposi'' W.Horn, 1900 ^{c g}
* ''Tetracha carolina'' (Linnaeus, 1763) ^{i c g b} (Carolina metallic tiger beetle)
* ''Tetracha cassolai'' Naviaux, 2007 ^{c g}
* ''Tetracha chacoensis'' (Sawada & Wiesner, 1997) ^{c g}
* ''Tetracha chilensis'' (Laporte, 1834) ^{c g}
* ''Tetracha coerulea'' Lucas, 1857 ^{c g}
* ''Tetracha confusa'' Chaudoir, 1865 ^{c g}
* ''Tetracha cribrata'' Steinheil, 1875 ^{c g}
* ''Tetracha cyanea'' (W.Horn, 1905) ^{c g}
* ''Tetracha cyanides'' Bates, 1881 ^{c g}
* ''Tetracha davidsoni'' Naviaux, 2007 ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha deuvei'' Naviaux, 2007 ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha dheurlei'' Naviaux, 2007 ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha distinguenda'' (Dejean, 1831) ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha ensenada'' R.Huber, 1994 ^{c g} (Ensenada metallic tiger beetle)
* '' Tetracha erichsoni'' W.Horn, 1892 ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha erwini'' Naviaux, 2010 ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha femoralis'' (Perty, 1830) ^{c g}
* ''Tetracha flammula'' (W.Horn, 1905) ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha floridana'' Leng & Mutchler, 1916 ^{i c g b} (Florida metallic tiger beetle)
* '' Tetracha foucarti'' Naviaux & Richoux, 2006 ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha frederici'' Naviaux, 2007 ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha fulgida'' (Klug, 1834) ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha genieri'' Naviaux, 2007 ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha germaini'' Chaudoir, 1865 ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha globosicollis'' (W.Horn, 1913) ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha gracilis'' (Reiche, 1842) ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha horni'' Ruge, 1892 ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha huberi'' (Johnson, 1991) ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha huedepohli'' (Mandl, 1974) ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha immaculipennis'' Lucas, 1857 ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha impressa'' (Chevrolat, 1841) ^{i c g b} (upland metallic tiger beetle)
* '' Tetracha inca'' Naviaux & Ugarte-Peña, 2006 ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha insignis'' Chaudoir, 1850 ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha klagesi'' W.Horn, 1903 ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha lacordairei'' (Gory, 1833) ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha lafertei'' J.Thomson, 1857 ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha lanei'' (Mandl, 1961) ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha lateralis'' W.Horn, 1905 ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha latreillei'' (Laporte, 1834) ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha longipennis'' Chaudoir, 1865 ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha lucifera'' (Erichson, 1847) ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha magdalenae'' Dheurle, 2017
* '' Tetracha martii'' (Perty, 1830) ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha mellyi'' Chaudoir, 1850 ^{c g}
* ''Tetracha misella'' Naviaux, 2007 ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha mniszechi'' J.Thomson, 1857 ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha naviauxi'' Ward; Davidson & Brzoska, 2011 ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha nicaraguensis'' (Johnson, 1993) ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha onorei'' Naviaux, 2007 ^{c g}
* ''Tetracha orbignyi'' Naviaux, 2007 ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha ovata'' Naviaux, 2007 ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha oxychiliformis'' (W.Horn, 1905) ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha panamensis'' (Johnson, 1991) ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha parallela'' Naviaux, 2010 ^{c g}
* ''Tetracha pearsoni'' Naviaux, 2007 ^{c g}
* ''Tetracha pierrei'' Naviaux, 2007 ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha pilosipennis'' (Mandl, 1958) ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha polita'' Naviaux, 2007 ^{c g}
* ''Tetracha prolongata'' (W.Horn, 1932) ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha pseudodistinguenda'' (W.Horn, 1905) ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha pseudofulgida'' (Mandl, 1963) ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha pseudosobrina'' (W.Horn, 1905) ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha quadrata'' Naviaux, 2007 ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha rawlinsi'' Davidson & Naviaux, 2006 ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha rosalinae'' Naviaux, 2007 ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha ruth'' (W.Horn, 1907) ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha rutilans'' J.Thomson, 1857 ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha sericea'' Naviaux, 2007 ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha sinaloa'' Huber & Shetterly, 2019
* ''Tetracha smaragdina'' J.Thomson, 1857 ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha sobrina'' (Dejean, 1831) ^{i c g}
* '' Tetracha sommeri'' Chaudoir, 1850 ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha speciosa'' Chaudoir, 1860 ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha spinosa'' (Brullé, 1837) ^{c g}
* ''Tetracha spixii'' (Brullé, 1837) ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha sumptuosa'' Dheurle, 2018
* '' Tetracha suturalis'' W.Horn, 1900 ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha thomsoniana'' W.Horn, 1915 ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha uhligi'' Naviaux, 2007 ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha vandenberghei'' Naviaux, 2007 ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha venezolana'' Naviaux, 2007 ^{c g}
* ''Tetracha virginica'' (Linnaeus, 1767) ^{i c g b} (Virginia metallic tiger beetle)
* '' Tetracha wardi'' Naviaux, 2007 ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha wiesneri'' Naviaux, 2007 ^{c g}
* '' Tetracha zerchei'' Naviaux, 2007 ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

References

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Further reading

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Cicindelidae
Adephaga genera
Taxa named by Frederick William Hope