# Tetracha

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. There are ~100 described species in Tetracha.

## Species

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