Tetracha brasiliensis

Tetracha brasiliensis is a species of tiger beetle in the subfamily Cicindelinae that was described by William Kirby in 1818, and can be found in every country of South America except for Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Suriname, and Uruguay.[1]

Tetracha brasiliensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Tetracha
Species:
T. brasiliensis
Binomial name
Tetracha brasiliensis
(Kirby, 1818)
Synonyms
  • Megacephala brasiliensis Kirby, 1818
  • Megacephala carolinensis Kirby, 1818 (Unav.)
  • Tetracha Granulosa Chaudoir, 1860 (Unav.?)
  • Tetracha brasiliensis var. azurea Chaudoir, 1865
  • Tetracha brasiliensis durantoni Naviaux, 2007
  • Megacephala brasilensis Auctt. (missp.)

References

  1. Jürgen Wiesner (2021) Checklist of the Tiger Beetles of the World 2nd. Edition. ISBN 978-3-96014-777-0
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