IRMNG - Tetracha Hope, 1838

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Tetracha Hope, 1838

IRMNG_ID

1442053 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1442053)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Cicindelidae Latreille, 1802

Synonymised names

Apterotetracha Naviaux, 2007 · unaccepted

Gnatho Illiger, 1807 · unaccepted (Senior objective synonym)

Microtetracha Naviaux, 2007 · unaccepted (currently treated as subgenus)

Neotetracha Naviaux, 2007 · unaccepted (currently treated as subgenus)

Oblongotetracha Naviaux, 2007 · unaccepted (currently treated as subgenus)

Paratetracha Naviaux, 2007 · unaccepted (currently treated as subgenus)

Prototetracha Naviaux, 2007 · unaccepted (currently treated as subgenus)

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Species Tetracha australasiae
Species Tetracha helmsi Blackburn, 1892
Species Tetracha australis Chaudoir, 1865 accepted as Megacephala australis (Chaudoir, 1865)
Species Tetracha basalis Macleay, 1866 accepted as Megacephala basalis (Macleay, 1866)
Species Tetracha blackburni Fleutiaux, 1895 accepted as Megacephala blackburni (Fleutiaux, 1895)
Species Tetracha greyanus Sloane, 1901 accepted as Megacephala greyanus (Sloane, 1901)
Species Tetracha hopei Castelnau, 1867 accepted as Megacephala hopei (Castelnau, 1867)
Species Tetracha murchisona Fleutiaux, 1896 accepted as Megacephala murchisona (Fleutiaux, 1896)
Species Tetracha waterhousii Castelnau, 1867 accepted as Megacephala australis (Chaudoir, 1865)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Hope, F.W. (1838). The coleopterist's manual, part the second, containing the predaceous land and water beetles of Linnaeus and Fabricius. Bohn, London. xvi+168 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37980
page(s): 7 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2023). Tetracha Hope, 1838. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1442053 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2023-07-16 18:38:22Z

changed

Girard, Jean-Sébastien

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Sources (15)

original description Hope, F.W. (1838). The coleopterist's manual, part the second, containing the predaceous land and water beetles of Linnaeus and Fabricius. Bohn, London. xvi+168 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37980
page(s): 7 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record Brands, S. J. (compiler). (1989-2005). Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Originally available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/; for current information, refer http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/ProjectDescription.aspx . [details]

status source Bousquet, Y. (2012). Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera: Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico. ZooKeys. 245: 1-1722., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416 [details]

verified source for family Hallan, J. (2000-2017). Biology Catalog (2012 version), http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (as at 2012). [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

extant flag source Brands, S. J. (compiler). (1989-2005). Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Originally available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/; for current information, refer http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/ProjectDescription.aspx . [details]

habitat flag source as per family (nonmarine except where stated) [details]

original description (of Gnatho Illiger, 1807) Illiger, J.K.W. (1807). Vorschlag zur Aufnahme im Fabricischen Systeme fehlender Käfergattungen. Magazin für Insektenkunde. 6: 318-349., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33080848
page(s): 348 [details]

original description (of Apterotetracha Naviaux, 2007) Naviaux, R. (2007). Tetracha (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae, Megacephalina). Revision of the genus and descriptions of new taxa. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de France. 7: 1-197. [details]

original description (of Microtetracha Naviaux, 2007) Naviaux, R. (2007). Tetracha (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae, Megacephalina). Revision of the genus and descriptions of new taxa. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de France. 7: 1-197. [details]

original description (of Neotetracha Naviaux, 2007) Naviaux, R. (2007). Tetracha (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae, Megacephalina). Revision of the genus and descriptions of new taxa. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de France. 7: 1-197. [details]

original description (of Oblongotetracha Naviaux, 2007) Naviaux, R. (2007). Tetracha (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae, Megacephalina). Revision of the genus and descriptions of new taxa. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de France. 7: 1-197. [details]

original description (of Paratetracha Naviaux, 2007) Naviaux, R. (2007). Tetracha (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae, Megacephalina). Revision of the genus and descriptions of new taxa. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de France. 7: 1-197. [details]

original description (of Prototetracha Naviaux, 2007) Naviaux, R. (2007). Tetracha (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae, Megacephalina). Revision of the genus and descriptions of new taxa. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de France. 7: 1-197. [details]