Tetracha chacoensis

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Tetracha chacoensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cicindelidae
Genus: Tetracha
Species:
T. chacoensis
Binomial name
Tetracha chacoensis
(Sawada & Wiesner, 1997)
Synonyms
  • Megacephala chacoensisSawada & Wiesner, 1997

Tetracha chacoensis is a species of tiger beetle that was described by Sawada & Wiesner in 1997. [1]

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References

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