Tetracha floridana

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Tetracha floridana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Cicindelidae
Genus: Tetracha
Species:
T. floridana
Binomial name
Tetracha floridana
Leng & Mutchler, 1916

Tetracha floridana, known generally as the Florida metallic tiger beetle or Florida big-headed tiger beetle, is a species of big-headed tiger beetle in the family Cicindelidae. [1] [2] [3] [4] It is found in North America. [1] [5]

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Distribution and habitat

Only found along the Gulf coast of Florida from Dixie County to the Florida Keys. It inhabits coastal saltwater marshes and mudflats. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Tetracha floridana Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  2. ↑ "Tetracha floridana species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  3. ↑ "Tetracha floridana". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  4. 1 2 "Tetracha floridana Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  5. ↑ Duran, Daniel P.; Gough, Harlan M. (2020). "Validation of tiger beetles as distinct family (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), review and reclassification of tribal relationships". Systematic Entomology. 45 (4): 723–729. Bibcode:2020SysEn..45..723D. doi: 10.1111/syen.12440 .

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