| Tetracha martii | |
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| Male and female from Bolivia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cicindelidae |
| Tribe: | Megacephalini |
| Genus: | Tetracha |
| Species: | T. martii |
| Binomial name | |
| Tetracha martii (Perty, 1830) | |
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Tetracha martii, common name Marti's metallic tiger beetle, is a species of beetles of the family Cicindelidae. [1] [2] [3]
Tetracha martii can reach about 16 millimetres (0.63 in) in length. Adults are nocturnal and ground-dwelling.
This species occurs in Bolivia, Brazil, Peru and Paraguay. It prefers moist grasslands at an elevation of about 300–600 metres (980–1,970 ft) above sea level. [1] [2]
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Cephalota elegans is a species in the tiger beetle family Cicindelidae. It is found in eastern Europe and western Asia, in the European-Siberian steppe.
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Archidela is a genus in the beetle family Cicindelidae. There are at least four described species in Archidela.
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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.
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Tetracha virginica, known generally as the Virginia metallic tiger beetle or Virginia big-headed tiger beetle, is a species of big-headed tiger beetle in the family Cicindelidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Megacephalini is a tribe of big-headed tiger beetles in the family Cicindelidae.
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