Tetracha floridana

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]

Tetracha floridana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cicindelidae
Genus: Tetracha
Species:
T. floridana
Binomial name
Tetracha floridana
Leng & Mutchler, 1916

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. "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. "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). doi:10.1111/syen.12440.

Further reading

  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2017). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 1: Archostemata - Myxophaga - Adephaga. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-33029-0.


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