Genus Pseudotetracha Fleutiaux, 1894

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• Pseudotetracha Fleutiaux, E. 1894. Les Megacephalidae d'Australie. Revue d'Entomologie (Caen) 13: 123-128 [123].

  Type species:

   Megacephala (Megecephala) cylindrica Macleay, 1863 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Victorian Midlands (VM), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Central Ranges (CR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Nullarbor (NUL) ; NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW) ; NT, WA: Central Kimberley (CK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Victoria Bonaparte (VB) ; SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

General References

Huber, R.L. 1994. A new species of Tetracha from the west coast of Venezuela, with comments on genus-level nomenclature (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae). Cicindela 26: 49–75 (status revised to full genus)

Zerm, M., Wiesner, J., Ledezma, J., Brzoska, D., Drechsel, U., Cicchino, A.C., Rodriguez, J.P., Martinsen, L., Adis, J. & Bachmann, L. 2007. Molecular phylogeny of Megacephalina Horn, 1910 tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae). Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 42(3): 211-219

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