Species Pseudotetracha blackburni (Fleutiaux, 1895)

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• Tetracha blackburni Fleutiaux, E. 1895. Descriptions de deux espèces nouvelles de Cicindelidae (Col.). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 95: 245-246 [245].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP, Esperance Bay, WA.
• Megacephala mediopilosa Horn, W. 1934. Ueber die Gattungen Megacephala und Apteroessa. Natuurhistorisch Maandblad 23: 154-156 [155].

  Type data:

   Holotype DEIB, Carnarvon district, WA.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Sumlin, W.D. 1997. Studies on the Australian Cicindelidae XII: Additions to Megacephala, Nickerlea and Cicindela with notes (Coleoptera). Cicindelidae: Bulletin of Worldwide Research 4(4): 1-56 [Date published 5/May/1997] [4]

Generic Combinations

• Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) blackburni (Fleutiaux, 1895). —
  Sumlin, W.D. 1997. Studies on the Australian Cicindelidae XII: Additions to Megacephala, Nickerlea and Cicindela with notes (Coleoptera). Cicindelidae: Bulletin of Worldwide Research 4(4): 1-56 [Date published 5/May/1997]
• Pseudotetracha blackburni (Fleutiaux, 1895).
• Megacephala blackburni (Fleutiaux, 1895).
• Pseudotetracha blackburni (Fleutiaux, 1895).

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: nocturnal, predator, riparian, salt lake, swamp, terrestrial.

Larva: burrower, predator.

General References

Sloane, T.G. 1906. Revision of the Cicindelidae of Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 31: 309-360 pls XXV-XXXI [317] (taxonomy)

History of changes