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Tetracha spinosa

species of beetles

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionOct 17, 2025
Entity authorityQ60062369
Source-derived summary

Tetracha spinosa is a species of tiger beetle that was described by Brullé in 1837.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Tetracha spinosa” as species of beetles. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Tetracha, spinosa and species.

Editorial reviewUseful for establishing the present vocabulary of the subject while preserving a route back to the evidence on which that vocabulary rests. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1837—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Tetracha, spinosa and species providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Tetracha spinosa”, the useful work is to connect “species of beetles” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Stable identifiers, scientific names and standards terminology offer the best bridge between this overview and specialist evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Oct 17, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q60062369. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1837.

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Scientific names, classifications and consensus can change while older terminology persists in catalogues and historical literature. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from Tetracha spinosa” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.