Megacephala megacephala

Megacephala megacephala
	Megacephala megacephala; museum specimen
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Cicindelidae
Genus:	Megacephala
Species:	M. megacephala
Binomial name
	Megacephala megacephala; (Olivier, 1790)
Synonyms
	Cicindela megacephala Olivier, 1790; Cicindela megalocephala Fabricius, 1801 (Emend.); Megacephala senegalensis Latreille, 1805; Megacephala cyanescens Dokhtouroff, 1882; Megacephala krüperi Horn, 1892; Megacephala kreuperi Auctt. (Emend.);

Megacephala megacephala, common name big-headed tiger beetle, is a species of tiger beetle in the subfamily Cicindelinae that was described by Guillaume-Antoine Olivier in 1790.^[1]

Distribution

This species can be found in savanna-type habitats of Africa.^[2]

^ Jürgen Wiesner (2021) Checklist of the Tiger Beetles of the World 2nd. Edition. ISBN 978-3-96014-777-0
^ Beetles in the bush

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Megacephala megacephala

Megacephala megacephala; museum specimen
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Cicindelidae
Genus:	Megacephala
Species:	M. megacephala
Binomial name
*Megacephala megacephala* (Olivier, 1790)
Synonyms
Cicindela megacephala Olivier, 1790 Cicindela megalocephala Fabricius, 1801 (Emend.) Megacephala senegalensis Latreille, 1805 Megacephala cyanescens Dokhtouroff, 1882 Megacephala krüperi Horn, 1892 Megacephala kreuperi Auctt. (Emend.)