Megacephalini is a tribe of big-headed tiger beetles in the family Cicindelidae.
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| Tetracha floridana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cicindelidae |
| Tribe: | Megacephalini Laporte, 1834 |
Genera
editThese genera belong definitively to the tribe Megacephalini, as they are groups often placed within the type genus Megacephala itself:
- Grammognatha Motschulsky, 1850
- Megacephala Latreille, 1802
- Metriocheila Thomson, 1857
- Phaeoxantha Chaudoir, 1850
- Pseudotetracha Fleutiaux, 1894
- Tetracha Hope, 1838 (metallic tiger beetles)
These genera are of less certain placement or status:[1]
- Aniara Hope, 1838 (probable synonym of Tetracha)
- Callidema Guérin-Méneville, 1843 (unrelated to other megacephalines)[2]
- Cheiloxya Guerin-Meneville, 1855 (genetically unrelated to other megacephalines)
- †Cretotetracha Zhao et al., 2019 (fossil taxon of uncertain affinity)
- Oxycheila Dejean, 1825 (genetically unrelated to other megacephalines)
- †Oxycheilopsis Cassola & Werner, 2004 (fossil taxon of uncertain affinity)
- Pseudoxycheila Guerin-Meneville, 1839 (genetically unrelated to other megacephalines)
References
edit- ^ Gough, Harlan M.; Duran, Daniel P.; Kawahara, Akito Y.; Toussaint, Emmanuel F.A. (2018). "A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of tiger beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Cicindelinae)". Systematic Entomology. 44 (2): 1–17. doi:10.1111/syen.12324. S2CID 54046862.
- ^ Análise cladística da tribo Megacephalini Laporte, 1834 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae)
Further reading
edit- Naviaux, Roger (2007). Tetracha (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae, Megacephalina). Révision du genre et descriptions de nouveaux taxons. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de France. Vol. 7. Société Entomologique de France. ISBN 978-2-912703-09-5.
- Pearson, David; Knisley, C. Barry; Kazilek, Charles J.; Pearson, David L.; et al. (2005). A Field Guide To The Tiger Beetles Of The United States And Canada. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198040095.
- Assmann, T.; Boutaud, E.; Buse, J.; Gebert, J.; et al. (2018). "The tiger beetles (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae) of the southern Levant: from cybertaxonomy to conservation biolog". ZooKeys (734): 43–103. doi:10.3897/zookeys.734.21989. PMC 5904327. PMID 29674855.
- Riley, K.; Browne, R. (2011). "Changes in ground beetle diversity and community composition in age structured forests (Coleoptera, Carabidae)". ZooKeys (147): 601–621. doi:10.3897/zookeys.147.2102. PMC 3286241. PMID 22371677.
- Bousquet, Yves (2010). Illustrated Identification Guide to Adults and Larvae of Northeastern North American Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Pensoft Publishers. ISBN 978-954-642-522-5.
- Erwin, Terry L. (2007). A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera): Their classification, distributions, and ways of life. Volume I. Trachypachidae, Carabidae - Nebriiformes 1. Pensoft Series Faunistica. Vol. 66. Pensoft Publishers. ISBN 978-954-642-2989. ISSN 1312-0174.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2017). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 1: Archostemata - Myxophaga - Adephaga. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-33029-0.
- LeConte, J. L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 978-0665100550.
External links
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