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Taxonomy of Genus Megacephala Latreille, 1802


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
1891
142849
2048615
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
592
62779
813516
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles
23
6166
123695
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Caraboidea
Latreille, 1802
8
5520
109721
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyCarabidae
Latreille, 1802
Carabid beetles, Carabids, Ground Beetles, Tiger Beetles
5446
109537
Genera
Species
SubfamilyCicindelinae
Latreille, 1802
Tiger beetles
147
9206
Genera
Species
TribeMegacephalini
Laporte, 1834
Big-headed Tiger Beetles
13
774
Genera
Species
SubtribeMegacephalina
Laporte, 1834
13
774
Genera
Species
GenusMegacephala
Latreille, 1802
328Species
Subnodes of Megacephala Latreille, 1802
SubgenusMegacephala (Apterotetracha)
Naviaux, 2007
  ⇒ Tetracha
3Species
SubgenusMegacephala (Australicapitona)
Sumlin, 1992
12Species
SubgenusMegacephala (Grammnognatha)
Motschulsky, 1850
3Species
SubgenusMegacephala (Grammognatha)
Motschulsky, 1850
3Species
SubgenusMegacephala (Grammognathus)
Motschulsky, 1850
  ⇒ Megacephala
0Species
SubgenusMegacephala (Megacephala)
Latreille, 1802
63Species
SubgenusMegacephala (Metriocheila)
J.Thomson, 1857
0Species
SubgenusMegacephala (Microtetracha)
Naviaux, 2007
  ⇒ Tetracha
1Species
SubgenusMegacephala (Neotetracha)
Naviaux, 2007
0Species
SubgenusMegacephala (Oblongotetracha)
Naviaux, 2007
0Species
SubgenusMegacephala (Paratetracha)
Naviaux, 2007
0Species
SubgenusMegacephala (Phaeoxantha)
Chaudoir, 1850
0Species
SubgenusMegacephala (Prototetracha)
Naviaux, 2007
  ⇒ Tetracha
0Species
SubgenusMegacephala (Pseudotetracha)
Fleutiaux, 1894
41Species
SubgenusMegacephala (Tetracha)
Hope, 1838
Metallic Tiger Beetles
1Species
SpeciesMegacephala acutipennis Dejean, 1825
SpeciesMegacephala adonis Laporte, 1835
SpeciesMegacephala aequinoctialis Dejean, 1825
SpeciesMegacephala affinis Dejean, 1825  ⇒ Tetracha (Neotetracha) affinis
Upland Big-headed Tiger Beetle
2Subspecies
SpeciesMegacephala aida Mandl, 1959
SpeciesMegacephala algeriana Guérin-Méneville, 1846
SpeciesMegacephala algirica Desmarest, 1849
SpeciesMegacephala angulicollis Kolbe, 1892
SpeciesMegacephala angustata Chevrolat, 1841  ⇒ Tetracha (Neotetracha) angustata
SpeciesMegacephala angusticollis W. Horn, 1896
SpeciesMegacephala annuligera Lucas, 1857
SpeciesMegacephala apicespinosa SCHÜLE & KUDRNA, 2016
SpeciesMegacephala armeniaca Brullé, 1834
SpeciesMegacephala armenica Laporte, 1834
SpeciesMegacephala asperula Westwood, 1852
SpeciesMegacephala baby W.Horn, 1905
SpeciesMegacephala barberoiana Podtiaguin, 1941
SpeciesMegacephala bennigseni W. Horn, 1896
SpeciesMegacephala bifasciata J. Thomson, 1857
SpeciesMegacephala biimpressicollis Mandl, 1960
SpeciesMegacephala bilunata Klug, 1834
SpeciesMegacephala binotata Laporte, 1833
SpeciesMegacephala biprolongata W. Horn, 1937
SpeciesMegacephala boccandei Chaudoir, 1861
SpeciesMegacephala boisduvalii Gistel, 1837
SpeciesMegacephala bonnaireana Hummelinck, 1955
SpeciesMegacephala bostocki Castelnau, 1867
SpeciesMegacephala brasiliensis Kirby, 1818
SpeciesMegacephala brevilevis W.Horn, 1913
SpeciesMegacephala brevisulcata W. Horn, 1907
SpeciesMegacephala brzoskai Naviaux, 2007
SpeciesMegacephala bucephala W. Horn, 1909
SpeciesMegacephala cabounca Gurin-Mneville, 1848
SpeciesMegacephala caicosensis Ward & Davidson&Brzoska, 2011
SpeciesMegacephala camposi W. Horn, 1900
SpeciesMegacephala carolina Linnaeus, 1766  ⇒ Tetracha (Tetracha) carolina
Carolina Tiger Beetle
2Subspecies
SpeciesMegacephala carolinensis Latreille, 1805
SpeciesMegacephala caspica J. R. Sahlberg, 1904
SpeciesMegacephala catenulata Basilewsky, 1950
SpeciesMegacephala chacoensis Sawada & Wiesner, 1997
SpeciesMegacephala chevrolatii Chaudoir, 1861
SpeciesMegacephala chilensis Castelnau, 1834
SpeciesMegacephala chiliensis Fleutiaux, 1892
SpeciesMegacephala chrysochroa Dokhtouroff, 1882
SpeciesMegacephala coerulea Lucas, 1857
SpeciesMegacephala confusa Chaudoir, 1865
SpeciesMegacephala cordofana J.Thomson, 1857
SpeciesMegacephala cribrata Steinheil, 1875
SpeciesMegacephala cruciata Brullé, 1837
SpeciesMegacephala curacaoica van de Poll, 1886
SpeciesMegacephala curta Westwood, 1852
SpeciesMegacephala cyanea W. Horn, 1905
SpeciesMegacephala cyanescens Dokhtouroff, 1882
SpeciesMegacephala cyanides Bates, 1881
SpeciesMegacephala davidsoni Naviaux, 2007
SpeciesMegacephala desaegeri Basilewsky, 1950
SpeciesMegacephala discretesculpta W.Horn, 1905
SpeciesMegacephala distinguenda Dejean, 1831
SpeciesMegacephala dorotheae Mandl, 1957
SpeciesMegacephala elongata W.Horn, 1934
SpeciesMegacephala ensenada Huber, 1994
SpeciesMegacephala ephippium J.Thomson, 1857
SpeciesMegacephala epipleuralis W. Horn, 1923
SpeciesMegacephala erichsoni W.Horn, 1892
SpeciesMegacephala excisa Fairmaire, 1894
SpeciesMegacephala femoralis Perty, 1830
SpeciesMegacephala flammula W. Horn, 1905
SpeciesMegacephala fleissi Mandl, 1957
SpeciesMegacephala floridana Leng & Mutchler, 1916
SpeciesMegacephala forsteri Brouerius van Nidek, 1956
SpeciesMegacephala frenchi Sloane, 1893  ⇒ Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) cylindrica
SpeciesMegacephala freyi Mandl, 1963
SpeciesMegacephala fulgida Klug, 1834  ⇒ Tetracha (Neotetracha) fulgida
SpeciesMegacephala fuliginosa Bates, 1874
SpeciesMegacephala geniculata Chevrolat, 1834
SpeciesMegacephala globosicollis W. Horn, 1913
SpeciesMegacephala gracilis Reiche, 1842
SpeciesMegacephala granulosa Chaudoir, 1861
SpeciesMegacephala greyanus Sloane, 1901
SpeciesMegacephala hanzelkazikmundi Kudrna, 2015
SpeciesMegacephala hauseri W. Horn, 1898
SpeciesMegacephala herero Péringuey, 1893  ⇒ Megacephala (Megacephala) regalis regalis
SpeciesMegacephala hilarii Laporte, 1835
SpeciesMegacephala hoepfneri Gistel, 1837
SpeciesMegacephala horni Lane, 1943
SpeciesMegacephala huberi Johnson, 1991
SpeciesMegacephala huedepohli Mandl, 1974
SpeciesMegacephala ignea Bates, 1878
SpeciesMegacephala immaculipennis Lucas, 1857
SpeciesMegacephala impressa Chevrolat, 1841
SpeciesMegacephala inca Naviaux & Ugarte-Pena, 2006
SpeciesMegacephala infuscata Mannerheim, 1837
SpeciesMegacephala inquinata Thomson, 1857
SpeciesMegacephala insignis Chaudoir, 1850
SpeciesMegacephala junior Dochturov, 1882
SpeciesMegacephala klagesi W. Horn, 1903
SpeciesMegacephala klugi Chaudoir, 1850
SpeciesMegacephala klugii Chaudoir, 1850
SpeciesMegacephala kordofana Kollar, 1868
SpeciesMegacephala krueperi W.Horn, 1892
SpeciesMegacephala lacordairei Gory, 1833
SpeciesMegacephala laevigata Chaudoir, 1843
SpeciesMegacephala lafertei Thomson, 1857
SpeciesMegacephala laminata Perty, 1830
SpeciesMegacephala laportei Chevrolat, 1834
SpeciesMegacephala lateralis W. Horn, 1905
SpeciesMegacephala latipennis Chaudoir, 1843
SpeciesMegacephala latreillei Castelnau, 1834
SpeciesMegacephala lebasi Dejean, 1831
SpeciesMegacephala lebasii Dejean, 1831
SpeciesMegacephala levicollis W.Horn, 1898
SpeciesMegacephala levipunctata W.Horn, 1913
SpeciesMegacephala limata Perty, 1830
SpeciesMegacephala lindemannae Mandl, 1964
SpeciesMegacephala longipennis Chaudoir, 1865
SpeciesMegacephala lucifera Erichson, 1847
SpeciesMegacephala maculicornis Laporte, 1834
SpeciesMegacephala margincollis
SpeciesMegacephala martii Perty, 1830
SpeciesMegacephala mediopilosa Horn, 1934
SpeciesMegacephala megacephala OLinnaeus, 1790
Big-headed Tiger Beetle
SpeciesMegacephala megalocephala Fabricius, 1801
SpeciesMegacephala melaena Cartwright, 1935
SpeciesMegacephala mellyi Chaudoir, 1850
SpeciesMegacephala mexicana Gray, 1832
SpeciesMegacephala mniszechi J.Thomson, 1857
SpeciesMegacephala morsi
SpeciesMegacephala naivashae
SpeciesMegacephala neumanni Kolbe, 1897
SpeciesMegacephala nicaraguensis Johnson, 1993
SpeciesMegacephala nickerli Srnka, 1895
SpeciesMegacephala nigra W. Horn, 1900
SpeciesMegacephala nigricollis Reiche, 1842
SpeciesMegacephala nigrilabris Sumlin, 1997
SpeciesMegacephala nigripennis Ferrante, 1908
SpeciesMegacephala nigroviridis Mandl, 1967
SpeciesMegacephala nocturna Dejean, 1831
SpeciesMegacephala oberthueri Fairmaire, 1894
SpeciesMegacephala oblongula Fairmaire, 1894
SpeciesMegacephala obscura Dokhtouroff, 1882
SpeciesMegacephala obscurata Chaudoir, 1844
SpeciesMegacephala occidentalis Klug, 1829  ⇒ Megacephala (Megacephala) morsii basilewskyi
SpeciesMegacephala orbignyi Naviaux, 2007
SpeciesMegacephala oskari W.Horn, 1926
SpeciesMegacephala oxychiliformis W. Horn, 1905
SpeciesMegacephala oxychiloides W.Horn, 1897
SpeciesMegacephala panamensis Johnson, 1991
SpeciesMegacephala parinsignis Mandl, 1981
SpeciesMegacephala phaeoxantha W.Horn, 1894
SpeciesMegacephala phylogenetica W. Horn, 1909
SpeciesMegacephala pilosipennis Mandl, 1958
SpeciesMegacephala pilosula W.Horn, 1923
SpeciesMegacephala postampliata W.Horn, 1922
SpeciesMegacephala prolongata W. Horn, 1932
SpeciesMegacephala pseudoblackburni W.Horn, 1923
SpeciesMegacephala pseudodistinguenda W. Horn, 1905
SpeciesMegacephala pseudofulgida Mandl, 1963
SpeciesMegacephala pseudosobrina W.Horn, 1905
SpeciesMegacephala punctata Castelnau, 1835
SpeciesMegacephala quadricollis Westwood, 1852
SpeciesMegacephala rawlinsi Davidson & Naviaux, 2006
SpeciesMegacephala remota Westwood, 1852
SpeciesMegacephala revoili Lucas, 1881
SpeciesMegacephala ruth W. Horn, 1907
SpeciesMegacephala schaumi W.Horn, 1892
SpeciesMegacephala sebakuana Péringuey, 1903
SpeciesMegacephala senegalensis Latreille, 1806  ⇒ Megacephala megacephala
SpeciesMegacephala sloanei Horn, 1920
SpeciesMegacephala smaragdina J.Thomson, 1857
SpeciesMegacephala sobrina Dejean, 1831  ⇒ Tetracha (Tetracha) sobrina
SpeciesMegacephala sommeri Chaudoir, 1850
SpeciesMegacephala sparsimpunctata Mandl, 1961
SpeciesMegacephala spec Dokhtouroff, 1882
SpeciesMegacephala speciosa Chaudoir, 1860
SpeciesMegacephala spinosa Brullé, 1837
SpeciesMegacephala spixi Brullé, 1837
SpeciesMegacephala spixii Brullé, 1837
SpeciesMegacephala splendida Dokhtouroff, 1882
SpeciesMegacephala steinheili W. Horn, 1900
SpeciesMegacephala subopaca Fairmaire, 1894  ⇒ Megacephala (Megacephala) asperata asperata
SpeciesMegacephala succincta Erichson, 1847
SpeciesMegacephala suturalis W. Horn, 1900
SpeciesMegacephala syriaca Gistel, 1837
SpeciesMegacephala testudinea Klug, 1834
SpeciesMegacephala thomsoni Dokhtouroff, 1882
SpeciesMegacephala thomsoniana W. Horn, 1915
SpeciesMegacephala thoracica W.Horn, 1892
SpeciesMegacephala tremolerasi W. Horn, 1909
SpeciesMegacephala variolosa Dejean, 1825
SpeciesMegacephala violacea Reiche, 1842
SpeciesMegacephala violaceonigra Mandl, 1958
SpeciesMegacephala virginata Gmelin, 1790
SpeciesMegacephala virginica Linnaeus, 1766  ⇒ Tetracha (Tetracha) virginica
Virginia Big-headed Tiger Beetle
SpeciesMegacephala virgula J.Thomson, 1857
SpeciesMegacephala waterhousii Laporte, 1867
SpeciesMegacephala wimmeri Mandl, 1958
SpeciesMegacephala xerophila

Synonyms
Ammosia (Westwood, 1852)
Aptema (Audinet-Serville, 1825)
Australicapitona (Sumlin, 1992)
Gnatho (Brullé, 1834)
Grammognathus (Motschulsky, 1850)
Megacephala (Grammognathus) (Motschulsky, 1850)
Megalocephala (Fischer von Waldheim, 1821)
Metriocheila (Thomson, 1857)
Metriochila (Fleutiaux, 1892)
Phaeoxantha (Chaudoir, 1850)
Pseudotetracha (Fleutiaux, 1894)
Styphloderma (C.O.Waterhouse, 1877)
Tetracha (Hope, 1838)


Distribution of Megacephala Latreille, 1802
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Afghanistan


Algeria


Angola


Argentina


Armenia


Australia
30 Species
Azerbaijan


Belgium


Benin


Bolivia


Botswana


Brazil
17 Species
Burkina Faso


Burundi


Cameroon


Central African Republic


Chad


Chile


Colombia


Costa Rica


Cuba


Cyprus


Democratic Republic of the Congo
6 Species
Djibouti


Ecuador


Egypt


Ethiopia


Gambia


Georgia
2 Species
Ghana


Greece
2 Species
Guinea


Guinea-Bissau


India
2 Species
Iran
2 Species
Iraq


Israel


Ivory Coast


Jordan


Kazakhstan
2 Species
Kenya


Kuwait


Lebanon


Libya


Malawi


Mali


Mauritania


Mexico
5 Species
Morocco


Mozambique


Namibia


Nicaragua


Niger


Nigeria


Oman


Pakistan


Panama


Paraguay


Peru


Republic South Africa
2 Species
Saudi Arabia


Senegal


Somalia


Spain
2 Species
Sudan


Suriname


Syria


Tajikistan


Tanzania
6 Species
Togo


Tunisia


Turkey
2 Species
Turkmenistan


Uganda


United Arab Emirates


Uruguay


USA
2 Species
Uzbekistan


Venezuela


Yemen


Zambia


Zimbabwe




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