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Checklist for Genus Megacephala Latreille, 1802
and region New Guinea (Australasia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
397
4697
21747
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
396
4696
21746
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
381
4612
21406
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
237
3397
17247
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
65
1298
7004
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles
3
236
1496
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caraboidea
Latreille, 1802
1
213
1343
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCarabidae
Latreille, 1802
Carabid beetles, Carabids, Ground Beetles, Tiger Beetles
213
1343
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyCicindelinae
Latreille, 1802
Tiger beetles
16
178
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeMegacephalini
Laporte, 1834
Big-headed Tiger Beetles
1
19
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubtribeMegacephalina
Laporte, 1834
1
19
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
GenusMegacephala
Latreille, 1802
19Species 
Taxom
 


Genera for New Guinea
1 Genera with 19 Species
Megacephala Latreille, 192522SpeciesTaxom


Species list for New Guinea
19 Species and 3 Subspecies
Megacephala (Australicapitona) bostockii Castelnau, 1867
Megacephala (Australicapitona) excisilatera Sloane, 1897
Megacephala (Australicapitona) viridisericea Sumlin, 1992
Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) basalis Dejean, 1826
Megacephala basalis basalis Dejean, 1826
Megacephala basalis misoriensis Raffray, 1878
Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) caligatus Bates, 1872
Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) chaudoirii Schaum, 1860
Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) cheesmanae Wiesner, 1988
Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) cyaneus Chaudoir, 1861
Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) cyanipennis Bonelli, 1818
Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) dichromus J. Thomson, 1859
Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) festivus Boisduval, 1835
Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) hackeri Sloane, 1906
Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) humeralis (M´Leay, 1863)⇒ Megacephala australasiae Hope, 1842
Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) labiatus Fabricius, 1801
Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) pseudorothschildi Mandl & Pearson, 1978
Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) punctulatus Chaudoir, 1865
Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) purpureus Chaudoir, 1865
Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) rothschildi W. Horn, 1896
Megacephala rothschildi pseudofestivus Wiesner, 1988
Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) thierfelderi W. Horn, 1925


Links, sources and further information
Megacephala at gbif.org
Megacephala at itis.gov