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Checklist for Tribe Megacephalini Laporte, 1834 (Big-headed Tiger Beetles)
and region Australia (Australasia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
928
21139
104473
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
924
21108
104403
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
874
20837
103684
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
530
15898
85805
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
144
5891
36717
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles
7
613
5201
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caraboidea
Latreille, 1802
2
504
4153
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCarabidae
Latreille, 1802
Carabid beetles, Carabids, Ground Beetles, Tiger Beetles
501
4151
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyCicindelinae
Latreille, 1802
Tiger beetles
31
231
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeMegacephalini
Laporte, 1834
Big-headed Tiger Beetles
4
60
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Australia
4 Genera with 60 Species
Megacephala Latreille, 190131SpeciesTaxom
Picnochile Motschulsky, 1856
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudotetracha Fleutiaux, 199235SpeciesTaxom
Tetracha Hope, 1892Metallic Tiger Beetles1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Australia
60 Species and 7 Subspecies
Megacephala (Australicapitona) australasiae Hope, 1842
Megacephala (Australicapitona) basalis MacLeay, 1866
Megacephala (Australicapitona) bostockii Castelnau, 1867
Megacephala bostockii viridisericea Sumlin, 1992
Megacephala (Australicapitona) crucigera MacLeay, 1863
Megacephala (Australicapitona) hopei Castelnau, 1867
Megacephala (Australicapitona) intermedia Sloane, 1906
Megacephala (Australicapitona) karratha Sumlin, 1992
Megacephala (Australicapitona) scapularis MacLeay, 1863
Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) australis Chaudoir, 1865Green tiger beetle
Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) blackburni Fleutiaux, 1895
Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) canninga McCairns, Fr..., 1997
Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) castelnaui Sloane, 1906
Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) corpulenta W. Horn, 1907
Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) cuprascens Sumlin, 1997
Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) cylindrica MacLeay, 1863
Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) greyana Sloane, 1901
Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) helmsi Blackburn, 1892
Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) howittii Casletnau, 1867
Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) ion Sumlin, 1997
Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) kimberleyensis Mjoberg, 1916
Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) marginicollis Sloane, 1906
Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) mendacia Sumlin, 1997
Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) murchisona Fleutiaux, 1896
Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) oleadorsa Sumlin, 1992
Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) pulchra Brown, 1869
Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) serrella Sumlin, 1997
Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) spenceri Sloane, 1897
Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) whelani Sumlin, 1992
Megacephala frenchi (Sloane, 1893)⇒ Megacephala cylindrica MacLeay, 1863
Megacephala greyanus Sloane, 1901
Pseudotetracha australasiae Hope, 1842
Pseudotetracha australasiae australasiae
Pseudotetracha australasiae nickerli Srnka, 1895
Pseudotetracha australis Chaudoir, 1865Green Tiger Beetle
Pseudotetracha basalis W.J.Macleay, 1866
Pseudotetracha basalis basalis
Pseudotetracha basalis phaeoxantha W.Horn, 1894
Pseudotetracha blackburni Fleutiaux, 1895
Pseudotetracha bostockii Laporte, 1867
Pseudotetracha bostockii bostockii
Pseudotetracha bostockii viridisericea Sumlin, 1992
Pseudotetracha canninga McCAIRNS; FR..., 1997
Pseudotetracha castelnaui Sloane, 1906
Pseudotetracha corpulenta W.Horn, 1907
Pseudotetracha crucigera W.J.Macleay, 1863
Pseudotetracha cuprascens Sumlin, 1997
Pseudotetracha cylindrica W.J.Macleay, 1863
Pseudotetracha greyana Sloane, 1901
Pseudotetracha helmsi Blackburn, 1892
Pseudotetracha hopei Laporte, 1867
Pseudotetracha howittii Laporte, 1867
Pseudotetracha intermedia Sloane, 1906
Pseudotetracha ion Sumlin, 1997
Pseudotetracha karratha Sumlin, 1992
Pseudotetracha kimberleyensis Mjöberg, 1916
Pseudotetracha marginicollis Sloane, 1906
Pseudotetracha mendacia Sumlin, 1997
Pseudotetracha murchisona Fleutiaux, 1896
Pseudotetracha oleadorsa Sumlin, 1992
Pseudotetracha pulchra Brown, 1869
Pseudotetracha scapularis W.J.Macleay, 1863
Pseudotetracha serrella Sumlin, 1997
Pseudotetracha spenceri Sloane, 1897
Pseudotetracha timberensis Häckel & Ani..., 2015
Pseudotetracha whelani Sumlin, 1992Tiger Beetle
Tetracha helmsi (Blackburn, 1892)⇒ Megacephala helmsi Blackburn, 1892

Subnodes of Megacephalini with occurrences in Australia
SubtribeMegacephalina
Laporte, 1834
4
60
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Megacephalini at itis.gov