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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
814
32230
411245
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
809
32201
411191
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
776
31720
407430
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
508
27640
383593
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
152
13621
245492
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles
8
1655
44487
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caraboidea
Latreille, 1802
2
1524
41333
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCarabidae
Latreille, 1802
Carabid beetles, Carabids, Ground Beetles, Tiger Beetles
1522
41323
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyCicindelinae
Latreille, 1802
Tiger beetles
100
3218
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeMegacephalini
Laporte, 1834
Big-headed Tiger Beetles
12
206
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Ecozones
12 Genera with 206 Species
Amblycheila Say, 1903Giant Tiger Beetles7SpeciesTaxom
Aniara Hope, 18011SpeciesTaxom
Cheiloxya Guérin-Ménev..., 18912SpeciesTaxom
Grammognatha Motschulsky, 18223SpeciesTaxom
Megacephala Latreille, 176678SpeciesTaxom
Metriocheila Thomson, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Oxycheila Dejean, 198156SpeciesTaxom
Phaeoxantha Chaudoir, 195817SpeciesTaxom
Picnochile Motschulsky, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Platychile MacLeay, 18011SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoxycheila Guérin-Ménev..., 201224SpeciesTaxom
Tetracha Hope, 2007Metallic Tiger Beetles114SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ecozones
206 Species and 99 Subspecies
Amblycheila baroni Rivers, 1890Montane giant tiger beetle
Amblycheila cylindriformis (Say, 1823)⇒ Amblycheila picolominii Reiche, 1839
Amblycheila halffteri Mateu, 1974
Amblycheila hoversoni Gage, 1991South Texas giant tiger beetle
Amblycheila nyx Sumlin, 1991
Amblycheila picolominii (Reiche, 1839)⇒ Amblycheila schwarzi Horn, 1903
Amblycheila schwarzi Horn, 1903Mojave giant tiger beetle
Aniara sepulchralis Fabricius, 1801
Cheiloxya binotata Castelnau, 1833
Cheiloxya longipennis W. Horn, 1891
Grammognatha euphratica Dejean, 1822
Grammognatha euphratica armenica Laporte, 1834
Grammognatha euphratica euphratica Dejean, 1822
Megacephala (Grammnognatha) euphratica Dejean, 1822
Megacephala (Megacephala) asperata C.O.Waterhouse, 1877
Megacephala asperata asperata C.O.Waterhouse, 1877
Megacephala asperata breviformis W.Horn, 1913
Megacephala asperata dodsi Péringuey, 1904
Megacephala asperata kaswabilengae Basilewsky, 1953
Megacephala asperata kigonserana Basilewsky, 1966
Megacephala asperata overlaeti Burgeon, 1937
Megacephala asperata seydeli Basilewsky, 1953
Megacephala asperata upembana Basilewsky, 1953
Megacephala asperata zuluana Basilewsky, 1966
Megacephala (Megacephala) baxteri Bates, 1886
Megacephala (Megacephala) bocandei Guérin-Ménev..., 1848
Megacephala bocandei bocandei Guérin-Ménev..., 1848
Megacephala bocandei clermonti W.Horn, 1913
Megacephala bocandei lemoulti W.Horn, 1912
Megacephala bocandei njamnjamensis W.Horn, 1892
Megacephala (Megacephala) denticollis Chaudoir, 1843
Megacephala denticollis denticollis Chaudoir, 1843
Megacephala denticollis persculpta Basilewsky, 1966
Megacephala denticollis schultzeorum W.Horn, 1904
Megacephala denticollis semilevis W.Horn, 1912
Megacephala denticollis tchadica Basilewsky, 1966
Megacephala (Megacephala) ertli W. Horn, 1904
Megacephala (Megacephala) johnnydeppi Werner, 2007
Megacephala (Megacephala) laevicollis C.O.Waterhouse, 1880
Megacephala laevicollis laevicollis C.O.Waterhouse, 1880
Megacephala laevicollis mandli Basilewsky, 1966
Megacephala laevicollis nideki Basilewsky, 1966
Megacephala laevicollis rugipennis W.Horn, 1935
Megacephala laevicollis ruziziana Basilewsky, 1966
Megacephala (Megacephala) morsii Fairmaire, 1882
Megacephala morsii basilewskyi Werner, 1999
Megacephala morsii bequaerti Basilewsky, 1966
Megacephala morsii gratiosa W.Horn, 1904
Megacephala morsii levisquamosa W.Horn, 1932
Megacephala morsii morsii Fairmaire, 1882
Megacephala (Megacephala) quadrisignata Dejean & Boi..., 1829
Megacephala (Megacephala) regalis Boheman, 1848
Megacephala regalis angolana Basilewsky, 1966
Megacephala regalis angulicollis H.Kolbe, 1892
Megacephala regalis atrospinosa W.Horn, 1931
Megacephala regalis babaulti Basilewsky, 1966
Megacephala regalis bennigseni W.Horn, 1896
Megacephala regalis bivari Serrano, 1996
Megacephala regalis catenulata Basilewsky, 1950
Megacephala regalis citernii W.Horn, 1912
Megacephala regalis excelsa Bates, 1874
Megacephala regalis hauseri W.Horn, 1898
Megacephala regalis katangana Basilewsky, 1950
Megacephala regalis naivashae Basilewsky, 1962
Megacephala regalis oscari W.Horn, 1904
Megacephala regalis peringueyi W.Horn, 1898
Megacephala regalis regalis Boheman, 1848
Megacephala regalis revoili Lucas, 1881
Megacephala regalis sebakuana Péringuey, 1904
Megacephala regalis serratosetosa W.Horn, 1932
Megacephala regalis vansoni Basilewsky, 1966
Megacephala regalis viridissima Basilewsky, 1966
Megacephala regalis xerophila Basilewsky, 1966
Megacephala (Megacephala) rivalieri Basilewsky, 1966
Megacephala (Megacephala) somalica Basilewsky, 1966
Megacephala somalica cassolai Basilewsky, 1978
Megacephala somalica somalica Basilewsky, 1966
Megacephala aida Mandl, 1959
Megacephala algirica Desmarest, 1849
Megacephala angustata (Chevrolat, 1841)⇒ Tetracha angustata Chevrolat, 1841
Megacephala apicespinosa SCHÜLE & KUD..., 2016
Megacephala armeniaca Brullé, 1834
Megacephala armenica Laporte, 1834
Megacephala carolina (Linnaeus, 1766)⇒ Tetracha carolina Linnaeus, 1766
Megacephala caspica J. R. Sahlberg, 1904
Megacephala hanzelkazikmundi Kudrna, 2015
Megacephala megacephala OLinnaeus, 1790Big-headed Tiger Beetle
Megacephala nigra W. Horn, 1900
Megacephala nigripennis Ferrante, 1908
Megacephala syriaca Gistel, 1837
Megacephala virginica (Linnaeus, 1766)⇒ Tetracha virginica Linnaeus, 1767
Metriocheila nigricollis Reiche, 1842
Oxycheila affinis (W. Horn, 1900)⇒ Oxycheila tristis Fabricius, 1775
Oxycheila aquatica Guérin-Ménev..., 1843
Oxycheila binotata Gray, 1832
Oxycheila bolivari W. Horn, 1897
Oxycheila bolivari bolivari W.Horn, 1897
Oxycheila bolivari oberthueri W.Horn, 1896
Oxycheila bolivari strandi W.Horn, 1913
Oxycheila brzoskai Wiesner, 1999
Oxycheila buestani Wiesner, 1999
Oxycheila chabrillacii Thomson, 1857
Oxycheila chaudoiri W. Horn, 1894
Oxycheila chestertonii Bates, 1872
Oxycheila costaricana Huber & Brzoska, 2000
Oxycheila distigma (Gory, 1831)⇒ Oxycheila binotata Gray, 1832
Oxycheila femoralis (Castelnau, 1833)⇒ Oxycheila lucasi W. Horn, 1893
Oxycheila femoralis femoralis Laporte, 1833
Oxycheila femoralis gratiosa Bates, 1874
Oxycheila fleutiauxi W. Horn, 1898
Oxycheila germaini Fleutiaux, 1893
Oxycheila glabra Waterhouse, 1880
Oxycheila gracillima Bates, 1872
Oxycheila gracillima gracillima Bates, 1872
Oxycheila gracillima weyrauchi Mandl, 1967
Oxycheila guatemalensis Cassola, 2011
Oxycheila haenschi W. Horn, 1900
Oxycheila hangayi Wiesner, 2003
Oxycheila howdeni Br. van Nidek, 1980
Oxycheila immaculata W. Horn, 1913
Oxycheila labiata (Brullé, 1837)⇒ Oxycheila lucasi W. Horn, 1893
Oxycheila lucasi W. Horn, 1893
Oxycheila nigroaenea Bates, 1872
Oxycheila nigroaenea nigroaenea Bates, 1872
Oxycheila nigroaenea variipes Bates, 1872
Oxycheila nigrosericea Mandl, 1981
Oxycheila obscura Wiesner, 1999
Oxycheila opacipennis Waterhouse, 1889
Oxycheila opacipennis cophognathoides W.Horn, 1913
Oxycheila opacipennis opacipennis C.O.Waterhouse, 1889
Oxycheila oxyoma Chaudoir, 1848
Oxycheila pearsoni Wiesner, 1999
Oxycheila pearsoni columbiensis Wiesner, 1999
Oxycheila pearsoni pearsoni Wiesner, 1999
Oxycheila peruviana Mandl, 1970
Oxycheila pinelii Guérin-Ménev..., 1843
Oxycheila plaumanni Mandl, 1963
Oxycheila pochoni Mandl, 1953
Oxycheila polita Bates, 1872
Oxycheila pseudoaquatica Wiesner, 1999
Oxycheila pseudofemoralis W. Horn, 1938
Oxycheila pseudoglabra Wiesner, 1999
Oxycheila pseudonigroaenea W. Horn, 1938
Oxycheila pseudostrandi Wiesner, 1999
Oxycheila similis W. Horn, 1892
Oxycheila tristis Fabricius, 1775
Oxycheila wiesneri Dheurle, 2012
Oxycheila wittmeri Wiesner, 1981
Phaeoxantha aequinoctialis Dejean, 1825
Phaeoxantha aequinoctialis aequinoctialis Dejean, 1825
Phaeoxantha aequinoctialis bifasciata Brullé, 1837
Phaeoxantha bucephala W.Horn, 1909
Phaeoxantha cruciata Brullé, 1837
Phaeoxantha cruciata cruciata Brullé, 1837
Phaeoxantha cruciata pilosula W.Horn, 1923
Phaeoxantha epipleuralis W.Horn, 1923
Phaeoxantha klugii Chaudoir, 1850
Phaeoxantha laminata Perty, 1830
Phaeoxantha lindemannae Mandl, 1964
Phaeoxantha nocturna Dejean, 1831
Phaeoxantha testudinea (Klug, 1834)⇒ Phaeoxantha klugii Chaudoir, 1850
Phaeoxantha tremolerasi W.Horn, 1909
Phaeoxantha tremolerasi barberoiana Podtiaguin, 1941
Phaeoxantha tremolerasi tremolerasi W.Horn, 1909
Phaeoxantha wimmeri Mandl, 1958
Picnochile fallaciosa Chevrolat, 1854
Platychile pallida Fabricius, 1801
Pseudoxycheila andina Cassola, 1997
Pseudoxycheila angustata Chaudoir, 1865
Pseudoxycheila atahualpa Cassola, 1997
Pseudoxycheila aymara Cassola, 1997
Pseudoxycheila bipustulata Latreille, 1811
Pseudoxycheila caribe Cassola, 1997
Pseudoxycheila ceratoma Chaudoir, 1865
Pseudoxycheila chaudoiri Dokhtouroff, 1882
Pseudoxycheila columbiana Cassola, 1997
Pseudoxycheila confusa Cassola, 1997
Pseudoxycheila immaculata W. Horn, 1905
Pseudoxycheila inca Cassola, 1997
Pseudoxycheila lateguttata Chaudoir, 1844
Pseudoxycheila lateguttata lateguttata Chaudoir, 1844
Pseudoxycheila lateguttata peruviana Cassola, 1997
Pseudoxycheila macrocephala Cassola, 1997
Pseudoxycheila nitidicollis Cassola, 1997
Pseudoxycheila onorei Cassola, 1997
Pseudoxycheila oxychiloides W. Horn, 1927
Pseudoxycheila pearsoni Cassola, 1997
Pseudoxycheila pseudotarsalis Cassola, 1997
Pseudoxycheila quechua Cassola, 1997
Pseudoxycheila tarsalis Bates, 1869
Pseudoxycheila tucumana Perger & Guerra, 2012
Tetracha (Neotetracha) acutipennis Dejean, 1825
Tetracha (Neotetracha) affinis Dejean, 1825Frillfin gobies
Tetracha (Neotetracha) angustata Chevrolat, 1841
Tetracha (Neotetracha) angusticollis W. Horn, 1896
Tetracha (Neotetracha) annuligera Lucas, 1857
Tetracha (Neotetracha) biimpressicollis Mandl, 1960
Tetracha (Neotetracha) bilunata Klug, 1834
Tetracha bilunata bilunata Klug, 1834
Tetracha bilunata werneri Naviaux, 2007
Tetracha (Neotetracha) camposi W. Horn, 1900
Tetracha (Neotetracha) cribrata Steinheil, 1875
Tetracha (Neotetracha) cyanea W. Horn, 1905
Tetracha (Neotetracha) distinguenda Dejean, 1831
Tetracha (Neotetracha) flammula W. Horn, 1905
Tetracha (Neotetracha) fulgida Klug, 1834Bright Metallic Tiger Beetle
Tetracha (Neotetracha) gracilis Reiche, 1842
Tetracha gracilis curacaoica Neervoort Va..., 1886
Tetracha gracilis gracilis Reiche, 1842
Tetracha (Neotetracha) huberi Johnson, 1991
Tetracha (Neotetracha) huedepohli Mandl, 1974
Tetracha (Neotetracha) impressa Chevrolat, 1841Upland Metallic Tiger Beetle
Tetracha (Neotetracha) insignis Chaudoir, 1850
Tetracha (Neotetracha) lacordairei Gory, 1833
Tetracha (Neotetracha) lateralis W. Horn, 1905
Tetracha (Neotetracha) lucifera Erichson, 1847
Tetracha lucifera intermedia Naviaux, 2007
Tetracha lucifera lucifera Erichson, 1847
Tetracha (Neotetracha) martii (Perty, 1830)⇒ Tetracha spixii spixii Brullé, 1837
Tetracha (Neotetracha) panamensis Johnson, 1991
Tetracha (Neotetracha) prolongata W. Horn, 1932
Tetracha (Neotetracha) pseudodistinguenda W. Horn, 1905
Tetracha (Neotetracha) rutilans Thomson, 1857
Tetracha (Neotetracha) spinosa Brullé, 1837
Tetracha (Neotetracha) thomsoniana W. Horn, 1915
Tetracha (Oblongotetracha) klagesi W. Horn, 1903
Tetracha (Paratetracha) aptera Chaudoir, 1862
Tetracha (Paratetracha) brasiliensis Kirby, 1818
Tetracha brasiliensis brasiliensis Kirby, 1819
Tetracha (Paratetracha) chacoensis Sawada & Wie..., 1997
Tetracha (Paratetracha) coerulea Lucas, 1857
Tetracha (Paratetracha) ensenada Huber, 1994
Tetracha (Paratetracha) femoralis (Perty, 1830)⇒ Tetracha aptera Chaudoir, 1862
Tetracha femoralis femoralis Perty, 1830
Tetracha femoralis rivalieri Naviaux, 2007
Tetracha (Paratetracha) germaini Chaudoir, 1865
Tetracha (Paratetracha) globosicollis W. Horn, 1913
Tetracha globosicollis globosicollis W.Horn, 1913
Tetracha globosicollis maya Mandl, 1959
Tetracha (Paratetracha) lafertei Thomson, 1857
Tetracha (Paratetracha) lanei Mandl, 1961
Tetracha (Paratetracha) latreillei Castelnau, 1834
Tetracha (Paratetracha) nicaraguensis Johnson, 1993
Tetracha (Paratetracha) oxychiliformis W. Horn, 1905
Tetracha (Paratetracha) pilosipennis Mandl, 1958
Tetracha (Paratetracha) pseudofulgida Mandl, 1963
Tetracha (Paratetracha) ruth W. Horn, 1907
Tetracha (Paratetracha) sommeri Chaudoir, 1850
Tetracha (Paratetracha) speciosa Chaudoir, 1860
Tetracha (Paratetracha) spixii Brullé, 1837
Tetracha spixii inquinata J.Thomson, 1857
Tetracha spixii opulenta Naviaux, 2007
Tetracha spixii spixii Brullé, 1837
Tetracha (Paratetracha) suturalis W. Horn, 1900
Tetracha (Tetracha) carolina Linnaeus, 1766Carolina Metallic Tiger Beetle
Tetracha carolina carolina Linnaeus, 1763Carolina Metallic Tiger Beetle
Tetracha carolina chevrolatii Chaudoir, 1861
Tetracha carolina moraveci Naviaux, 2007
Tetracha carolina occidentalis Klug, 1829
Tetracha (Tetracha) floridana Leng and Mut..., 1916Florida Metallic Tiger Beetle
Tetracha (Tetracha) sobrina Dejean, 1831
Tetracha sobrina antiguana Leng & Mutchler, 1916
Tetracha sobrina caicosensis WARD; DAVIDS..., 2011
Tetracha sobrina freyi Mandl, 1963
Tetracha sobrina guyanensis Naviaux, 2007
Tetracha sobrina infuscata Mannerheim, 1837
Tetracha sobrina punctata Laporte, 1835
Tetracha sobrina sobrina Dejean, 1831
Tetracha (Tetracha) virginica Linnaeus, 1767Virginia Big-headed Tiger Beetle
Tetracha bolivari Naviaux, 2007
Tetracha brevis Naviaux, 2007
Tetracha brevisulcata W.Horn, 1907
Tetracha brzoskai Naviaux, 2007
Tetracha buchardi Naviaux, 2007
Tetracha cassolai Naviaux, 2007
Tetracha chilensis Laporte, 1834
Tetracha confusa Chaudoir, 1865
Tetracha cyanides Bates, 1881
Tetracha dheurlei Naviaux, 2007
Tetracha erichsoni W.Horn, 1892
Tetracha foucarti Naviaux & Ri..., 2006
Tetracha frederici Naviaux, 2007
Tetracha genieri Naviaux, 2007
Tetracha horni (Ruge, 1892)⇒ Tetracha lanei Mandl, 1961
Tetracha immaculipennis Lucas, 1857
Tetracha inca Naviaux & Ug..., 2006
Tetracha longipennis Chaudoir, 1865
Tetracha mellyi Chaudoir, 1850
Tetracha misella Naviaux, 2007
Tetracha mniszechi J.Thomson, 1857
Tetracha naviauxi Ward, Davids..., 2011
Tetracha orbignyi Naviaux, 2007
Tetracha ovata Naviaux, 2007
Tetracha pearsoni Naviaux, 2007
Tetracha polita Naviaux, 2007
Tetracha pseudosobrina W.Horn, 1905
Tetracha quadrata Naviaux, 2007
Tetracha rawlinsi Davidson & N..., 2006
Tetracha rosalinae Naviaux, 2007
Tetracha sericea Naviaux, 2007
Tetracha smaragdina J.Thomson, 1857
Tetracha uhligi Naviaux, 2007
Tetracha vandenberghei Naviaux, 2007
Tetracha wardi Naviaux, 2007
Tetracha wiesneri Naviaux, 2007

Subnodes of Megacephalini with occurrences in Ecozones
SubtribeMegacephalina
Laporte, 1834
12
206
Genera
Species

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Links, sources and further information
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