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Checklist for Tribe Megacephalini Laporte, 1834 (Big-headed Tiger Beetles)
and region Mato Grosso (West Central Brazil, Brazil)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
275
2148
4127
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
275
2148
4127
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
261
2105
4056
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
160
1485
3009
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
40
550
992
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles
3
43
78
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caraboidea
Latreille, 1802
1
23
31
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCarabidae
Latreille, 1802
Carabid beetles, Carabids, Ground Beetles, Tiger Beetles
23
31
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyCicindelinae
Latreille, 1802
Tiger beetles
7
13
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeMegacephalini
Laporte, 1834
Big-headed Tiger Beetles
4
7
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Mato Grosso
4 Genera with 7 Species
Megacephala Latreille, 18572SpeciesTaxom
Oxycheila Dejean, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Phaeoxantha Chaudoir, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Tetracha Hope, 1767Metallic Tiger Beetles3SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Mato Grosso
7 Species
Megacephala (Apterotetracha) aptera Chaudoir, 1862
Megacephala annuligera Lucas, 1857
Oxycheila tristis Fabricius, 1775
Phaeoxantha klugii Chaudoir, 1850
Tetracha (Neotetracha) distinguenda Dejean, 1831
Tetracha (Paratetracha) brasiliensis Kirby, 1818
Tetracha (Tetracha) virginica Linnaeus, 1767Virginia Big-headed Tiger Beetle

Subnodes of Megacephalini with occurrences in Mato Grosso
SubtribeMegacephalina
Laporte, 1834
4
7
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Megacephalini at itis.gov