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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
546
8352
22776
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
544
8349
22773
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
522
8231
22503
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
324
6473
18670
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
95
2607
7772
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles
6
167
568
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caraboidea
Latreille, 1802
2
142
526
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCarabidae
Latreille, 1802
Carabid beetles, Carabids, Ground Beetles, Tiger Beetles
141
525
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyCicindelinae
Latreille, 1802
Tiger beetles
14
63
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeMegacephalini
Laporte, 1834
Big-headed Tiger Beetles
4
14
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Panama
4 Genera with 14 Species
Megacephala Latreille, 18313SpeciesTaxom
Oxycheila Dejean, 18725SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoxycheila Guérin-Ménev..., 18691SpeciesTaxom
Tetracha Hope, 1831Metallic Tiger Beetles7SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Panama
14 Species and 3 Subspecies
Megacephala affinis (Dejean, 1825)⇒ Tetracha affinis Dejean, 1825
Megacephala panamensis Johnson, 1991
Megacephala sobrina (Dejean, 1831)⇒ Tetracha sobrina Dejean, 1831
Oxycheila chaudoiri W. Horn, 1894
Oxycheila costaricana Huber & Brzoska, 2000
Oxycheila polita Bates, 1872
Oxycheila polita chaudoiri W.Horn, 1894
Oxycheila polita polita Bates, 1872
Pseudoxycheila tarsalis Bates, 1869
Tetracha (Neotetracha) affinis Dejean, 1825Frillfin gobies
Tetracha (Neotetracha) angustata Chevrolat, 1841
Tetracha (Neotetracha) cyanea W. Horn, 1905
Tetracha (Neotetracha) huberi Johnson, 1991
Tetracha (Neotetracha) panamensis Johnson, 1991
Tetracha sobrina sobrina Dejean, 1831
Tetracha (Tetracha) sobrina Dejean, 1831

Subnodes of Megacephalini with occurrences in Panama
SubtribeMegacephalina
Laporte, 1834
4
14
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Megacephalini at itis.gov