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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
535
5529
14269
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
532
5515
14254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
511
5423
14103
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
327
4090
11399
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
85
1408
4859
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles
6
212
806
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caraboidea
Latreille, 1802
1
164
580
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCarabidae
Latreille, 1802
Carabid beetles, Carabids, Ground Beetles, Tiger Beetles
164
580
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyCicindelinae
Latreille, 1802
Tiger beetles
17
94
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeMegacephalini
Laporte, 1834
Big-headed Tiger Beetles
3
34
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West Australia
3 Genera with 34 Species
Megacephala Latreille, 190111SpeciesTaxom
Pseudotetracha Fleutiaux, 189723SpeciesTaxom
Tetracha Hope, 1838
Metallic Tiger Beetles0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Australia
34 Species
Megacephala (Australicapitona) basalis MacLeay, 1866
Megacephala (Australicapitona) bostockii Castelnau, 1867
Megacephala (Australicapitona) hopei Castelnau, 1867
Megacephala (Australicapitona) intermedia Sloane, 1906
Megacephala (Australicapitona) karratha Sumlin, 1992
Megacephala (Australicapitona) scapularis MacLeay, 1863
Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) castelnaui Sloane, 1906
Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) murchisona Fleutiaux, 1896
Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) serrella Sumlin, 1997
Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) spenceri Sloane, 1897
Megacephala greyanus Sloane, 1901
Pseudotetracha australasiae Hope, 1842
Pseudotetracha australis Chaudoir, 1865Green Tiger Beetle
Pseudotetracha basalis W.J.Macleay, 1866
Pseudotetracha blackburni Fleutiaux, 1895
Pseudotetracha bostockii Laporte, 1867
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 greyana Sloane, 1901
Pseudotetracha helmsi Blackburn, 1892
Pseudotetracha hopei Laporte, 1867
Pseudotetracha intermedia Sloane, 1906
Pseudotetracha ion Sumlin, 1997
Pseudotetracha karratha Sumlin, 1992
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

Subnodes of Megacephalini with occurrences in West Australia
SubtribeMegacephalina
Laporte, 1834
3
34
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Megacephalini at itis.gov