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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
414
4554
9126
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
413
4553
9125
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
396
4477
8941
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
246
3247
6423
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
63
1142
2167
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles
4
84
142
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caraboidea
Latreille, 1802
1
58
86
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCarabidae
Latreille, 1802
Carabid beetles, Carabids, Ground Beetles, Tiger Beetles
58
86
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyCicindelinae
Latreille, 1802
Tiger beetles
11
27
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeMegacephalini
Laporte, 1834
Big-headed Tiger Beetles
4
9
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West Central Brazil
4 Genera with 9 Species
Megacephala Latreille, 19633SpeciesTaxom
Oxycheila Dejean, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Phaeoxantha Chaudoir, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Tetracha Hope, 1767Metallic Tiger Beetles4SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Central Brazil
9 Species
Megacephala (Apterotetracha) aptera Chaudoir, 1862
Megacephala annuligera Lucas, 1857
Megacephala pseudofulgida Mandl, 1963
Oxycheila tristis Fabricius, 1775
Phaeoxantha klugii Chaudoir, 1850
Tetracha (Neotetracha) annuligera Lucas, 1857
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 West Central Brazil
SubtribeMegacephalina
Laporte, 1834
4
9
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Megacephalini at itis.gov