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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
482
6547
17544
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
480
6543
17539
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
464
6450
17312
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
303
5522
15636
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
77
1799
4593
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Adephaga
Schellenberg, 1806
Adephagans, Ground Beetles and Water Beetles
5
259
987
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caraboidea
Latreille, 1802
1
228
910
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCarabidae
Latreille, 1802
Carabid beetles, Carabids, Ground Beetles, Tiger Beetles
228
910
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyCicindelinae
Latreille, 1802
Tiger beetles
17
92
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeMegacephalini
Laporte, 1834
Big-headed Tiger Beetles
1
2
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Zimbabwe
1 Genera with 2 Species
Megacephala Latreille, 196611SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Zimbabwe
2 Species and 9 Subspecies
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 (Megacephala) regalis Boheman, 1848
Megacephala regalis angulicollis H.Kolbe, 1892
Megacephala regalis peringueyi W.Horn, 1898
Megacephala regalis regalis Boheman, 1848
Megacephala regalis sebakuana Péringuey, 1904
Megacephala regalis vansoni Basilewsky, 1966
Megacephala regalis viridissima Basilewsky, 1966

Subnodes of Megacephalini with occurrences in Zimbabwe
SubtribeMegacephalina
Laporte, 1834
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Megacephalini at itis.gov