# Cephalota

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{{Short description|Genus of beetles}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Cephalota circumdata leonschaeferi side.jpg
| image_caption = ''Cephalota circumdata''
| display_parents = 2
| taxon = Cephalota
| authority = Dokhtouroff, 1883
| subdivision_ranks = Subgenera
| subdivision =
* ''Cassolaia'' <small>Wiesner, 1985</small>
* ''Cephalota'' <small>Dokhtouroff, 1883</small>
* ''Taenidia'' <small>Rivalier, 1950</small>
}}

'''''Cephalota''''' is a genus in the [beetle](/source/beetle) family [Cicindelidae](/source/Cicindelidae). There are more than 20 described species in ''Cephalota''.<ref name=catlife/><ref name=Duran2020/>
thumb|''Cephalota maura''
thumb|''Cephalota galathea''
==Species==
These 27 species belong to the genus ''Cephalota'':
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* Subgenus ''Cassolaia'' <small>Wiesner, 1985</small>
** ''[Cephalota maura](/source/Cephalota_maura)'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
* Subgenus ''Cephalota'' <small>Dokhtouroff, 1883</small>
** ''[Cephalota hispanica](/source/Cephalota_hispanica)'' <small>(Gory, 1833)</small>
** ''[Cephalota luctuosa](/source/Cephalota_luctuosa)'' <small>(Dejean, 1831)</small>
** ''[Cephalota pseudodeserticola](/source/Cephalota_pseudodeserticola)'' <small>(W.Horn, 1891)</small>
** ''[Cephalota turcica](/source/Cephalota_turcica)'' <small>(Schaum, 1859)</small>
* Subgenus ''Taenidia'' <small>Rivalier, 1950</small>
** ''[Cephalota atrata](/source/Cephalota_atrata)'' <small>(Pallas, 1776)</small>
** ''[Cephalota besseri](/source/Cephalota_besseri)'' <small>(Dejean, 1826)</small>
** ''[Cephalota chiloleuca](/source/Cephalota_chiloleuca)'' <small>(Fischer von Waldheim, 1820)</small>
** ''[Cephalota circumdata](/source/Cephalota_circumdata)'' <small>(Dejean, 1822)</small>
** ''[Cephalota deserticola](/source/Cephalota_deserticola)'' <small>(Faldermann, 1836)</small>
** ''[Cephalota deserticoloides](/source/Cephalota_deserticoloides)'' <small>(Codina, 1931)</small>
** ''[Cephalota dulcinea](/source/Cephalota_dulcinea)'' <small>Lopez; de la Rosa & Baena, 2006</small>
** ''[Cephalota eiselti](/source/Cephalota_eiselti)'' <small>(Mandl, 1967)</small>
** ''[Cephalota elegans](/source/Cephalota_elegans)'' <small>(Fischer von Waldheim, 1823)</small>
** ''[Cephalota galathea](/source/Cephalota_galathea)'' <small>(Thieme, 1881)</small>
** ''[Cephalota hajdajorum](/source/Cephalota_hajdajorum)'' <small>Gebert, 2016</small>
** ''[Cephalota illecebrosa](/source/Cephalota_illecebrosa)'' <small>(Dokhtouroff, 1885)</small>
** ''[Cephalota jakowlewi](/source/Cephalota_jakowlewi)'' <small>(Semenov, 1896)</small>
** ''[Cephalota kutshumi](/source/Cephalota_kutshumi)'' <small>(Putchkov, 1993)</small>
** ''[Cephalota littorea](/source/Cephalota_littorea)'' <small>(Forskål, 1775)</small>
** ''[Cephalota schrenkii](/source/Cephalota_schrenkii)'' <small>(Gebler, 1841)</small>
** ''[Cephalota susanneae](/source/Cephalota_susanneae)'' <small>Gebert, 1994</small>
** ''[Cephalota tibialis](/source/Cephalota_tibialis)'' <small>(Dejean, 1822)</small>
** ''[Cephalota turcosinensis](/source/Cephalota_turcosinensis)'' <small>(Mandl, 1938)</small>
** ''[Cephalota vartianorum](/source/Cephalota_vartianorum)'' <small>(Mandl, 1967)</small>
** ''[Cephalota vonderdeckeni](/source/Cephalota_vonderdeckeni)'' <small>Gebert, 1992</small>
** ''[Cephalota zarudniana](/source/Cephalota_zarudniana)'' <small>(Tschitscherine, 1903)</small>
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==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=catlife>
{{Cite web| title=''Cephalota'' Dokhtouroff, 1883
| url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/8KVYC
| website=Catalogue of Life
| access-date=2023-04-17
}}</ref>

<ref name=Duran2020>
{{Cite journal
| title = Validation of tiger beetles as distinct family (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), review and reclassification of tribal relationships
| date = 2020
| last1 = Duran | first1 = Daniel P.
| last2 = Gough | first2 = Harlan M.
| journal = Systematic Entomology
| volume = 45| issue = 4
| pages = 723–729
| doi = 10.1111/syen.12440
| bibcode = 2020SysEn..45..723D
| doi-access = free
}}</ref>
}}

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