# Megacephala

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***Megacephala*** is a small genus of [beetles](/source/Beetle) in the family [Cicindelidae](/source/Cicindelidae) restricted to [Africa](/source/Africa); it was formerly a much larger genus, but its constituent species (including all of the New World species) have been subsequently placed in other genera, primarily *[Tetracha](/source/Tetracha)*, but also *[Grammognatha](/source/Grammognatha)*, *[Metriocheila](/source/Metriocheila)*, *[Phaeoxantha](/source/Phaeoxantha)*, and *[Pseudotetracha](/source/Pseudotetracha)*.[1]

- *[Megacephala apicespinosa](/source/Megacephala_apicespinosa)* Schüle & Kudrna, 2016
- *[Megacephala asperata](/source/Megacephala_asperata)* (C.O.Waterhouse, 1877)
- *[Megacephala baxteri](/source/Megacephala_baxteri)* Bates, 1886
- *[Megacephala bocandei](/source/Megacephala_bocandei)* Guerin-Meneville, 1848
- *[Megacephala catenulata](/source/Megacephala_catenulata)* Basilewsky, 1950
- *[Megacephala denticollis](/source/Megacephala_denticollis)* (Chaudoir, 1843)
- *[Megacephala ertli](/source/Megacephala_ertli)* W.Horn, 1904
- *[Megacephala hanzelkazikmundi](/source/Megacephala_hanzelkazikmundi)* Kudrna, 2015
- *[Megacephala johnnydeppi](/source/Megacephala_johnnydeppi)* Werner, 2007
- *[Megacephala laevicollis](/source/Megacephala_laevicollis)* (C.O.Waterhouse, 1880)
- *[Megacephala megacephala](/source/Megacephala_megacephala)* (Olivier, 1790)
- *[Megacephala morsii](/source/Megacephala_morsii)* (Fairmaire, 1882)
- *[Megacephala quadrisignata](/source/Megacephala_quadrisignata)* Dejean, 1829
- *[Megacephala regalis](/source/Megacephala_regalis)* Boheman, 1848
- *[Megacephala somalica](/source/Megacephala_somalica)* Basilewsky, 1966

## References

1. Jürgen Wiesner (2021) Checklist of the Tiger Beetles of the World 2nd. Edition. ISBN 978-3-96014-777-0

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