Megacephalini
TaxonMegacephalini
AuthorityLaporte, 1834

Megacephalini is a tribe of big-headed tiger beetles in the family Cicindelidae.

Genera

These genera belong definitively to the tribe Megacephalini, as they are groups often placed within the type genus Megacephala itself:

These genera are of less certain placement or status:[1]

  • Aniara Hope, 1838 (probable synonym of Tetracha)
  • Callidema Guérin-Méneville, 1843 (unrelated to other megacephalines)[2]
  • Cheiloxya Guerin-Meneville, 1855 (genetically unrelated to other megacephalines)
  • †Cretotetracha Zhao et al., 2019 (fossil taxon of uncertain affinity)
  • Oxycheila Dejean, 1825 (genetically unrelated to other megacephalines)
  • †Oxycheilopsis Cassola & Werner, 2004 (fossil taxon of uncertain affinity)
  • Pseudoxycheila Guerin-Meneville, 1839 (genetically unrelated to other megacephalines)

References

  1. ^ Gough, Harlan M.; Duran, Daniel P.; Kawahara, Akito Y.; Toussaint, Emmanuel F.A. (2018). "A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of tiger beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Cicindelinae)". Systematic Entomology. 44 (2): 1–17. doi:10.1111/syen.12324. S2CID 54046862
  2. ^ Análise cladística da tribo Megacephalini Laporte, 1834 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae)

Further reading

  • Naviaux, Roger (2007). Tetracha (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae, Megacephalina). Révision du genre et descriptions de nouveaux taxons. Vol. 7. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de France. Société Entomologique de France. ISBN 978-2-912703-09-5.
  • Pearson, David; Knisley, C. Barry; Kazilek, Charles J.; Pearson, David L. et al. (2005). A Field Guide To The Tiger Beetles Of The United States And Canada. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198040095.
  • Assmann, T.; Boutaud, E.; Buse, J.; Gebert, J. et al. (2018). "The tiger beetles (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae) of the southern Levant: from cybertaxonomy to conservation biolog". ZooKeys. ' (734): 43–103. doi:10.3897/zookeys.734.21989. PMC 5904327. PMID 29674855
  • Riley, K. & Browne, R. (2011). "Changes in ground beetle diversity and community composition in age structured forests (Coleoptera, Carabidae)". ZooKeys. ' (147): 601–621. Bibcode:2011ZooK..147..601R. doi:10.3897/zookeys.147.2102. PMC 3286241. PMID 22371677
  • Bousquet, Yves (2010). Illustrated Identification Guide to Adults and Larvae of Northeastern North American Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Pensoft Publishers. ISBN 978-954-642-522-5.
  • Erwin, Terry L. (2007). A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera): Their classification, distributions, and ways of life. Volume I. Trachypachidae, Carabidae - Nebriiformes 1. Vol. 66. Pensoft Series Faunistica. Pensoft Publishers. ISBN 978-954-642-2989. ISSN 1312-0174
  • Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds.) (2017). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 1: Archostemata - Myxophaga - Adephaga. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-33029-0.
  • LeConte, J. L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Vol. 3, no. 136. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 978-0665100550.