Megacephalini

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Cicindelinae
Tribus: Megacephalini
Subtribus: Megacephalina

Genera: Amblycheila – Aniara – Callidema – Grammognatha – Megacephala – Metriocheila – Omus – Phaeoxantha – Picnochile – Pseudotetracha – Tetracha
Name

Megacephalini Laporte, 1834

Synonyms

Omini

References

Hackel, M. & Anichtchenko, A. 2015. Pseudotetracha timberensis: a new species from the Northern Territory, Australia (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Cicindelinae, Megacephalini) and considerations on the taxonomy of Pseudotetracha. Zootaxa 4057(1): 143–150. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4057.1.10. Preview (PDF) Reference page.

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Carabidae of the World

Megacephalini is a tribe of big-headed tiger beetles in the family Carabidae.
Tetracha virginica

Genera

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

Grammognatha Motschulsky, 1850
Megacephala Latreille, 1802
Metriocheila Thomson, 1857
Phaeoxantha Chaudoir, 1850
Pseudotetracha Fleutiaux, 1894
Tetracha Hope, 1838 (metallic tiger beetles)

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

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.

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. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de France. Vol. 7. 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. 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. Pensoft Series Faunistica. Vol. 66. 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. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 978-0665100550.