''Megacephala'' is a small genus of
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
s in the family
Cicindelidae
Tiger beetles are a family of beetles, Cicindelidae, known for their aggressive predatory habits and running speed. The fastest known species of tiger beetle, ''Rivacindela hudsoni'', can run at a speed of , or about 125 body lengths per second. ...
restricted to
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
; 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
''Tetracha'' is a genus of metallic tiger beetles in the family Cicindelidae, formerly treated as a subgenus within the genus '' Megacephala''. ''Tetracha'' species are exclusively New World in distribution, while ''Megacephala'' are exclusively ...
'', but also ''
Grammognatha'', ''
Metriocheila'', ''
Phaeoxantha
''Phaeoxantha'' is a genus of tiger beetles in the family Cicindelidae, formerly included within the genus ''Megacephala
''Megacephala'' is a small genus of beetles in the family Cicindelidae restricted to Africa; it was formerly a much larger ...
'', and ''
Pseudotetracha
''Pseudotetracha'' is a genus of tiger beetles in the family Cicindelidae, formerly included within the genus ''Megacephala'', and endemic to Australia.HÄCKEL, M.; ANICHTCHENKO, A. (2015) ''Pseudotetracha timberensis'': a new species from the No ...
''.
[Jürgen Wiesner (2021) Checklist of the Tiger Beetles of the World 2nd. Edition. ]
* ''
Megacephala apicespinosa''
Schüle & Kudrna, 2016
* ''
Megacephala asperata''
(C.O.Waterhouse, 1877)
* ''
Megacephala baxteri
''Megacephala baxteri'' is a species of tiger beetle in the subfamily Cicindelinae that was described by Henry Walter Bates
Henry Walter Bates (8 February 1825, in Leicester – 16 February 1892, in London) was an English naturalist and e ...
''
Bates, 1886
* ''
Megacephala bocandei''
Guerin-Meneville, 1848
* ''
Megacephala catenulata''
Basilewsky, 1950
* ''
Megacephala denticollis''
(Chaudoir, 1843)
* ''
Megacephala ertli
''Megacephala ertli'' is a species of tiger beetle in the subfamily Cicindelinae
Tiger beetles are a family of beetles, Cicindelidae, known for their aggressive predatory habits and running speed. The fastest known species of tiger beetle, '' ...
''
W.Horn, 1904
* ''
Megacephala hanzelkazikmundi''
Kudrna, 2015
* ''
Megacephala johnnydeppi
''Megacephala johnnydeppi'' is a species of tiger beetle in the subfamily Cicindelinae
Tiger beetles are a family of beetles, Cicindelidae, known for their aggressive predatory habits and running speed. The fastest known species of tiger beet ...
''
Werner, 2007
* ''
Megacephala laevicollis''
(C.O.Waterhouse, 1880)
* ''
Megacephala megacephala''
(Olivier, 1790)
* ''
Megacephala morsii''
(Fairmaire, 1882)
* ''
Megacephala quadrisignata''
Dejean, 1829
* ''
Megacephala regalis''
Boheman, 1848
* ''
Megacephala somalica
''Megacephala somalica'' is a species of tiger beetle in the subfamily Cicindelinae
Tiger beetles are a family of beetles, Cicindelidae, known for their aggressive predatory habits and running speed. The fastest known species of tiger beetle, ...
''
Basilewsky, 1966
References
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Cicindelidae