''Phaeoxantha'' is a genus of
tiger beetle
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. ...
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. ...
, 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 genus, but its constituent species (including all of the New World species) have been subsequently placed in other genera, ...
''.
[Moravec, J., Dheurle, C. (2023) Taxonomic and nomenclatorial revision of the Neotropical genus ''Phaeoxantha'' Chaudoir (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae).''Zootaxa'' 5386 (1): 1–83. DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5386.1.1]
Species
* ''
Phaeoxantha bifasciata''
(Brullé, 1837)
* ''
Phaeoxantha bucephala''
(W. Horn, 1909)
* ''
Phaeoxantha cruciata''
(Brulle, 1837)
* ''
Phaeoxantha epipleuralis''
Horn, 1923
* ''
Phaeoxantha klugii''
Chaudoir, 1850
* ''
Phaeoxantha laminata
''Phaeoxantha laminata'' is a species of tiger beetle in the subfamily Cicindelinae that was described by Perty in 1830, and can be found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in weste ...
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(Perty, 1830)
* ''
Phaeoxantha lindemannae''
(Mandl, 1964)
* ''
Phaeoxantha nocturna''
(Dejean, 1831)
* ''
Phaeoxantha paranocturna''
Moravec & Dheurle 2023
* ''
Phaeoxantha testudinea''
(Klug, 1834)
* ''
Phaeoxantha tremolerasi''
(W. Horn, 1909)
* ''
Phaeoxantha wimmeri''
(Mandl, 1958)
References
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Cicindelidae