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, primarily Tetracha, but also Grammognatha, Metriocheila, Phaeoxantha, and Pseudotetracha.[1]

Megacephala
Megacephala laevicollis
Megacephala regalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cicindelidae
Genus: Megacephala
Latreille, 1802
Synonyms
  • Aptema Lepeletier & Serville, 1825
  • Styphloderma Waterhouse, 1877
  • Stygphloderma Fleutiaux, 1892 (Missp.)

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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