Megacephalini
Megacephalini is a tribe of big-headed tiger beetles in the family Carabidae. There are at least 2 genera and more than 110 described species in Megacephalini.[1][2][3][4]
Tetracha virginica
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Subfamily: | Cicindelinae |
| Tribe: | Megacephalini Laporte, 1834 |
Genera
These two genera belong to the tribe Megacephalini:
- Megacephala Latreille, 1802
- Tetracha Hope, 1838 (metallic tiger beetles)
References
- "Megacephalini Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- "Megacephalini tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- Bousquet, Yves (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys (245): 1–1722. doi:10.3897/zookeys.245.3416. PMC 3577090. PMID 23431087.
- Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
Further reading
- Naviaux, Roger (2007). Tetracha (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae, Megacephalina). Révision du genre et descriptions de nouveaux taxons. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de France. 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. 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. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 978-0665100550.
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