Cicindelini is a tribe of tiger beetles 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. ...
, containing the overwhelming majority of genera (>110) and species in the family.
[Jürgen Wiesner (2021) Checklist of the Tiger Beetles of the World 2nd. Edition. ]
Genera
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Abroscelis''
Hope, 1838
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Antennaria''
Dokhtouroff, 1883
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Apterodela''
Rivalier, 1950
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Apteroessa''
Hope, 1838
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Archidela
''Archidela'' is a genus of beetles in the family Cicindelidae that was formed from the breakup of ''Cicindela
''Cicindela'', commonly known as common tiger beetles are generally brightly colored and metallic beetles, often with some sort of ...
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Rivalier, 1963
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Baloghiella''
Mandl, 1981
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Bennigsenium
''Bennigsenium'' is a genus of beetles 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 huds ...
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W. Horn, 1897
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Brasiella''
Rivalier, 1954
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Caledonica''
Chaudoir, 1860
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Caledonomorpha
''Caledonomorpha'' is a genus of beetles 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 h ...
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W. Horn, 1897
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Callytron
''Callytron'' is a genus of beetles in the family Cicindelidae, containing the following species:
* ''Callytron alleni'' (W. Horn, 1908)
* ''Callytron andersoni'' (Gestro, 1889)
* ''Callytron doriai'' (W. Horn, 1897)
* ''Callytron gyllenhalii'' ...
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Gistl, 1848
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Calomera''
Motschulsky, 1862
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Calyptoglossa''
Jeannel, 1946
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Cenothyla''
Rivalier, 1969
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Cephalota''
Dokhtouroff, 1883
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Chaetodera''
Jeannel, 1946
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Cheilonycha''
Lacordaire, 1843
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Cicindela
''Cicindela'', commonly known as common tiger beetles are generally brightly colored and metallic beetles, often with some sort of patterning of ivory or cream-colored markings. They are most abundant and diverse in habitats very often near bodi ...
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Linnaeus, 1758
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Cicindelidia''
Rivalier, 1954
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Cratohaerea''
Chaudoir, 1850
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Cylindera''
Westwood, 1831
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Darlingtonica''
Cassola, 1986
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Diastrophella
''Diastrophella'' is a genus of beetles 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 hu ...
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Rivalier, 1957
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Dilatotarsa''
Dokhtouroff, 1882
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Distipsidera''
Westwood, 1837
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Dromica''
Dejean, 1826
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Dromicoida''
Werner, 1995
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Dromochorus''
Guerin-Meneville, 1845
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Ellipsoptera''
Dokhtouroff, 1883
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Enantiola''
Rivalier, 1961
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Eunota
''Eunota'', also known as the saline tiger beetles, is a genus of beetles 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 ...
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Rivalier, 1954
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Euprosopus''
Dejean, 1825
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Euryarthron''
Guerin-Meneville, 1849
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Eurymorpha''
Hope, 1838
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Euzona''
Rivalier, 1963
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Grandopronotalia''
W. Horn, 1936
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Guineica
''Guineica'' is a genus of beetles 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 ...
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Rivalier, 1963
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Habrodera''
Motschulsky, 1862
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Habroscelimorpha''
Dokhtouroff, 1883
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Heptodonta''
Hope, 1838
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Hypaetha''
Leconte, 1860
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Iresia
''Iresia'' is a genus of beetles in the family Cicindelidae, containing the following species:
* ''Iresia aureorufa'' W. Horn, 1909
* ''Iresia besckii'' Mannerheim, 1837
* ''Iresia bimaculata'' Klug, 1834
* ''Iresia binotata'' Klug, 1834
* ''Ir ...
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Dejean, 1831
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Jansenia''
Chaudoir, 1865
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Langea
''Langea'' is a genus of beetles 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'' ...
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W. Horn, 1901
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Leptognatha''
Rivalier, 1963
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Lophyra
''Lophyra'' is a genus of tiger beetles 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 hud ...
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Motschulsky, 1859
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Macfarlandia
''Macfarlandia arachnoides'' is a species of beetles in the family Cicindelidae, the only species in the genus ''Macfarlandia''.
References
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Monotypic Adephaga genera
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Sumlin, 1981
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Manautea''
Deuve, 2006
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Megalomma
''Megalomma'' is a genus of beetles 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 hudson ...
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Westwood, 1842
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Micromentignatha''
Sumlin, 1981
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Microthylax''
Rivalier, 1954
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Myriochila
''Myriochila'' is a genus of tiger beetles in the family Cicindelidae, containing the following species:
* ''Myriochila akhteri'' Cassola & Wiesner, 2009
* ''Myriochila albomarginalis'' (W.Horn, 1900)
* ''Myriochila atelesta'' (Chaudoir, 1854) ...
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Motschulsky, 1862
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Naviauxella
''Naviauxella'' is a genus in the beetle family Cicindelidae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Naviauxella'', found in Southeast Asia.
Species
These 21 species belong to the genus ''Naviauxella'':
* ''Naviauxella acciavattii'' Navi ...
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Cassola, 1988
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Neochila''
Basilewsky, 1953
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Neocicindela''
Rivalier, 1963
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Neolaphyra
''Neolaphyra'' is a genus of beetles in the family Cicindelidae, containing the following species:
* ''Neolaphyra leucosticta'' (Fairmaire, 1859)
* ''Neolaphyra peletieri'' (Lucas, 1848)
* ''Neolaphyra ritchiei'' (Vigors, 1825)
* ''Neolaphyra t ...
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Bedel, 1895
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Nickerlea''
W. Horn, 1899
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Notospira''
Rivalier, 1961
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Odontocheila''
Laporte, 1834
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Opilidia''
Rivalier, 1954
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Opisthencentrus''
W. Horn, 1893
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Orthocindela''
Rivalier, 1972
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Oxygonia''
Mannerheim, 1837
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Oxygoniola''
W. Horn, 1892
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Paraphysodeutera''
J. Moravec, 2002
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Pentacomia
''Pentacomia'' is a genus of beetles 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 hudson ...
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Bates, 1872
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Peridexia''
Chaudoir, 1860
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Phyllodroma''
Lacordaire, 1843
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Physodeutera''
Lacordaire, 1843
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Polyrhanis''
Rivalier, 1963
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Pometon
''Pometon'' is a genus of beetles in the family Cicindelidae, containing the following species:
* ''Pometon bolivianus'' Huber, 1999
* ''Pometon singularis'' Fleutiaux, 1899
References
Cicindelidae
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Fleutiaux, 1899
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Prepusa''
Chaudoir, 1850
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Probstia
''Probstia'' is a genus of beetles 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' ...
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Cassola, 2002
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Pronyssa''
Bates, 1874
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Pronyssiformia''
W. Horn, 1929
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Prothyma
''Prothyma'' is a genus of beetles in the family Cicindelidae, containing the following species:
* ''Prothyma annamica'' Deuve, 2002
* ''Prothyma assamensis'' Rivalier, 1964
* ''Prothyma banksi'' W.Horn, 1923
* ''Prothyma bidentilabris'' W.Horn, ...
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Hope, 1838
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Prothymidia''
Rivalier, 1957
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Rhysopleura''
Sloane, 1906
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Rhytidophaena
''Rhytidophaena'' is a genus in the beetle family Cicindelidae. There are at least four described species in ''Rhytidophaena''.
Species
These four species belong to the genus ''Rhytidophaena'':
* ''Rhytidophaena anandi'' Gebert, 2014 (Nepal)
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Bates, 1891
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Rivacindela''
Nidek, 1973
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Ronhuberia''
J. Moravec & Kudrna, 2002
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Salpingophora
''Salpingophora'' is a genus of beetles in the family Cicindelidae, containing the following species:
* ''Salpingophora bellana'' (W. Horn, 1905)
* ''Salpingophora hanseatica'' (W. Horn, 1927)
* ''Salpingophora helferi'' (Schaum, 1863)
* ''Salp ...
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Rivalier, 1950
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Socotrana''
Cassola & Wranik, 1998
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Stenocosmia
''Stenocosmia'' is a genus of beetles 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 huds ...
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Rivalier, 1965
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Sumlinia
''Sumlinia'' is a genus in the beetle 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'', c ...
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Cassola & Werner, 2001
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Therates
''Therates'' is a genus of tiger beetles found in South and Southeast Asia.
Species
These 125 species belong to the genus ''Therates'':
* ''Therates alboobliquatus'' W.Horn, 1909 (Japan and Taiwan)
* ''Therates aligii'' Wiesner, 2016 (Vietn ...
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Latreille, 1816
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Thopeutica''
Schaum, 1861
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Vata''
Fauvel, 1903
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Waltherhornia''
Olsoufieff, 1934
References
Further reading
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* Richard E. White. (1983). ''Peterson Field Guides: Beetles''. Houghton Mifflin Company.
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