''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'', and ''
Pseudotetracha''.
[Jürgen Wiesner (2021) Checklist of the Tiger Beetles of the World 2nd. Edition. ]
* ''
Megacephala apicespinosa
''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, ...
''
Schüle & Kudrna, 2016
* ''
Megacephala asperata''
(C.O.Waterhouse, 1877)
* ''
Megacephala baxteri''
Bates, 1886
* ''
Megacephala bocandei''
Guerin-Meneville, 1848
* ''
Megacephala catenulata''
Basilewsky, 1950
* ''
Megacephala denticollis''
(Chaudoir, 1843)
* ''
Megacephala ertli''
W.Horn, 1904
* ''
Megacephala hanzelkazikmundi
''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, ...
''
Kudrna, 2015
* ''
Megacephala johnnydeppi''
Werner, 2007
* ''
Megacephala laevicollis''
(C.O.Waterhouse, 1880)
* ''
Megacephala megacephala''
(Olivier, 1790)
* ''
Megacephala morsii''
(Fairmaire, 1882)
* ''
Megacephala quadrisignata''
Dejean, 1829
* ''
Megacephala regalis
''Megacephala regalis'' 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, ' ...
''
Boheman, 1848
* ''
Megacephala somalica''
Basilewsky, 1966
References
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Cicindelidae