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Megacephala
Sign in to saveMegacephala 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.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderColeoptera
- FamilyCarabidae
Megacephala est un genre d'insectes coléoptères de la famille des Carabidae. Il a été décrit par Latreille en 1802. Il comprend des insectes prédateurs d'autres arthropodes, de mœurs nocturnes, qui chassent au sol. Liste d'espèces Selon Carabidae of the World[1]: Megacephala acutipennis (Dejean, 1825) Megacephala aequinoctialis (Dejean, 1825) Megacephala affinis (Dejean, 1825) Megacephala angustata (Chevrolat, 1841) Megacephala angusticollis W. Horn, 1896 Megacephala annuligera Lucas, 1857 Megacephala aptera Chaudoir, 1862 Megacephala asperata (C.O.Waterhouse, 1877) Megacephala asperula (Westwood, 1852) Megacephala australasiae Hope, 1842 Megacephala australis (Chaudoir, 1865) Megacephala basalis (Macleay, 1866) Megacephala baxteri Bates, 1886 Megacephala biimpressicollis (Mandl, 1960) Megacephala bilunata (Klug, 1834) Megacephala biprolongata W. Horn, 1937 Megacephala blackburni (Fleutiaux, 1895) Megacephala bocandei Guerin-Meneville, 1848 Megacephala bostockii (Castelnau, 1867) Megacephala brasiliensis (Kirby, 1818) Megacephala brevisulcata W.Horn, 1907 Megacephala brzoskai Naviaux, 2007 Megacephala bucephala (W. Horn, 1909) Megacephala camposi W. Horn, 1900 Megacephala canninga
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Museum specimens
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- 76
- With media
- 7
- Family
- Carabidae
- Collections
- IIZD-UASLP, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, YPM, BYU, EMEC, PSUC
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Colombia, Australia, Argentina, United States
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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. Megacephala apicespinosa 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 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 Boheman, 1848 Megacephala somalica Basilewsky, 1966
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