Biology:Megacephala

Short description: Genus of beetles

Megacephala
Megacephala laevicollis
Megacephala regalis
Scientific 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.)

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

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1939193 entry