Megacephalini is a tribe of big-headed tiger beetles in the family Cicindelidae.
Genera These genera belong definitively to the tribe Megacephalini, as they are groups often placed within the type genus Megacephala itself: Grammognatha Motschulsky, 1850 Megacephala Latreille, 1802 Metriocheila Thomson, 1857 Phaeoxantha Chaudoir, 1850 Pseudotetracha Fleutiaux, 1894 Tetracha Hope, 1838 (metallic tiger beetles)
These genera are of less certain placement or status: Aniara Hope, 1838 (probable synonym of Tetracha) Callidema Guérin-Méneville, 1843 (unrelated to other megacephalines)Análise cladística da tribo Megacephalini Laporte, 1834 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae) Cheiloxya Guerin-Meneville, 1855 (genetically unrelated to other megacephalines) †Cretotetracha Zhao et al., 2019 (fossil taxon of uncertain affinity) Oxycheila Dejean, 1825 (genetically unrelated to other megacephalines) †Oxycheilopsis Cassola & Werner, 2004 (fossil taxon of uncertain affinity) Pseudoxycheila Guerin-Meneville, 1839 (genetically unrelated to other megacephalines)
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