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Megacephalini

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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)
  • 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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