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Megacephala Latreille, 1802

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Latreille, P.A. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes. Ouvrage faisant suite à l'histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par LECLERC DE BUFFON, et rédigée par C.S.SONNINI, membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes. Familles naturelles des genres. Tome troisième. - xii - pp. 13-467. (Paris: F.DUFART). (1802).

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
Carabidae
genus
Megacephala

Name

Synonyms
Aptema Audinet-Serville, 1825
Gnatho Brulle, 1834
Grammognathus Motschulsky, 1850
Megalocephala Fischer von Waldheim, 1821
Megalocephala Gistel, 1850
Metriochila Fleutiaux, 1892
Styphloderma C.O.Waterhouse, 1877
Homonyms
Megacephala Latreille, 1802

Bibliographic References

  1. Australian Faunal Directory, 2007 version. Available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home.
  2. Freitag, Richard, 1999: null. Catalogue of the tiger beetles of Canada and the United States. vii + 195.
  3. Hallan, J. (2000-2017). Biology Catalog (2012 version), http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (as at 2012).
  4. Latreille, P.A. (1802). Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes. Familles naturelles des genres. Tome troisième. F. Dufart, Paris. xii + pp. 13–467.
  5. Naviaux, Roger, 2007: Tetracha (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae, Megacephalina). Révision du genre et descriptions de nouveaux taxons. Mémoires de la SEF, no. 7. 197.
  6. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  7. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  8. SN2000 unverified/Brusca & Brusca, 1990
  9. SN2000 unverified/Brusca & Brusca, 1990
  10. as per family (nonmarine except where stated)
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