Megalomma

Megalomma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Cicindelidae
Tribe: Cicindelini
Subtribe: Iresiina
Genus:
Westwood, 1841
Synonyms[1]
  • Antianira Gistel, 1850
  • Paramegalomma J.Moravec, 2007

Megalomma is a genus of tiger beetles. There are about five described species in Megalomma.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These five species belong to the genus Megalomma:

  • Megalomma oculatum (Fabricius, 1798) (Mauritius)
  • Megalomma pierreorum Deuve, 2000 (Réunion)
  • Megalomma viridulum (Quensel, 1806) (Mauritius)

References

  1. ^ a b "ITIS report, Megalomma". Retrieved 2024-09-27.
  2. ^ "GBIF, Megalomma". Retrieved 2024-09-27.
  3. ^ "Catalogue of Life, Megalomma Westwood, 1841". Retrieved 2024-09-27.
  4. ^ Duran, Daniel P.; Gough, Harlan M. (2020). "Validation of tiger beetles as distinct family (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), review and reclassification of tribal relationships". Systematic Entomology. 45 (4). doi:10.1111/syen.12440.
  5. ^ Moravec, Jiří (2007). "New or rare Madagascar tiger beetles – 11 Revision within Mascarenian Cicindelidae: Megalommata janaki sp. nov., a new species from Mauritius (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)" (PDF). Folia Heyrovskyana. A. 15 (1): 27–37. ISSN 1210-4108.


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