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Cicindelinae
subfamily of beetles
Cephalota
Cephalota is a genus in the beetle family Cicindelidae. There are more than 20 described species in Cephalota. thumb|Cephalota maura
Lophyra
Lophyra is a genus of tiger beetles in the family Cicindelidae capable of flight. They are found in Africa, Asia, and Europe Lophyra flexuosa.jpg|Lophyra flexuosa Lophyra namibica Werner & Wiesner, 1994 (3441900049).jpg|Lophyra namibica Lophyra neglecta sublitoralis Cassola, 1995 (3441900449) (2).jpg|Lophyra neglecta sublitoralis Lophyra senegalensis (Dejean, 1825) (3884344530).jpg|Lorphyra senegalensis ==Subgenera and species== These 78 species belong to the genus Lophyra:
Manticora
genus of beetles
Cicindelini
Cicindelini is a tribe of tiger beetles in the family Cicindelidae, containing the overwhelming majority (around 80%) of genera and species in the family. There are more than 90 genera and 2,000 described species in Cicindelini.
Omus
Omus is a genus of tiger beetles, subfamily Cicindelinae. Its members are dark colored, nocturnal, and flightless. All members occur along the west coast of North America.
Amblycheila
Amblycheila is a genus of flightless, nocturnal tiger beetles. There are eight species distributed across the southwestern United States and Mexico.
Megacephala
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.
Ellipsoptera marginata
species of insect
Manticora latipennis
species of insect
Abroscelis
Abroscelis is a genus of beetles in the family Cicindelidae, containing the following species:
Omus dejeani
species of insect
Therates
thumb|Therates probsti thumb| Therates basalis
Amblycheila cylindriformis
species of insect
Neocollyris
Neocollyris is a genus of tiger beetles in the family Cicindelidae and tribe Collyridini, found in southern and South-East Asia.
Myriochila
thumb|Myriochila melancholica melancholica
Pentacomia
Pentacomia is a genus in the beetle family Cicindelidae. There are more than 50 described species in Pentacomia, found in Central and South America.
Ellipsoptera blanda
species of insect
Ellipsoptera lepida
species of insect
Pometon
Pometon is a genus of tiger beetles. There are at least two described species in Pometon.
Ellipsoptera wapleri
species of insect
Apteroessa
Apteroessa grossa is a species of tiger beetles in the family Cicindelidae, the sole species in the genus Apteroessa and described on the basis of a specimen from the Coromandel region (Tranquebar) in southern India. It is somewhat large (about one and a half inches long) and robust, and is among the few tiger beetles with highly reduced wings (aptery) making them flightless. There are three known specimens in museums, with varying degrees of damage. The species has not been seen in the wild after its description in the 18th century and is thought to be extremely local in distribution.
Megalomma
Megalomma is a genus of tiger beetles. There are about five described species in Megalomma.
Iresia
Iresia is a genus of beetles in the family Cicindelidae, containing the following species:
Ellipsoptera
Ellipsoptera is a genus in the beetle family Cicindelidae. There are about 13 described species in Ellipsoptera, found in North America. thumb|Ellipsoptera puritana
Amblycheila schwarzi
species of insect
Habrodera
Habrodera is a genus of tiger beetles. There are about six described species in Habrodera, found in Africa.
Habroscelimorpha dorsalis
species of insect
Eunota togata
species of tiger beetle
Hypaetha
Hypaetha is a genus in the beetle family Cicindelidae. There are about 14 described species in Hypaetha.
Callytron
Callytron is a genus in the beetle family Cicindelidae. There are about 11 described species in Callytron.
Cenothyla
Cenothyla is a genus in the beetle family Cicindelidae. There are seven described species in Cenothyla.
Prothyma
Prothyma is a genus in the beetle family Cicindelidae. There are more than 40 described species in Prothyma.
Jansenia
Jansenia is a genus in the beetle family Cicindelidae. There are at least 40 species in the genus, all of which are found only in South Asian region, with several endemic to India and Sri Lanka. The genus is characterized on the basis of the male genitalia.
Nickerlea
Nickerlea is a genus of tiger beetles. There are at least four described species in Nickerlea, found in Australia.
Caledonomorpha
Caledonomorpha is a genus in the tiger beetle family Cicindelidae.
Langea
Langea is a genus of tiger beetles. There are at least three described species in Langea.
Omus audouini
species of insect
Heptodonta
Heptodonta is a genus in the beetle family Cicindelidae. There are about 15 described species in Heptodonta.
Caledonica
Caledonica is a genus in the beetle family Cicindelidae. There are about 16 described species in Caledonica, found in New Caledonia.
Collyris
Collyris is a genus in the beetle family Cicindelidae. There are about 10 described species in Collyris.
Manticora scabra
species of insect
Euprosopus
Euprosopus is a genus of tiger beetles. There are at least two described species in Euprosopus, found in Brazil.
Tricondyla
thumb|Tricondyla punctulata
Pseudoxycheila
Pseudoxycheila is a genus of beetles in the family Cicindelidae, containing the following species:
Probstia
Probstia is a genus of beetles in the family Cicindelidae, containing the following species:
Cheiloxya
thumb | right | Cheiloxya binotata in Bolivia Cheiloxya is a genus of beetles in the family Cicindelidae, containing the following species:
Physodeutera
Physodeutera is a genus of Tiger Beetles endemic to Madagascar. There are more than 60 described species in Physodeutera.
Opilidia
Opilidia is a genus of beetles in the family Cicindelidae, containing the following species:
Platychile pallida
Platychile pallida is a species of beetle in the family Cicindelidae, the only species in the genus Platychile.
Habroscelimorpha
Habroscelimorpha is a genus in the beetle family Cicindelidae. There are about seven described species in Habroscelimorpha.
Eurymorpha cyanipes
Eurymorpha is a genus of tiger beetles. This genus has a single species, Eurymorpha cyanipes. It is found in the African countries Angola and Namibia.
Distipsidera
Distipsidera is a genus of tiger beetles. There are about 12 described species in Distipsidera, found in Oceania.
Cicindela duponti
species of insect
Abroscelis anchoralis
species of insect
Cheilonycha
Cheilonycha is a genus in the beetle family Cicindelidae. There are at least three described species in Cheilonycha.
Peridexia
Peridexia is a genus of beetles in the family Cicindelidae. There are at least four described species in Peridexia, found in Madagascar. ==Species== These four species belong to the genus Peridexia: Peridexia ambanurensis Brancsik, 1892 Peridexia fulvipes (Dejean, 1831) Peridexia glaesariana Jeannel, 1946 Peridexia hilaris Fairmaire, 1883
Picnochile fallaciosa
Picnochile is a genus of beetles in the family Cicindelidae. This genus has a single species, Picnochile fallaciosa. It is found in Argentina and Chile.
Chaetodera
Chaetodera is a genus in the beetle family Cicindelidae. There are about seven described species in Chaetodera.
Neocicindela
Neocicindela is a genus of tiger beetles endemic to New Zealand. Several former species of Neocicindela have been transferred to a new genus Zecicindela. It can be separated from Zecicindela by the shape of the labrum and the absence of hairs on the clypeus, frons, genae and pronotum.