Cephalota

{{Short description|Genus of beetles}}

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| image = Cephalota circumdata leonschaeferi side.jpg

| image_caption = Cephalota circumdata

| display_parents = 2

| taxon = Cephalota

| authority = Dokhtouroff, 1883

| subdivision_ranks = Subgenera

| subdivision =

  • Cassolaia Wiesner, 1985
  • Cephalota Dokhtouroff, 1883
  • Taenidia Rivalier, 1950

}}

Cephalota is a genus in the beetle family Cicindelidae. There are more than 20 described species in Cephalota.

File:Cephalota maura cupreothoracica 1.JPG

Species

These 27 species belong to the genus Cephalota:

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References

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{{Cite web| title=Cephalota Dokhtouroff, 1883

| url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/8KVYC

| website=Catalogue of Life

| access-date=2023-04-17

}}

{{Cite journal

| title = Validation of tiger beetles as distinct family (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), review and reclassification of tribal relationships

| date = 2020

| last1 = Duran | first1 = Daniel P.

| last2 = Gough | first2 = Harlan M.

| journal = Systematic Entomology

| volume = 45| issue = 4

| doi = 10.1111/syen.12440

| doi-access = free

}}

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