Oxycheilini is a tribe of tiger beetles in the family Cicindelidae. There are at least 3 genera and more than 70 described species in Oxycheilini.[1][2]
| Oxycheilini | |
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| Oxycheila tristis, Brazil | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cicindelidae |
| Tribe: | Oxycheilini Chaudoir, 1860 |
Genera edit
These three genera belong to the tribe Oxycheilini:
- Cheiloxya Guérin-Méneville, 1855 (South America)
- Oxycheila Dejean, 1825 (Mexico, Central and South America)
- Pseudoxycheila Guérin-Meneville, 1839 (Central and South America)
References edit
- ^ 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): 723–729. doi:10.1111/syen.12440.
- ^ Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
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