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Oxycheilini

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Oxycheilini
Oxycheila tristis, Brazil
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cicindelidae
Tribe: Oxycheilini
Chaudoir, 1860

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]

Genera

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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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.