Systematics
Tiger beetles were traditionally classified as the family Cicindelidae but most authorities now treat them as the subfamily Cicindelinae of the Carabidae (ground beetles). The most recent classifications, however, have relegated them to a monophyletic subgroup within the subfamily Carabinae, though this is not yet universally accepted. Accordingly, there is no consensus classification for this group, at any level from family down to subspecies, and it can be exceedingly difficult to decipher the taxonomic literature surrounding this group.
Very many were described by the German entomologist Walther Horn. The genera of tiger beetles include:
- Abroscelis
- Amblycheila
- Aniara
- Antennaria
- Apteroessa
- Archidela
- Baloghiella
- Bennigsenium
- Brasiella
- Caledonica
- Caledonomorpha
- Callytron
- Calomera
- Calyptoglossa
- Cenothyla
- Cephalota
- Chaetodera
- Cheilonycha
- Cheiloxya
- Cicindela
- Collyris
- Cratohaerea
- Ctenostoma
- Cylindera
- Darlingtonica
- Derocrania
- Diastrophella
- Dilatotarsa
- Distipsidera
- Dromica
- Dromicoida
- Dromochorus
- Ellipsoptera
- Enantiola
- Eucallia
- Eunota
- Euprosopus
- Euryarthron
- Eurymorpha
- Euzona
- Grandopronotalia
- Guineica
- Habrodera
- Habroscelimorpha
- Heptodonta
- Hypaetha
- Iresia
- Jansenia
- Langea
- Leptognatha
- Lophyra
- Macfarlandia
- Manautea
- Mantica
- Manticora
- Megacephala
- Megalomma
- Metriocheila
- Micromentignatha
- Microthylax
- Myriochila
- Naviauxella
- Neochila
- Neocicindela
- Neocollyris
- Neolaphyra
- Nickerlea
- Notospira
- Odontocheila
- Omus
- Opilidia
- Opisthencentrus
- Orthocindela
- Oxycheila
- Oxycheilopsis
- Oxygonia
- Oxygoniola
- Paraphysodeutera
- Pentacomia
- Peridexia
- Phyllodroma
- Physodeutera
- Picnochile
- Platychile
- Pogonostoma
- Polyrhanis
- Pometon
- Prepusa
- Probstia
- Pronyssa
- Pronyssiformia
- Prothyma
- Prothymidia
- Protocollyris
- Pseudoxycheila
- Rhysopleura
- Rhytidophaena
- Rivacindela
- Ronhuberia
- Salpingophora
- Socotrana
- Stenocosmia
- Sumlinia
- Therates
- Thopeutica
- Tricondyla
- Vata
- Waltherhornia
Many of the genera result from the splitting of the large genus Cicindela.
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