Tiger beetles are a family of beetles, Cicindelidae, known for their aggressive predatory habits and running speed. The fastest known species of tiger beetle, Rivacindela hudsoni, can run at a speed of 9 km/h, or about 125 body lengths per second. As of 2005, about 2,600 species and subspecies were known, with the richest diversity in the Oriental (Indo-Malayan) region, followed by the Neotropics. While historically treated as a subfamily of ground beetles (Carabidae) under the name Cicindelinae, several studies since 2020 indicated that they should be treated as a family, the Cicindelidae, which are a sister group to Carabidae within the Adephaga.
Stenognathus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Anthiinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following genera:
Helluobrochus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Triaenogenius is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
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 have been subsequently placed in other genera, primarily Tetracha, but also Grammognatha, Metriocheila, Phaeoxantha, and Pseudotetracha.
Amblycoleus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Drypta is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae.
Galerita is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 90 described species in Galerita.
Pseudaptinus is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 50 described species in Pseudaptinus.
Anchista is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Pseudotoglossa is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Tecnophilus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Aspasiola is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are about eight described species in Aspasiola.
Cryptobatis is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Allophanes is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Eurycoleus is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are about nine described species in Eurycoleus, found in Central and South America.
Pterostichinae is a subfamily of ground beetles. It belongs to the advanced harpaline assemblage, and if these are circumscribed sensu lato as a single subfamily, Pterostichinae are downranked to a tribe Pterostichini. However, as the former Pterostichitae supertribe of the Harpalinae as loosely circumscribed does seem to constitute a lineage rather distinct from Harpalus, its core group is here considered to be the present subfamily and the Harpalinae are defined more narrowly.
Oodini is a ground beetle tribe in the subfamily Harpalinae. Oodines are found worldwide and are generally associated with standing water. This tribe contains more than 400 species arrayed in 43 genera. Beetles in Oodini are distinguishable from other members of Carabidae by a combination of two characters: a laterally coadunate metepisternum, and an elytral ridge formed by the fusion of intervals 7 and 8.
Lebiini is a tribe of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are more than 250 genera and 4,800 described species in Lebiini.
