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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.
Cicindela, commonly known as common tiger beetles are generally brightly colored and metallic beetles, often with some sort of patterning of ivory or cream-colored markings. They are most abundant and diverse in habitats very often near bodies of water with sandy or occasionally clay soils; they can be found along rivers, sea and lake shores, sand dunes, around dry lakebeds, on clay banks, or woodland paths.
Gigadema is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Antennaria is a genus of beetles in the family Cicindelidae, containing the following species:
Archidela is a genus of beetles in the family Cicindelidae that was formed from the breakup of Cicindela. It contains the following species:
Gnathaphanus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Hypharpax is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Lecanomerus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Phorticosomus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Demetrida is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Trigonothops is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Minuthodes is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Myrmecodemus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Anatrichis is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Prosopogmus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Darodilia is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Rhytisternus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Carenum is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Euryscaphus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Pseudotetracha is a genus of tiger beetles in the family Cicindelidae, formerly included within the genus Megacephala, and endemic to Australia.
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