Myriochila

Overview

*Myriochila* Motschulsky, 1857 is a genus of roughly 30 metallic tiger beetles ranging across the Afrotropical and Oriental regions. These nocturnal hunters patrol bare, moist soils and open wetland margins, their large eyes adapted for low-light pursuit. Larvae develop in vertical burrows excavated into open substrate.

Type species: Cicindela melancholica Fabricius, 1798

1. Wiesner, J. (2020) — checklist 2. Motschulsky, V. (1862) — original genus 3. Cassola, F. (multiple papers) — generic revisions 4. Werner, K. (2000) — Tiger Beetles of Africa Vol. 2 5. Motschulsky, V. de (1862) — Entomologie spéciale. Études Entomologiques 11: 15-55. [BHL: biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/121506] 6. Duran, D.P. & Gough, H.M. (2020) — Validation of tiger beetles as distinct family (Cicindelidae) and reclassification within Coleoptera. Systematic Entomology 45(4): 723-729. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12440 [validates Cicindelidae as separate family] 7. Gough, H.M., Duran, D.P., Kawahara, A.Y. & Toussaint, E.F.A. (2018) — A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of tiger beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Cicindelinae). Systematic Entomology 43(3): 567-586. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12324 [ML phylogeny of 328 taxa, 9 gene regions] 8. Wiesner, J. (2020) — Checklist of the Tiger Beetles of the World, 2nd edition (Verzeichnis der Sandlaufkäfer der Welt, 27. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Cicindelidae). Winterwork, Borsdorf, 534 pp. [Authoritative current world checklist] 9. Cassola, F. (1971-2010) — Studies on Tiger Beetles (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae) — numbered series of papers (over 120 contributions) published primarily in Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana, Fragmenta Entomologica, Lambillionea, Coleopterists Bulletin, Quaderni del Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and Biota Colombiana. Provides taxonomic descriptions, regional faunal lists, and cytotaxonomic studies covering Afrotropical, Oriental, and Neotropical regions. +12 citations · full list in paid edition