Tribe
Cicindelini
1868 species · 118 genera
Cicindelini — the core tiger beetles. Everything from the classic Cicindela sprinting across sand to Cylindera on mudflats to Cephalota on Mediterranean salt pans. The most species-rich tribe, with 120 genera and about 1869 species. Most are diurnal visual predators on open ground.
Genera (121)
Abroscelis
Ambalia
Antennaria
Apterodela
Apteroessa
Archidela
Beckerium
Bennigsenium
Bostrichophorus
Brasiella
Brzoskaicheila
Caledonica
Caledonomorpha
Callytron
Calochroa
Calomera
Calyptoglossa
Cassolaia
Cenothyla
Cephalota
Chaetodera
Chaetotaxis
Cheilonycha
Cicindela
Cicindelidia
Cosmodela
Cratohaerea
Cylindera
Darlingtonica
Diastrophella
Dilatotarsa
Distipsidera
Dromica
Dromicoida
Dromochorus
Ellipsoptera
Elliptica
Enantiola
Epitrichodes
Eucallia
Eulampra
Eunota
Euprosopus
Euryarthron
Eurymorpha
Euzona
Glomera
Grandopronotalia
Guineica
Habrodera
Habroscelimorpha
Heptodonta
Hipparidium
Homodela
Hypaetha
Iresia
Jansenia
Juengeria
Jundlandia
Langea
Leptognatha
Lophyra
Macfarlandia
Manautea
Megalomma
Mesacanthina
Mesochila
Micromentignatha
Microthylax
Myanmadera
Myriochila
Naviauxella
Neochila
Neocicindela
Neolaphyra
Nickerlea
Notospira
Oceanella
Odontocheila
Ophryodera
Opilidia
Opisthencentrus
Orthocindela
Oxygonia
Oxygoniola
Paraphysodeutera
Parvindela
Pentacomia
Peridexia
Phyllodroma
Physodeutera
Platydela
Plutacia
Poecilochila
Polyrhanis
Pometon
Probstia
Pronyssa
Pronyssiformia
Prothyma
Prothymidia
Pseudodromica
Rhysopleura
Rhytidophaena
Rivacindela
Ronhuberia
Ropaloteres
Salpingophora
Setinteridenta
Socotrana
Sophiodela
Stenocosmia
Sumlinia
Therates
Thopeutica
Trichodela
Trichotaenia
Vata
Wallacedela
Waltherhornia
Zecicindela
Living Book · World Monograph 2026
Genera and Subgenera of Tiger Beetles
240 genera · 3,715 taxa · 194-character matrix · 12 months free updates