Megacephala megacephala
Megacephala megacephala; museum specimen
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Cicindelidae
Genus:	Megacephala
Species:	M. megacephala
Binomial name
Megacephala megacephala (Olivier, 1790)
Synonyms
Cicindela megacephala Olivier, 1790 Cicindela megalocephala Fabricius, 1801 (Emend.) Megacephala senegalensis Latreille, 1805 Megacephala cyanescens Dokhtouroff, 1882 Megacephala krüperi Horn, 1892 Megacephala kreuperi Auctt. (Emend.)

Megacephala megacephala, common name big-headed tiger beetle, is a species of tiger beetle in the subfamily Cicindelinae that was described by Olivier in 1790.^[1]

Distribution

This species can be found in savanna-type habitats of Africa.^[2]