Tiger beetles (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae) of Northern Mindanao region (Philippines): checklist, distributional maps, and habitats
2021
Abstract
The knowledge about tiger beetle fauna of the Northern Mindanao region (Philippines) is summarized based on literature data and new records. Thirty species classified in ten genera (
Tricondyla
, Neocollyris
, Protocollyris
, Therates
, Prothyma
, Heptodonta
, Thopeutica
, Lophyra
, Calomera
, and Cylindera
) were documented from the area (56% of tiger beetle fauna of Mindanao and 21% of Philippine species). Twelve species were noted from Northern Mindanao region for the first time, including five taxa, Neocollyris
speciosa
, Calomera
angulata
, Cylindera
minuta
, Lophyra
striolata
tenuiscripta
, and Thopeutica
virginea
, not recorded from Mindanao before. Distribution maps for all recorded species and the first photographs of habitats for some species in Mindanao and/or in the Philippines are provided. Eight species (27% of recorded fauna) were noted from riverine habitats while 18 tiger beetles (60%) were typical forest taxa; in the case of four species, their habitats in Northern Mindanao region are not known.
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