Pronyssa nodicollis Bates, 1874

Wiesner, Jürgen, Bandinelli, Aligi & Matalin, Andrey, 2017, Notes on the tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae) of Vietnam. 135. Contribution towards the knowledge of Cicindelinae, Insecta Mundi 2017 (589), pp. 1-131 : 44-45

121. Pronyssa nodicollis Bates, 1874 ( Fig. 121, 314)

Heptodonta (Pronyssa) nodicollis: Horn 1924: 13 ; 1929: 20.

Published data. NORTHEAST: Ha Giang ( Horn 1924: 13), Lao Cai (Sa Pa) ( Horn 1929: 20).

New records. NORTHWEST: Lai Chau, Hoang Lien National Park , N21 o 21’ 00” E103 o 46’ 20”, leg. J. Constant and J. Bresseel, 1-5.vii.2013, 1 male ( JWGC) ; NORTHEAST: Lao Cai, Fan-Si-Pan Mountain, 2300m, leg. V. Sinjaev, A. Siminov, 20.v.1994, 1 male, 1 female ( PURC), Lao Cai, Hoang Lien Son National Park, near Sa Pa , N22 o 20’ E103 o 50’, 1250m, leg. A. Napolov, 4.vi.1998, 1 male ( ANLC) .

Distribution. Vietnam (Ha Giang, Lai Chau, Lao Cai), China (Xizang, Yunnan), Myanmar (Kachin), India (Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim), Nepal.

Remarks. New provincial record for Lai Chau.

B3. Subtribe Cicindelina Latreille, 1802

Key to the genera of subtribe Cicindelina Latreille, 1802

1.

― Flagellum of aedeagus inner sac slender, not coiled ................................................................... 2 Flagellum evolved and coiled ....................................................................................................... 5

2(1).

― Front edge of pronotum ciliated .................................................. B3.10. Abroscelis Hope, 1838 Front edge of pronotum not ciliated ............................................................................................. 3

3(2).

― Labrum with four marginal setae ......................................... B3.6. Naviauxella Cassola, 1988 Labrum with more than 4 marginal setae ................................................................................... 4

4(3).

― Elytral maculation restricted to lateral margin ........................... B3.11. Callytron Gistl, 1848 Elytral maculation not restricted to lateral margin, but central dot or band present ................

...................................................................................................... B3.2. Cicindela Linné, 1758

5(1).

― Flagellum coiled in a sagittal plane ............................................................................................. 6 Flagellum complexly coiled on both sides of the inner sac ......................................................... 7

6(5).

―

Labrum with four marginal setae .................................... B3.9. Myriochila Motschulsky, 1857 Labrum with more than four marginal setae ........................ B3.8. Cylindera Westwood, 1831

7(5).

―

Elytral maculation restricted to lateral margin ............................................................................

....... B3.12. Enantiola Rivalier, 1961 , (represented in Vietnam by one species only) 177. E.

hewittii (Horn, 1908) Lateral margin without maculation ............................................................................................. 8

8(7).

― Labrum with much more than six marginal setae ............ B3.3. Calomera Motschulsky, 1862 Labrum with six marginal setae .................................................................................................. 9

9(8).

― Lateral margins of pronotum setose .................................... B3.5. Lophyra Motschulsky, 1859 Lateral margins of pronotum glabrous ...................................................................................... 10 10(9).

― Color of area besides the middle suture of elytra different from elytral ground color ................

................................................................................................. B3.4. Cosmodela Rivalier, 1961 Elytral ground color consistent all over ..................................................................................... 11