Cylindera (Eugrapha) minuta (Olivier, 1790)

Acal, Dale Ann P., Wiesner, Juergen, Nuneza, Olga M. & Jaskula, Radomir, 2021, Tiger beetles (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae) of Northern Mindanao region (Philippines): checklist, distributional maps, and habitats, ZooKeys 1017, pp. 37-75 : 37

Cylindera (Eugrapha) minuta (Olivier, 1790) Figures 2G , 3A, C-E , 5F , 10C

General distribution.

Species recorded till now from Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam ( Wiesner 1992). According to Cabras et al. (2016a) in the Philippines it is known only on the basis of general distributional data; here we present the first records of this species from Mindanao.

Material examined.

Bukidnon province: Malaybalay City, Barangay Can-ayan, 8°11'31"N, 125°9'13"E, 653 m a.s.l, 15.06.2017, 1♂, leg. D.A.P. Acal (DAC); Lanao del Norte province: Iligan City - Barangay Bonbonon, 8.265458N, 124.310138E, 47 m a.s.l., 06.2017, 2♂♂ 2♀♀, leg. D. A. P. Acal (DAC); Iligan City - Barangay Merila, Tubod River, 8°12'17"N, 124°15'24"E, 18 m a.s.l., 05-07.2017, 108♂♂ 60♀♀, leg. D. A. P. Acal (DAC), 13.12.2018, 1♂ 1♀, leg. D. A. P. Acal (DAC); Iligan City - Barangay Puga-an, rocky bank of Puga-an River, 8°13'31.5"N, 124°16'08.6"E, 10.29.2018, 3♂♂ 2♀♀, leg. C. Torres (RJC); Iligan City - Barangay Baraas, Tubod River, 8°12'40.23"N, 124°14'53.25"E, 12 m a.s.l., 17.07.2018, 11♂♂ 6♀♀, leg. D. A. P. Acal (RJC); Iligan City - Barangay Tubod, Tubod River, 8°13'12.12"N, 124°14'56.00"E, 9 m a.s.l., 30 exx., leg. D. A. P. Acal (DAC); Municipality of Bacolod, Barangay Esperanza, 8°10'12"N, 124°0'22"E, 27 m a.s.l., 06.2017, 1♂, leg. D. A. P. Acal (DAC); Iligan City - Barangay Puga-an, 8°13'30.73"N, 124°16'6.18"E, 21 m a.s.l., 18.10.2018, 2♂♂, leg D. A. P. Acal (RJC); Misamis Oriental province: Municipality of Balingasag, Cabulaway River, 8°46'9"N, 124°48'2"E, 86 m a.s.l, 06-08.2017, 44♂♂ 34♀♀, leg. D. A. P. Acal (DAC).

Habitat.

Species occurs on sandy river banks (pers. obs.).

Remarks.

This species was observed to co-occur with Calomera mindanaoensis , C. lacrymosa , C. angulata , and/or Cylindera discreta elaphroides (pers. obs.).

Figures

Figure 2. Habitats of tiger beetles from Northern Mindanao region: Calomera mindanaoensis (A-G) (sites 1 - 7), Cylindera discreta elaphroides (H) (site 8), C. minuta (G) (site 7), C. mouthiezi (H) (site 8) (descriptions of sites in Table 1; photographs DAPA).

Figure 3. Habitats of tiger beetles from Northern Mindanao region: Calomera angulata angulata (C-E) (sites 10 - 12), C. lacrymosa (C, E) (sites 10, 12), C. mindanaoensis (C-F, H) (sites 10 - 13, 15), Cylindera discreta elaphroides (A, C-E) (sites 9 - 12), C. minuta (A, C-E) (sites 9 - 12), C. viduata (G) (site 14), Lophyra striolata tenuiscripta (G) (site 14), Therates coracinus coracinus (B) (site 10) (descriptions of sites in Table 1; photographs A, C-H DAPA, B RJ).

Figure 5. Some of the tiger beetle species recorded in Northern Mindanao region: A Tricondyla (Tricondyla) aptera punctipennis B Prothyma (Symplecthyma) heteromallicollis heteromallicollis C Calomera mindanaoensis D C. lacrymosa E Lophyra (Spilodia) striolata tenuiscripta F Cylindera (Eugrapha) minuta G, H C. (Ifasina) discreta elaphroides (photographs A-D, H RJ, E-G DAPA).

Figure 10. Distribution of A Thopeutica (T.) milanae B T. (Thopeutica) virginea C Cylindera (Eugrapha) minuta D C. (Ifasina) discreta elaphroides E C. (Ifasina) mouthiezi, and F C. (Ifasina) viduata in Northern Mindanao region.