Cylindera (Conidera), Rivalier, 1961

Zettel, Herbert & Wiesner, Jürgen, 2018, Cylindera (Conidera) mindoroana sp. n. (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), a new tiger beetle species from the Philippines, Insecta Mundi 632, pp. 1-10 : 2

Subgenus Conidera Rivalier, 1961

Diagnosis. Medium-sized to large species of Cylindera (body length ca. 7–12.5 mm). Color dark bronzebrown to dark olive green. Elytral pattern ( Fig. 8–13 ) uniform, consisting of one small subbasal spot, one medial narrow, transverse, slightly oblique stripe, and one small subapical spot. Head relatively slender. Labrum dark bronze-brown to blackish. Mandible ( Fig. 3–4 ) distinctly elongated, with narrow shaft and long teeth, at least four teeth (occasionally up to six) between molar dentition (covered by labrum) and apex. Pronotum slender, length greater or slightly smaller than width; maximum width near base; sides anteriorly converging. Male: foretarsus weakly enlarged, with narrow brush of hairs on tarsomeres 1–3. Aedeagus slender ( Fig. 14–16 ), 7.5–9.5 times as long as wide, dorsally with a small subapical corner. Endophallic sclerites ( Fig. 17–22 ) uniform; flagellum weakly curled. Mesepisternal coupling sulcus of female narrow and deep. Glossy humeral area of female elytra distinct, although variably extended among species. Apex of female elytra variably modified, strongly convex ( Fig. 9 ) or acuminate-truncated ( Fig. 11, 13 ).

Diversity and distribution. Three species endemic to the Philippines.

Figures

Figures 3–13. Cylindera (Conidera). 3–4) Mandibles of C. mindoroana new species, a = apex, m = molar complex, t1–t4 = tooth 1–4 (see generic diagnosis). 3) Holotype male. 4) Paratype female. 5–7) Labrum and clypeus of males, setae omitted. 5) C. mindoroana new species. 6) C. conicollis (Schaum, 1862). 7) C. mandibularis (Schaum, 1860). 8–13) Left elytron. 8) C. mindoroana new species, male. 9) C. mindoroana new species, female. 10) C. conicollis (Schaum, 1862), male. 11) C. conicollis (Schaum, 1862), female. 12) C. mandibularis (Schaum, 1860), male. 13) C. mandibularis (Schaum, 1860), female.

Figures 14–16. Median lobe of aedeagus. 14) C. mindoroana new species. 15) C. conicollis (Schaum, 1862). 16) C. mandibularis (Schaum, 1860).

Figures 17–22. Endophallic structures, arrows indicate possibly species-specific characters. 17–19) Left side. 17) C. mindoroana new species. 18) C. conicollis (Schaum, 1862). 19) C. mandibularis (Schaum, 1860). 20–22) Right side. 20) C. mindoroana new species. 21) C. conicollis (Schaum, 1862). 22) C. mandibularis (Schaum, 1860).