Calomera mindanaoensis (Cassola, 2000)

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

Calomera mindanaoensis (Cassola, 2000) Figures 2A-G , 3C-F, H , 4C , 5C , 9C

General distribution.

Species endemic to Philippines where it was found in Mindanao ( Cassola 2000; Cabras et al. 2016a, b; Cabras and Wiesner 2016) and Camiguin islands (new record); till now in Mindanao it was recorded in Davao, Northern Mindanao, Soccsksargen, and Zamboanga Peninsula regions ( Cassola 2000; Cabras et al. 2016a, b; Cabras and Wiesner 2016; Pepito et al. 2020).

Literature data for Northern Mindanao.

Bukidnon province: S. Vicente, 20 km S Cagayan de Oro ( Cassola 2000); Impasug-ong ( Cabras et al. 2016a); Lanao del Norte province: Iligan City, Tipanoy ( Cassola 2000); Misamis Oriental province: Tagoloan River, Tagoloan ( Cassola 2000).

Material examined.

Camiguin province: Camiguin Island: Municipality of Mambajao, Barangay Bulok-bulok, 9°15'9"N, 124°42'31"E, 7 m a.s.l., 05-07.2017, 27♂♂ 22♀♀, leg. D. A. P. Acal (DAC); Municipality of Mambajao, Barangay Poblacion, 9°13'24"N, 124°41'47"E, 229 m a.s.l., 17.06.2017, 6♂♂ 1♀, leg. D. A. P. Acal (DAC); Municipality of Sagay, Sagay River, 28 m a.s.l., 08.07.2017, 23♂♂ 8♀♀, leg. D. A. P. Acal (DAC); Municipality of Catarman, Barangay Mainit, Looc River, 9°10'30"N, 124°40'44"E, 278 m a.s.l., 05-07.2017, 60♂♂ 31♀♀, leg. D. A. P. Acal (DAC); Municipality of Catarman, Barangay Bura, 9°10'4.7"N, 124°39'23"E, 143 m a.s.l., 17.06.2017, 3♂♂ 4♀♀, leg. D. A. P. Acal (DAC); Tuasan Falls, Looc River, Barangay Bonbon, Municipality of Catarman, 9.176009N, 124.679768E, 11.2019, 12 exx., leg. D. A. P. Acal, R. Jaskuła (RJC); Lanao del Norte province: Barangay Mainit (between Iligan City and Cagayan de Oro), 17-20.08.1978, 1♂ 1♀, leg. Cabides et Lobin (JWC); Municipality of Bacolod, Barangay Mati, 8°9'4"N, 124°0'57"E, 53 m a.s.l., 05-07.2017, 27♂♂ 17♀♀, leg. D. A. P. Acal (DAC); Municipality of Bacolod Barangay Esperanza, 8°10'12"N, 124°0'22"E, 27 m a.s.l., 05-08.2017, 67♂♂ 24♀♀, leg. D. A. P. Acal (DAC), 13.12.2018, 3♂♂ 1♀, leg. R. Jaskuła (RJC); Iligan City - Barangay Bonbonon, 8.265458N, 124.310138E, 47 m a.s.l., 05-08.2017, 50♂♂ 23♀♀, leg. D. A. P. Acal (DAC); Iligan City - Barangay Merila, 8°12'17"N, 124°15'24"E, 18 m a.s.l., 20.06.2017, 26♂♂ 4♀♀, leg. D. A. P. Acal (DAC); Iligan City - Barangay Puga-an, sandy bank of Puga-an River, 8°13'21.3"N, 124°15'52.0"E, 10.29.2018, 1♂ 1♀, leg. C. Torres (RJC); Iligan City - Barangay Tipanoy, Tubod River, 8°11'38.12"N, 124°15'25.38"E, 20 m a.s.l., 28.09.2018, 1♂, leg. D. A. P. Acal (DAC); Iligan City - Barangay Rogongon, Sitio Lawlawon, 8°14'51.13N, 124°25'25.31"E, 359 m a.s.l., 10.03.2019, 8 exx., leg. D. A. P. Acal (DAC); Misamis Occidental province: Municipality of Sinacaban, Barangay San Lorenzo, 8°17'10"N, 123°41'43"E, 800 m a.s.l., 06.09.2017, 5♂♂ 4♀♀, leg. D. A. P. Acal (DAC); Misamis Oriental province: Municipality of Balingasag, 8°46'9"N, 124°48'2"E, 86 m a.s.l., 07.2017, 4♂♂ 2♀♀, leg. D. A. P. Acal (DAC); Municipality of Lagonglong, 8°48'11"N, 124°48'53"E, 90 m a.s.l., 05-08.2017, 59♂♂ 29♀♀, leg. D. A. P. Acal (DAC); Municipality of Lugait, Barangay Upper Talacogon, river bank, 8°20'47.04"N, 124°16'58.80"E, 11.07.2018, 2♂♂, leg. V. M. Mirabueno (RJC).

Habitat.

The species was recorded as the most opportunistic according to habitat type among all Cicindelidae presented in this paper, found on sandy river banks, forest paths, coastal area, and unused compost pit near the river (pers. obs.).

Remarks.

At least in some areas co-occur with C. lacrymosa . C. mindanaoensis was recently noted as a host of Hexathrombium ( Acari: Microtrombidiidae ) parasitic mites ( Acal et al. - in press). This species was also observed resting on undershrub plants along the trails during rainy season.

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 4. Habitats of tiger beetles from Northern Mindanao region: Calomera mindanaoensis (C) (site 16) (E, F) (sites 18 - 19), Prothyma heteromallicollis heteromallicollis (A) (site 16), Neocollyris similior (D) (site 17), Therates coracinus coracinus (D) (site 17), T. fasciatus fasciatus (D) (site 17), and Tricondyla aptera punctipennis (B) (site 16) (descriptions of sites in Table 1; photographs A-C RJ, D O. Bagona, E A. B. Lapore, F C. Torres).

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 9. Distribution of A Calomera cabigasi B C. lacrymosa C C. mindanaoensis D Lophyra (Spilodia) striolata tenuiscripta E Thopeutica (Thopeutica) angulihumerosa, and F T. (T.) darlingtonia in Northern Mindanao region.