Tricondyla gestroi scabra Fleutiaux, 1920

Xiong, Xinxin & Wiesner, Jürgen, 2023, Chinese species of the genus Tricondyla Latreille, 1822 (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) and a new record for the country, Insecta Mundi 2023 (8), pp. 1-9 : 5

5. Tricondyla gestroi scabra Fleutiaux, 1920

( Fig. 15 – 18 , 31, 32 )

格斯特缺翅虎甲糙翅亚种 gé sī tè quē chì hǔ jiǎ cāo chì yà zhǒng

Listings. Wiesner 1992: 19, Naviaux 2002: 47, Putchkov and Matalin 2003: 118, Naviaux and Pinratana 2004: 26, Sawada and Wiesner 2004: 272, 2006: 455, Shook and Wiesner 2006: 21, Shook and Wu 2007: 39, Wu and Shook 2007: 90, 2010: 89, Wu 2011: 31, Wiesner and Geiser 2016: 63, Putchkov and Matalin 2017: 249, Wiesner et al. 2017: 7, Wiesner 2020: 38.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from the nominative form primarily by the elytral sculpture obviously formed by larger and deeper pits, resembling honeycombs; pronotum generally more dilated on the sides.

Distribution. China (Xizang, Yunnan), Vietnam, Laos, Thailand.

Figures

Figures 15–18. Tricondyla gestroi scabra Fleutiaux, 1920, scale = 5 mm. 15) Dorsal view, male. 16) Left lateral view, male.17) Dorsal view, female. 18) Left lateral view, female.

Figures 23–34. Aedeagus, scale = 1 mm. 23–24) Tricondyla wiesneri Naviaux, 2002. 23) Left lateral view. 24) Ventral view. 25–26) Tricondyla mellyi Chaudoir, 1850. 25) Left lateral view. 26) Ventral view. 27–28) Tricondyla pulchripes White, 1844. 27) Left lateral view. 28) Ventral view. 29–30) Tricondyla stricticeps Chaudoir, 1864. 29) Left lateral view. 30) Ventral view. 31–32) Tricondyla gestroi scabra Fleutiaux, 1920. 31) Left lateral view. 32) Ventral view. 33–34) Tricondyla macrodera abruptesculpta Horn, 1925. 33) Left lateral view. 34) Ventral view.