Tricondyla (Tricondyla) aptera punctipennis Chevrolat, 1841

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

Tricondyla (Tricondyla) aptera punctipennis Chevrolat, 1841 Figures 4B , 5A , 6A

General distribution.

Subspecies known from Indonesia and Philippines. In the Philippines it was found in Sibuyan, Samar, Cebu, and Mindanao; in Mindanao Island it was recorded only in the Northern Mindanao region ( Cabras et al. 2016a).

Literature data for Northern Mindanao.

Bukidnon province: Impasung-ong ( Cabras et al. 2016a).

Material examined.

Bukidnon Province: Mt. Kitanglad, 28.VII.1990, 1♂ 1♀, ex coll. Y. Nishiyama (JWC); [no detailed locality], 1977, 1♂, leg. R. Lumawig (JWC); Lanao del Norte province: Mt. Agad-agad, 8°12'49.34"N, 124°16'9.66"E, 470 m a.s.l., 19.11.2018, 1♂, leg. R. Jaskuła et D.A.P. Acal (RJC).

Habitat.

Forest species found on vertical and fallen tree trunks, sometimes in forest floor; occasionally also outside the forest (but close to the trees).

Remarks.

Larva of nominal subspecies was described by Trautner and Schawaller (1996), who observed it hunting during night period in the bark of tree (e.g., Samanea saman ).

Figures

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 6. Distribution of A Tricondyla (Tricondyla) aptera punctipennis B T. (T.) elongata C T. (T.) gracilis D T. (Stenotricondyla) cyanipes E T. (Stenotricondyla) cavifrons, and F Neocollyris (Neocollyris) albitarsis in Northern Mindanao region.