Calomera angulata angulata (Fabricius, 1798)

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 angulata angulata (Fabricius, 1798) Figures 3C-E , 8F

General distribution.

India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, China; in the Philippines the species was recorded only from Luzon ( Cabras et al. 2016a) and Mindanao (new record).

Material examined.

Lanao del Norte province: Iligan City - Barangay Merila, 8°12'17"N, 124°15'24"E, 18 m a.s.l., 05-07.2017, 15♂♂ 8♀♀, 15.12.2018, 8♂♂ 3♀♀, leg. D. A. P. Acal (DAC); Iligan City - Barangay Bonbonon, 8.265458N, 124.310138E, 47 m a.s.l., 05-07.2017, 3♂♂ 1♀, leg. D. A. P. Acal (DAC); Municipality of Bacolod, Barangay Esperanza, 8°10'12"N, 124°0'22"E, 27 m a.s.l., 05-07.2017, 1♀, 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, 29.10.2018, 3♂♂ 6♀♀, leg. C. Torres (RJC); Iligan City - Barangay Puga-an, sandy bank of Puga-an River, 8°13'29.6"N, 124°15'57.8"E, 29.10.2018, 3♂♂ 6♀♀, leg. C. Torres (RJC); Iligan City - Barangay Puga-an, rocky bank of Puga-an River, 8°13'31.5"N, 124°16'08.6"E, 29.10.2018, 2♂♂, leg. C. Torres (RJC); 29.08.2018, 1♂ 1♀, leg. D. A. P Acal (DAC); Iligan City - Barangay Tipanoy, Tubod River, 8°11'38.12"N, 124°15'25.38"E, 20 m a.s.l., 29.08.2018, 1♂, leg. D. A. P. Acal (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, 4♂♂ 1♀, leg. D. A. P. Acal (RJC); Barangay Merila, Iligan City, 15.12.2018, 8♂♂ 3♀♀, leg. D. A. P. Acal (RJC).

Habitat.

The species occurs on sandy river banks exposed to direct sunlight (pers. obs.).

Remarks.

First records both from Northern Mindanao region and entire Mindanao Island. This species was observed to co-occur with Calomera mindanaoensis , C. lacrymosa , Cylindera discreta elaphroides , and C. minuta .

Figures

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 8. Distribution of A Therates coracinus coracinus B Therates fasciatus fasciatus (circle) and T. fasciatus pseudolatreillei (square) C Therates fulvipennis bidentatus (cirle) and T. fulvipennis everetti (square) D Prothyma (Symplecthyma) heteromallicollis heteromallicollis E Heptodonta nigrosericea, and F Calomera angulata angulata in Northern Mindanao region.