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THE CORAL TRIANGLE: HEARST BIODIVERSITY EXPEDITION 
The purpose of this report is to provide a list of the species represented among specimens col¬ 
lected on the 2011 expedition. None of us has particular expertise with carabids of this region, nor 
have we had the opportunity to borrow representative identified material for species previously 
known to occur in the region. Consequently, this serves as a very preliminary report for which most 
identifications are necessarily incomplete and tentative, left only to the lowest taxonomic level for 
which we have some degree of confidence. In providing this checklist and accompanying annota¬ 
tions and illustrations, we hope to encourage researchers studying carabids from the region to make 
use of this material; and we also welcome any help with identifications based on the illustrations. 
Materials and Methods 
This report is based on our study of 234 carabid beetle specimens collected on the 2011 Hearst 
Philippine Expedition. The three main areas where collecting of carabid specimens occurred are 
plotted on the map in Fig. 1, and locality data (including province, locality specifics, geographical 
coordinates and elevation) and collection event data (including date(s) of collection, collecting 
method, habitat and collector(s)) are provided in the Appendix. Each collecting event was assigned 
a unique code by the collecting team, and entries in the Appendix are arranged by collection event 
code for ease of information retrieval in using the checklist. 
Specimens were sorted to species based on characters of external form and structure (i.e., mor- 
phospecies). Many identifications are only to the genus level, and for these we relied most heavi¬ 
ly on Darlington’s (1952, 1968) keys for the New Guinea fauna. One species could only be identi¬ 
fied questionably to tribe (Platynini or Lachnophorini). All of the specimens from the expedition 
are deposited in the collection at CAS and are available for study on site or through loans. Digital 
images of dorsal habitus were taken of a representative member of each moiphospecies using an 
Automontage imaging system from Syncln-oscopy with a JVC KY-F-75U digital camera and a 
Leica M420 dissecting microscope. The “CASENT” number associated with each image, as noted 
in figine captions, is a unique identifier that refers to the particular specimen photographed and its 
CAS database record. 
Species List 
For the purposes of this checklist, we follow the classification, order and taxonomy provided 
by Lorenz (2005) except as specifically noted in the list. Our study of the material from the expe¬ 
dition leads us to recognize a total of 68 species represented in these samples and identified as in 
the following list. 
Ozaenini 
Eustra cf. hammondi Deuve (Fig. 2); 20 specimens; PH005, PH015; collected by mini-Winkler extraction of 
concentrated forest leaf litter 
Collyridini 
Tricondyla (THcondyla) conicicollis Chaudoir (Fig. 3), 2 specimens; PHOOOl, NCP_3; collected by hand in 
daytime in forest 
Tricondyla {Tricondyla) ventricosa ventricosas Schaum (Fig. 4), 1 specimen; PH0009; collected by hand in 
daytime in forest 
Tricondyla {Stenotricondyla) cyanipes Gestro (Fig. 5), 1 specimen; NCP_3; collected by hand in daytime in 
forest 
Neocollyris sp. (Fig. 6), 1 specimen; PH0054; collected by hand at night in forest 
