Tiger beetles (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae) of Northern Mindanao region (Philippines): checklist, distributional maps, and habitats

By

Acal, Dale Ann P.
Wiesner, Jurgen
Nuñeza, Olga M.
Jaskula, Radomir

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1017

Pages

37--75

Subjects

Calomera , Cylindera , Distribution , diversity , endemic species , Heptodonta , identification key , Lophyra , Neocollyris , Prothyma , Protocollyris , Therates , Tricondyla

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1017.34500

 

Abstract

The knowledge about tiger beetle fauna of the Northern Mindanao region (Philippines) is summarized based on literature data and new records. Thirty species classified in ten genera (Tricondyla,Neocollyris,Protocollyris,Therates,Prothyma,Heptodonta,Thopeutica,Lophyra,Calomera, andCylindera) were documented from the area (56% of tiger beetle fauna of Mindanao and 21% of Philippine species). Twelve species were noted from Northern Mindanao region for the first time, including five taxa,Neocollyris speciosa,Calomera angulata,Cylindera minuta,Lophyra striolata tenuiscripta, andThopeutica virginea, not recorded from Mindanao before. Distribution maps for all recorded species and the first photographs of habitats for some species in Mindanao and/or in the Philippines are provided. Eight species (27% of recorded fauna) were noted from riverine habitats while 18 tiger beetles (60%) were typical forest taxa; in the case of four species, their habitats in Northern Mindanao region are not known.