Revision of the Palearctic Cicindela campestris species complex—Part 1: On the taxonomy, identification and ecology of Cicindela herbacea Klug, 1832 and Cicindela javetii Chaudoir, 1861 (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4990 (3) ◽  
pp. 469-510
Author(s):  
JÖRG GEBERT ◽  
ANDREY V. MATALIN ◽  
FABIAN A. BOETZL
Keyword(s):  
Species Complex ◽  
Integrative Approach ◽  
Beetle Species ◽  
Museum Collections ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Tiger Beetle ◽  
Tiger Beetles ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
Complex Part

We revise the taxonomically problematic Palearctic Cicindela campestris species complex, a group of green tiger beetle species, using an integrative approach combining morphology, morphometry and biogeography. In this first part, an identification key to all subgroups of these green tiger beetles (Cicindela herbacea-subgroup, Cicindela javetii-subgroup, Cicindela desertorum-subgroup, Cicindela campestris-subgroup, Cicindela turkestanica-subgroup and Cicindela asiatica-subgroup) based on large series taken from private and museum collections as well as on literature sources is provided and diagnostic characters are illustrated by detailed photographs. The Cicindela herbacea- and Cicindela javetii-subgroups are revised and illustrated and identification keys as well as distribution maps for both are given. Four new synonyms are established: Cicindela herbacea herbacea Klug, 1832 = Cicindela herbacea aleppensis Deuve, 2012, syn. n.; Cicindela herbacea turkestanicoides W. Horn, 1938 = Cicindela herbacea perreaui Deuve, 1987, syn. n. = Cicindela herbacea colasi Deuve, 2011, syn. n.; Cicindela javetii javetii Chaudoir, 1861 = Cicindela thughurica Franzen, 2007, syn. n.  

scholarly journals Contribution to Bee Fauna (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) of Poland. V. The Genus Andrena Fabricius, 1775. Part I

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-26
Author(s):  
Ewelina Motyka ◽  
Bogdan Wiśniowski ◽  
Waldemar Celary ◽  
Katarzyna Szczepko
Keyword(s):  
New Records ◽  
General Distribution ◽  
Museum Collections ◽  
Sem Micrographs ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Distribution Maps

Abstract The paper presents new records of the following six very rare or scarcely recorded species of short-tongued bees of the genus Andrena Fabricius, 1775 in Poland: A. (Notandrena) nitidiuscula Schenck, 1853; A. (Lepidandrena) pandellei Perez, 1895; A. (Lepidandrena) paucisquama Noskiewicz, 1924; A. (Notandrena) pontica Warncke, 1972; A. (Poecilandrena) potentillae Panzer, 1809 and A. (Poecilandrena) viridescens Viereck, 1916. The studies were based on museum collections as well as the author’s own collections. During the research approximately 21,000 specimens, representing 95 taxa, of mining bees of the genus Andrena from Poland were identified. The species discussed in the paper are known from single or just a few stands in the country. The following information is provided for each species: short diagnosis, remarks on general distribution, bionomics, published records from Poland and confirmed Polish records based on studied collections. The text is accompanied by SEM micrographs showing diagnostic characters and distribution maps.

Studies of tiger beetles. CXIX. Three new species for the fauna of Vietnam (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)

2004 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-27
Author(s):  
F. Cassola
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Beetle Species ◽  
Tiger Beetle ◽  
Tiger Beetles ◽  
The World ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
First Time

Three tiger beetle species, Therates differens Sawada & Wiesner, 1999, Calomera brevipilosa (W. Horn, 1908) and Cosmodela separata (Fleutiaux, 1893), are recorded from Vietnam for the first time. The known tiger beetle fauna of this country is thus raised to a total of 132 species (45, or 34% of which are endemic), what definitely ranges Vietnam among the countries of the world with the richest outstanding entomological biodiversity (km2/species ratio: 2.507).

scholarly journals Catch fast and kill quickly: do tiger beetles use the same strategies when hunting different types of prey?

PeerJ ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. e5971 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomasz Rewicz ◽  
Radomir Jaskuła
Keyword(s):  
Salt Marshes ◽  
Fast Moving ◽  
Beetle Species ◽  
Tiger Beetle ◽  
Tiger Beetles ◽  
Hunting Behaviour ◽  
Hunting Strategies ◽  
Hunting Success ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Slow Moving

BackgroundTiger beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) are fast running predatory insects preying on different small insects and other terrestrial arthropods. Prey is located by sight and captured after short and fast pursuit interspersed with pause-and-look behaviour. At least some tiger beetle species can recognise the size and location of prey using memory, which probably allows them to achieve greater hunting success.Material and MethodsTwo eurytopic tiger beetle species known to occur in different types of habitat were used in the study:Cicindela hybrida hybrida, a very common central European beetle found even in artificial habitats such as sandy roads or gravel pits, andCalomera littoralis nemoralis, a species widely distributed in southern European countries and occurring on sandy sea beaches, in salt marshes, as well as on sandy banks of rivers and lakes. Both species are very similar in body size. Specimens used in the study were collected in the field and later tested in the laboratory. We checked whether tiger beetles use different hunting strategies when attacking prey of different sizes and abilities to escape as well as whether the sex of the studied species makes a difference in its hunting behaviour.ResultsThe hunting strategies of both tiger beetle species consist of the following main phases: identification, pursuit (often with stops), attack, and optional release of the prey, and then the secondary attack, abandonment of the prey, or consumption of the prey. Considerable differences were noticed in hunting behaviour depending on the type of prey, its movement ability and escape potential. Caterpillars were attacked without pursuit, in the head or directly behind the head where a concentration of nerves and main muscles responsible for walking are located. Effective attacks on beetles were executed at the connection between the thorax and the abdomen.Calomera littoralisstrongly preferred slow moving prey, whileCicindela hybridapreferred in equal measure slow moving prey and medium-sized fast moving prey. The experiment on the preferred size of prey indicated small beetles and small caterpillars as favoured byCalomera littoralis, whileCicindela hybridapreferred medium-sized fast moving prey and large caterpillars.DiscussionThe hunting behaviour ofCalomera littoralisandCicindela hybridais complicated and includes a number of phases allowing to locate, capture and kill the prey. Beetles are able to discriminate between different types of prey and apply different behavioural tactics to hunt it. As the particular strategies are used to increase hunting success, and as a result allow to accumulate energy for future activity of the predator, it can be expected that such a type of hunting behaviour is characteristic also of other tiger beetle species.

Review of the Patrus landaisi species group from Thailand with description of three new species (Coleoptera, Gyrinidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4991 (3) ◽  
pp. 561-591
Author(s):  
BENJAMART SUKSAI ◽  
GREY T. GUSTAFSON ◽  
ROBERT W. SITES ◽  
NARUMON SANGPRADUB
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Integrative Approach ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Species Status ◽  
Molecular Analyses ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
First Time

A survey of the whirligig beetles of the genus Patrus Aubé, 1838 occurring in Thailand belonging to the newly designated Patrus landaisi species group is presented. Three new species are described and illustrated: P. garuda sp. nov., P. nanensis sp. nov. and P. phetchabunensis sp. nov.; with P. apicalis (Régimbart, 1891), P. landaisi (Régimbart, 1892), and P. subapicalis (Ochs, 1930) stat. nov. being recorded for the first time in Thailand. Morphological and molecular analyses, together in an integrative approach, support the elevation of P. subapicalis to species status, instead of being a subspecies of P. apicalis. A diagnosis, illustrations of habitus and diagnostic characters, distribution maps, habitat images and a key to species are provided for all known members of the P. landaisi species group that occur in Thailand. A checklist of species in the group is also given.  

Revision of the genus Letana Walker, 1869 (Grylloptera: Tettigonioidea: Phaneropteridae)

1990 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 241-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sigfrid Ingrisch
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Stridulatory Apparatus ◽  
First Descriptions

AbstractThe Oriental genus Letana is fully revised. 22 species are recognised. Male and female abdominal terminalia, the phallus sclerite and the stridulatory apparatus of males are introduced as useful diagnostic characters. Keys for males and females to the species are included. L. brunneri (Krausze, 1904) and L. melanotis Bey-Bienko, 1956 become new synonyms of L. rubescens (StÅl, 1861). Nine new species are described: L. infurcata sp. n., L. bulbosa sp. n., L. megastridula sp. n., L. intermedia sp. n., L. bilobata sp. n., L. magna sp. n., L. digitata sp. n., L. emanueli sp. n., and L. gracilis sp. n. First descriptions are given for the female of L. recticercis Chopard & Dreux and for the male of L. serricauda Ingrisch. The relations between the species are discussed on basis of the phallus sclerite. Faunistic data and distribution maps are added.

scholarly journals Contribution to Bee Fauna (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) of Poland. VI. The Genus Andrena Fabricius, 1775. PART 2

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-246
Author(s):  
Bogdan Wiśniowski ◽  
Ewelina Motyka ◽  
Waldemar Celary ◽  
Katarzyna Szczepko
Keyword(s):  
Rare Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
General Distribution ◽  
Museum Collections ◽  
Sem Micrographs ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Distribution Maps

Abstract The paper presents new records of the following six very rare or scarcely recorded species of short-tongued bees of the genus Andrena Fabricius, 1775 in Poland: A. (Simandrena) congruens Schmiedeknecht, 1883; A. (Taeniandrena) lathyri Alfken, 1899; A. (Simandrena) lepida Schenck, 1861; A. (Poliandrena) polita Smith, 1847; A. (Suandrena) suerinensis Friese, 1884 and A. (Poliandrena) tarsata Nylander, 1848. This is the second contribution concerning the rare species of the genus Andrena Fabricius, 1775 in Poland. The studies were based on museum collections as well as the author’s own collections. During the research, approximately 21,000 specimens of mining bees of the genus Andrena from Poland were identified representing ninety-five taxa. The species discussed in the paper are known from just a few records in the country. The following information is provided for each species: short diagnosis, remarks on general distribution, bionomics, published records from Poland and confirmed Polish records based on studied collections. The text is accompanied by SEM micrographs showing diagnostic characters and distribution maps.

Biodiversity of tiger beetles from Angola with the description of a new species of the genus Neochila Basilewsky, 1953 (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4567 (1) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
ARTUR R. M. SERRANO ◽  
RÚBEN A. CAPELA ◽  
CARMEN VAN-DÚNEM SANTOS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Record ◽  
Beetle Species ◽  
Tiger Beetle ◽  
Tiger Beetles ◽  
Annotated List ◽  
A New Species

One new tiger beetle species of the genus Neochila Basilewsky, 1953 is described from Angola. The genus is a new record for this country also. An annotated list of species of Cicindelidae sampled in Angola, including data on distribution and general ecology of these beetles is presented. Further, a dichotomic key is made available for the identification of Neochila species of the katangana group.

scholarly journals Annotated list of tiger beetles (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae) in Calanasan, Apayao Province, Luzon, Philippines

Check List ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milton Norman D. Medina ◽  
Analyn D. Cabras ◽  
Jayson Ibanez ◽  
Guiller Opiso ◽  
Reagan Joseph T. Villanueva
Keyword(s):  
Biosphere Reserve ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Beetle Species ◽  
Tiger Beetle ◽  
Tiger Beetles ◽  
Annotated List ◽  
Opportunistic Sampling

The forests of Apayao Province are one of the remaining and relatively unexplored areas in the Philippines. With the aim to make Calanasan in Apayao province a UNESCO biosphere reserve as a mechanism in protecting its species, an expedition to document the biodiversity was conducted. This paper presents an annotated list of the 12 species of tiger beetles found in Calanasan. The beetles were mostly collected through opportunistic sampling. In Calanasan, 75% of the tiger beetle species collected are endemic, which shows the high value in preserving this area. Thus, the nomination of Calanasan as a UNESCO biosphere reserve is highly recommended.

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

ZooKeys ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1017 ◽  
pp. 37-75
Author(s):  
Dale Ann P. Acal ◽  
Jürgen Wiesner ◽  
Olga M. Nuñeza ◽  
Radomir Jaskuła
Keyword(s):  
New Records ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Tiger Beetle ◽  
Tiger Beetles ◽  
Riverine Habitats ◽  
First Time

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, and Cylindera) 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, and Thopeutica 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.

Notes on tiger beetles from Guinea-Bissau, with description of a new species of Cylindera Westwood (Insecta: Coleoptera, Cicindelidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1630 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
ARTUR R.M. SERRANO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Direct Observation ◽  
African Country ◽  
Light Trapping ◽  
Beetle Species ◽  
Tiger Beetle ◽  
Tiger Beetles ◽  
Guinea Bissau ◽  
A New Species

The biodiversity of tiger beetles collected in Guinea-Bissau during an Entomological Mission to this African country is given. Twenty species were identified, and their distribution in Guinea-Bissau is mapped. A new species is described: Cylindera (Ifasina) gulbenkiana Serrano, n. sp. (GUINEA-BISSAU, TOMBALI, Guilege). This is the first new tiger beetle species described from this country in the last 158 years. A key to the known species of Cylindera (Ifasina) of WestAfrica is given. Adults of tiger beetles were found by direct observation and by light trapping. An up-date of the tiger beetle species recorded for Guinea-Bissau gives a total of 35 species.

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