Prothyma (Symplecthyma) heteromallicollis heteromallicollis Horn, 1909

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

Prothyma (Symplecthyma) heteromallicollis heteromallicollis Horn, 1909 Figures 4A , 5B , 8D

General distribution.

Species endemic to the Philippines, where it was recorded on Luzon and Mindanao till now ( Cabras et al. 2016a); in Mindanao it has been noted from Davao ( Cabras et al. 2016b) and Northern Mindanao (this publication) regions.

Material examined.

Bukidnon province: Mt. Kitanglad, 11-12.2014, 3♂♂ 1♀, leg. N. Mohagan (JWC); Lanao del Norte province: Mount Agad-agad, 8°12'49.34"N, 124°16'9.66"E, 470 m a.s.l., 18.10.2018, 10 exx., leg. D. A. P. Acal (DAC), 19.11.2018, 2♂♂, leg. R. Jaskuła et D. A. P. Acal (RJC); Misamis Oriental province: Mimbilisan Protected Area, 8.94884N, 124.86517E, 501 m a.s.l., 18.07.2017, 1♂, leg. O. Bagona (RJC).

Habitat.

Species found on shaded forest paths and forest litters.

Remarks.

Some individuals were observed resting on undershrub leaves along forest trails.

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 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.