Tricondyla (Stenotricondyla) genieri Naviaux, 2008:99

Anichtchenko, Alexander & Wiesner, Jürgen, 2024, Tiger beetles of the genus Tricondyla Latreille, 1822 (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) of the Philippines, with some considerations of the taxonomy of the genus, Zootaxa 5397 (3), pp. 351-376 : 365

Tricondyla (Stenotricondyla) genieri Naviaux, 2008:99 incertum

Holotype male: “ Philippines: / Palawan Aborlan / 7-22.II.1987 ”, “Canadian Museum of / Musee canadien de la / Nature / CMNEN 00010521”, “Holotype / (Steno- / tricondyla) genieri / R. Naviaux, 2008 [red label]” ( CMNO).

Differential diagnosis. Small sized (13.5 mm) rather robust, black with violet luster, orbital plates with bronze luster ( Figs 86–88 ); elytra reddish brown with violet luster; head short with the temples abrupt, interocular cavity deep, the suborbital plates and neck obviously rugate; pronotum long, transversally rugate; elytra with hump moderately marked from side view, surface entirely covered by deep and irregular relief. Aedeagus damaged ( Fig. 126 ), in general appearance similar to T. (S.) cyanipes .

Comments. It is possible that the type specimen is a teratologic specimen of T. (Stenotricondyla) cyanipes Eschscholtz, 1829 , because, firstly, the whole beetle looks deformed, and secondly, because we have seen abberant specimens of other species with similar rugosity of the pronotum and orbital plates, although not in such an extreme form.

Distribution. Philippines (Palawan).

Figures

FIGURES 86–88. Habitus and head of Tricondyla (Stenotricondyla) genieri Naviaux, 2008 incertum, Holotype.

FIGURES 112–129. Aedeagus of Tricondyla species. 112—T. aptera (Samar); 113—Holotype of T. johnsoni sp. nov.; 114—T. ovicollis (Ditumabo); 115—Holotype of T. aptera lumawigi syn. nov. = T. ovicollis; 116—T. ventricosa (Sta Ana); 117—T. elongata (Kalatungan); 118—T. elongata (Misamis Or.); 119—T. gracilis syn. nov. = T. elongata (Lake Holon, Mindanao); 120 - T. gracilis syn. nov. = T. elongata (Bataugan, Mindanao); 121—T. conicicollis (Mindanao); 122—Paratype of T. cyanipes fuscilabris Mandl, 1964 syn.; 123—Holotype of T. huloti syn. nov.; 124—Holotype of T. cavifrons syn. nov. = T. cyanipes; 125—T. cavifrons (Negros); 126—Holotype of T. genieri; 127—T. planiceps; 128—Holotype of T. oblita; 129—Paratype of T. beccarii cassolai.