Tricondyla (Stenotricondyla) planiceps Schaum, 1862: 18

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 : 371-375

Tricondyla (Stenotricondyla) planiceps Schaum, 1862: 18

Loc. typ.: Mindanao ( Naviaux, 2002). Holotype female in MNHU.

Trycondyla cyanipes planiceps Schaum : in Horn, 1906: 33.

Tricondyla (Pseudotricondyla) planiceps Schaum, 1862 : in Naviaux, 2002:82.

Material. LUZON: 2m: “N Luzon, Cagayan, x.2013 ” ( DUBC) ; 1f: “ North Luzon , Nueva Viscaya, 7.2014” ( DUBC) ; 1f: “ Philippines, N Luzon, Lohong, vi.12” ( DUBC) . MINDANAO: 1f: “ Philippines, Mindanao , Bukidnon, xi.2014 ” ( DUBC) . MINDORO: 1m: “ Philippines, Mt. Halcon, Mindoro , Jan. 2014 ” ( DUBC) .

Differential diagnosis. Body size 14–16 mm. Black bright; habitus moderately elongated ( Figs 96–98 ), remarkable by the narrowness of both neck and anterior part of pronotum; head broad in comparison, vertex long behind the eyes, inflated, obviously distinct from the neck by the presence of a transversal mark; temples rounded and feebly oblique; interocular cavity particularly shallow; the longitudinal grooves are not extended up to the transversal mark; pronotum long; medial lobe inflated in both dorsal and lateral views, but strongly narrowed in front; collum narrow; elytra widened with the lateral constriction clearly marked; gibbosity and concavity strongly marked; sculpture shallow in front, then finely punctate; apex smooth. Aedeagus ( Fig. 127 ). Endophallus ( Fig. 99 ). Protuberances: VB relatively small; BL pair, small and laterally protruding; DB relatively large and evidently biforked at apex; median part of endophallus elongated; V small, weakly delimited; VA relatively large; apical protuberances not studied; flagellum long and thin.

Distribution. Philippines (Luzon, Mindanao, Mindoro).

Species to be removed from the list of Philippinean species

Figures

FIGURES 96–99. Variability of Tricondyla (Stenotricondyla) planiceps Schaum, 1862 96–97—Cagayan, Luzon; 98—N Vizcaya, Luzon; 99—Aedeagus and endophallus (not completely inflated, broken at apice).

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.