Cylindera (Eugrapha) contorta contorta (Fischer, 1828)

Wang, Ke-Yi, Boetzl, Fabian A., Wiesner, Jürgen & Li, Cheng-De, 2024, New records and revised distribution of tiger beetles in China (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae), ZooKeys 1210, pp. 29-59 : 29-59

Cylindera (Eugrapha) contorta contorta (Fischer, 1828)

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Cylindera (Eugrapha) contorta contorta : Shook and Wiesner 2006: 14.

Published data.

Gansu ( Li and Chen 1993; Shook and Wiesner 2006: 14; Wu 2011: 27), Qinghai ( Li and Chen 1993; Shook and Wiesner 2006: 14; Wu 2011: 27), Xinjiang ( Li and Chen 1993; Shook and Wiesner 2006: 14; Wu 2011: 27), Inner Mongolia ( Wu 2011: 27).

Records.

Inner Mongolia, Alxa League, Alxa Right Banner , leg. Y. C. Lv, 12. vii. 1986, 1 male, 1 female ( IZCAS) .

Distribution.

China (Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang), Ukraine, Romania, Moldova, Iran, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Afghanistan, Russia, Mongolia.

Remarks.

Wu (2011) reported C. (E.) c. contorta (Fischer, 1828) from Inner Mongolia but did not provide specific specimen data. We provide specimen data for this species from Inner Mongolia for the first time.

Figures

Figure 4. Habitus photographs A Cicindela (Cicindela) sachalinensis raddei Morawitz, 1863 B Cicindela (Cicindela) transbaicalica hamifasciata Kolbe, 1886 C Cosmodela separata (Fleutiaux, 1893) D Cylindera (Cylindera) obliquefasciata (Adams, 1817) E Cylindera (Eriodera) albopunctata (Chaudoir, 1852) F Cylindera (Eugrapha) contorta contorta (Fischer, 1828). Scale bars: 5 mm.

Figure 5. Distribution maps. Green indicates records with previously known distribution based on published data, blue indicates new records, red stars indicate the collection sites of the examined specimens A Cicindela (Cicindela) sachalinensis raddei Morawitz, 1863 B Cicindela (Cicindela) transbaicalica hamifasciata Kolbe, 1886 C Cosmodela separata (Fleutiaux, 1893) D Cylindera (Cylindera) obliquefasciata (Adams, 1817) E Cylindera (Eriodera) albopunctata (Chaudoir, 1852) F Cylindera (Eugrapha) contorta contorta (Fischer, 1828).