Neocollyris (Heterocollyris) similior (Horn, 1893)

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

Neocollyris (Heterocollyris) similior (Horn, 1893) Figures 4D , 7D

General distribution.

Species endemic to Philippines where it was recorded only from Mindanao ( Naviaux 1994; Cabras et al. 2016; Marohomsalic et al. 2021).

Material examined.

Misamis Oriental province: Mimbilisan Protected Landscape, 8.94884N, 124.86517E, 501 m a.s.l., 18.07.2017, 1♂, leg. O. Bagona (RJC); Lanao del Norte province: Dodiongan Falls, Iligan City - Barangay Bonbonon, 8.271457N, 124.314140E, 47 m a.s.l., 11.2019., 1 ex., leg. M. L. Lumontod (RJC).

Habitat.

Forest, arboreal species found on vertical and fallen tree trunks and leaves of different bush species.

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 7. Distribution of A Neocollyris (Neocollyris) brevicula B N. (N.) emarginata C Neocollyris (Heterocollyris) affinis D N. (Heterocollyris) similior E N. (Heterocollyris) speciosa, and F Protocollyris mindanaoensis in Northern Mindanao region.