Cosmodela virgula (Fleutiaux, 1893)

Matalin, A. V., 2020, Additions to the fauna of tiger beetles of Vietnam (Coleoptera, Carabidae: Cicindelinae), Far Eastern Entomologist 415, pp. 9-20 : 17

Cosmodela virgula (Fleutiaux, 1893)

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Vietnam: Nghe An Prov., Que Phong Distr., Pu Hoat Natn.

Park, h = 840 m, 19 o 45’19’’N 104 o 47’47’’E, at light, 16–18. V .2019, 7♂, 7♀, leg. D. Fedorenko ( SIEE, MSPU) .

NOTES. This species is distributed in northern India, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh

(Acciavatti & Pearson, 1989), northern and northeastern Myanmar (Wiesner, 2006), northern

Thailand (Naviaux, 1991; Naviaux & Pinratana, 2004), northern and central Laos (Wiesner

& Geiser, 2016), northern Vietnam (Wiesner et al., 2017), southern and eastern China

(Puchkov & Matalin, 2003, 2017; Shook & Wiesner, 2006; Wu, 2011). The new record of C.

virgula from Nghe An province ( Northern Central Coast region ) is the southernmost in

Vietnam.