Tricondyla macrodera abruptesculpta Horn, 1925

Xiong, Xinxin & Wiesner, Jürgen, 2023, Chinese species of the genus Tricondyla Latreille, 1822 (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) and a new record for the country, Insecta Mundi 2023 (8), pp. 1-9 : 5-6

6. Tricondyla macrodera abruptesculpta Horn, 1925

( Fig. 19–22 , 33, 34 )

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Listings. Wiesner 1992: 19, Naviaux 2002: 40, Putchkov and Matalin 2003: 118, Shook and Wiesner 2006: 21, Shook and Wu 2007: 39, Wu and Shook 2007: 91, 2010: 89, Wu 2011: 31, Putchkov and Matalin 2017: 249, Wiesner et al. 2017: 6, Wiesner 2020: 37.

Diagnosis. Shiny black, slightly bluish; distinguished from the nominative form by the head in which the interocular cavity is slightly deeper and narrower, by the pronotum more convex and clearly subparallel-sided and by the elytra which are less gibbose and with more contrasted sculpture.

Distribution. China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan), Vietnam, Cambodia.

Figures

Figures 19–22. Tricondyla macrodera abruptesculpta Horn, 1925, scale = 5 mm. 19) Dorsal view, male. 20) Left lateral view, male. 21) Dorsal view, female. 22) Left lateral view, female.

Figures 23–34. Aedeagus, scale = 1 mm. 23–24) Tricondyla wiesneri Naviaux, 2002. 23) Left lateral view. 24) Ventral view. 25–26) Tricondyla mellyi Chaudoir, 1850. 25) Left lateral view. 26) Ventral view. 27–28) Tricondyla pulchripes White, 1844. 27) Left lateral view. 28) Ventral view. 29–30) Tricondyla stricticeps Chaudoir, 1864. 29) Left lateral view. 30) Ventral view. 31–32) Tricondyla gestroi scabra Fleutiaux, 1920. 31) Left lateral view. 32) Ventral view. 33–34) Tricondyla macrodera abruptesculpta Horn, 1925. 33) Left lateral view. 34) Ventral view.