Lophyra (Spilodia) striolata tenuiscripta (Fleutiaux, 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

Lophyra (Spilodia) striolata tenuiscripta (Fleutiaux, 1893) Figures 3G , 5E , 9D

General distribution.

Subspecies known only from Indonesia and Philippines, in the second country noted only in Palawan ( Cabras et al. 2016a) and Mindanao (new record).

Material examined.

Bukidnon province: Mt. Kitanglad, 11-12.2014, 1♂, leg. N. Mohagan (JWC); Lanao del Norte province: Municipality of Bacolod, Barangay Mati, 8°9'4"N, 124°0'57"E, 53 m a.s.l., 06.2017, 26 exx., leg. D. A. P. Acal (DAC); Misamis Occidental province: Municipality of Sinacaban, Barangay San Isidro, 8°17'5"N, 123°47'5"E, 269 m a.s.l., 05-07.2017, 78 exx., leg. D. A. P. Acal (DAC).

Habitat.

Collected along the trails of coconut field (Municipality of Bacolod, Lanao del Norte) and from cultivated corn and ginger field (Municipality of Sinacaban, Misamis Occidental) (Acal - pers. obs.).

Remarks.

Lophyra striolata is a polytypic species with wide distribution in nearly the whole Oriental region (Cassola, 2000). Four subspecies currently are known from the Philippines ( Lophyra striolata ssp. striolata (Illiger, 1800), spp. dorsolineolata (Chevrolat, 1845), spp. Lophyra tenuiscripta (Fleutiaux, 1893), and spp. uniens (Horn, 1896)) ( Cabras et al. 2016a) but at least in some cases their distribution and taxonomical status should be clarified as few subspecies were noted from the same areas.

Figures

Figure 3. Habitats of tiger beetles from Northern Mindanao region: Calomera angulata angulata (C-E) (sites 10 - 12), C. lacrymosa (C, E) (sites 10, 12), C. mindanaoensis (C-F, H) (sites 10 - 13, 15), Cylindera discreta elaphroides (A, C-E) (sites 9 - 12), C. minuta (A, C-E) (sites 9 - 12), C. viduata (G) (site 14), Lophyra striolata tenuiscripta (G) (site 14), Therates coracinus coracinus (B) (site 10) (descriptions of sites in Table 1; photographs A, C-H DAPA, B RJ).

Figure 5. Some of the tiger beetle species recorded in Northern Mindanao region: A Tricondyla (Tricondyla) aptera punctipennis B Prothyma (Symplecthyma) heteromallicollis heteromallicollis C Calomera mindanaoensis D C. lacrymosa E Lophyra (Spilodia) striolata tenuiscripta F Cylindera (Eugrapha) minuta G, H C. (Ifasina) discreta elaphroides (photographs A-D, H RJ, E-G DAPA).

Figure 9. Distribution of A Calomera cabigasi B C. lacrymosa C C. mindanaoensis D Lophyra (Spilodia) striolata tenuiscripta E Thopeutica (Thopeutica) angulihumerosa, and F T. (T.) darlingtonia in Northern Mindanao region.