Tricondyla wiesneri Naviaux, 2002

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 : 1-2

1. Tricondyla wiesneri Naviaux, 2002

( Fig. 1 – 4 , 23, 24 )

威斯纳缺翅虎甲 wēi sī nà quē chì hǔ jiǎ

Listings. Naviaux 2002: 48, Wiesner and Geiser 2016: 64, Wiesner 2020: 38, 2022: 191.

New record. 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Xima Town, Yingjiang County, Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture, Yunnan province, China, N24.7297594°, E97.68064499°, 2023-IV-15, leg. Weizong Yang, in coll. of the first author.

Diagnosis. Habitus rather large, elongated, shiny black; resembles T. ovaligrossa Horn, 1922 but larger; also resembles T. tuberculata Chaudoir, 1860 but more robust with less elongated pronotum and with posterior elytra wider; aedeagus long and obviously curved in distal part.

Distribution. China (Yunnan), Vietnam, Laos.

Figures

Figures 1–4.Tricondyla wiesneri Naviaux, 2002, scale = 5 mm. 1) Dorsal view, male. 2) Left lateral view, male. 3) Dorsal view, female. 4) 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.