Tiger beetles of the genus Tricondyla Latreille, 1822 (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) of the Philippines, with some considerations of the taxonomy of the genus Author Anichtchenko, Alexander Author Wiesner, Jürgen text Zootaxa 2024 2024-01-05 5397 3 351 376 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5397.3.3 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5397.3.3 1175-5326 10468872 E14C585C-BF45-4BD5-8B12-AB9BB13BF66E Tricondyla (Stenotricondyla) brunnipes Motschulsky, 1861:628 Tricondyla (Stenotricondyla) oblita Naviaux, 2002:80 , syn. nov. Type material. Holotype of T. brunnipes , female: “Typus” [pink label], “ Tricondyla brunnipes Motsch., Ins. Philip. ” [dark yellow label]; “ HOLOTYPUS (by monotypy) Tricondyla brunnipes Motschulsky, 1861 ” [red label]; “ TRICONDYLA (Stenotricondyla) cyanipes Esch. 1829 , dét. R. Naviaux , 2001” [white label] ( ZMUM ) . Holotype of T. oblita , male: “Luzon, Benguet, Baguio 1600 m ., coll. W. Schultze [ 16.443424 , 120.652891 ]”, “ Coll. W. Schultze , Ankauf 1942 [yellow label]”, “Staatl. Museum f̧r Tierkunde Dresden”, “ Holotype Tricondyla (Stenotricondyla) oblita m. R. Naviaux det. 2001 [red label]”, “Museum f̧r Tierkunde Dresden ( MTD ) MTD-COL-Car-Type-00656” ( SMTD ) ; Paratypes of T. oblita : 1f: “Luzon, Ilocos N. Burgos , coll. W. Schultze ”, “ Coll. W. Schultze , Ankauf 1942 [yellow label]”, “Staatl. Museum f̧r Tierkunde Dresden”, “ Allotype [red label]”, “ Tricondyla (Stenotricondyla) oblita m. R. Naviaux det. 2001” ( SMTD ) ; 2m : “Luzon, Benguet, Baguio , 1600 m , coll. W.Schultze ”, “ Coll. W. Schultze , Ankauf 1942 [yellow label]”, “Staatl. Museum f̧r Tierkunde Dresden”, “ Paratype [red label]”, “ Tricondyla (Stenotricondyla) oblita m. R. Naviaux det. 2001” ( SMTD ) . FIGURES 57–65 . Variability of Tricondyla ( Stenotricondyla ) cyanipes Eschscholtz, 1829 . 57–58—Marinduque, Luzon; 59— Canlaon Mt., Negros; 60—Misamis Or., Mindanao; 61— T. ( S. ) cavifrons Schaum, 1862 syn. nov. Holotype. 62–66—Aedeagus and Endophallus: 62—Misamis Or., Mindanao, as T. ( S. ) cavifrons Schaum, 1862 syn. nov. (lateral and apical view); 64 – Marinduque, Luzon; 65–66—Panay, as T. ( S. ) cavifrons Schaum, 1862 syn. nov. FIGURES 66–85 . Variability of Tricondyla ( Stenotricondyla ) elongata Horn, 1906 . Habitus: 66—Bataugan, Mindanao (male); 67—Mabanlas, Mindanao (female); 68—Marilog, Mindanao (male, as gracilis syn. nov. ); 69—Dingalan, Luzon (male); 70– 71—Misamis Or., Mindanao (male). Aedeagus and endophallus: 72–75—Lake Holon, Mindanao (as gracilis syn. nov. ); 76– 77—Dingalan, Luzon (as gracilis syn. nov. ); 78–80——Kalatungan, Mindanao; 81–83—Cateel, Mindanao; 84–85—Samar. FIGURES 86–88 . Habitus and head of Tricondyla ( Stenotricondyla ) genieri Naviaux, 2008 incertum , Holotype. FIGURES 89–95 . Variability of Tricondyla ( Stenotricondyla ) brunnipes Motschulsky, 1861 . 89—Holotype of T. ( S. ) oblita , syn. nov. (male); 90—Paratype of T. ( S. ) oblita , syn. nov. (female); 91—Lohong, Luzon (female); 92—Holotype of T. brunnipes Motschulsky, 1861 (female); 93–94—of T. ( S. ) oblita , syn. nov. Loc. Typ. (male); 95—Aedeagus and endophallus, paratype of T. ( S. ) oblita , syn. nov. (not completely inflated). FIGURES 96–99 . Variability of Tricondyla ( Stenotricondyla ) planiceps Schaum, 1862 96–97—Cagayan, Luzon; 98—N Vizcaya, Luzon; 99 — Aedeagus and endophallus (not completely inflated, broken at apice). Additional material. LUZON: 1m : “ Philippines , N Luzon, Benguet , xii.2013 ” ( AAc ) ; 1f: “ Philippines , Luzon, Lohong, VI.12” ( AAc ) ; MINDANAO: 1f: “ Philippines , Mindanao, Bukidnon , XI.2014 , local collector” ( DUBC ) . Differential diagnosis . Habitus ( Figs 89–94 ), body size 14–17.5 mm . Body color from brown to black with bluish luster (in original description indicated that body color is reddish brown, but in fact, half of paratypes are black with bluish luster), shiny; head not too broad with the eyes moderately prominent; interocular cavity comparatively shallow, longitudinal grooves parallel in back part und deeply impressed, extended to the transverse impression between occiput and neck; pronotum moderately long; elytra oval-shaped with the lateral constriction slightly marked; gibbosity high but the concavity poorly marked and placed rather near the base; sculpture shallow. Aedeagus ( Fig. 128 ). Endophallus ( Fig. 95 ), in overall appearance similar to T. planiceps . Protuberances: VB relatively small; BL pair, small and laterally protruding; DB relatively large and evidently biforked at apex; median part of endophallus elongated; V small, badly delimited; VA relatively large; apical protuberances not studied; flagellum long and thin. Comments . T. brunnipes Motschulsky, 1861: 628 was synonimized by Naviaux (2002: 77) with T. cyanipes . Study of the image of holotype (female, by monotypy, deposited in ZMUM), kindly provided to us by Andrey Matalin, showed that it conspecific with T. oblita . According to the Article 23 of ICZN (1999) T, brunnipes is the oldest valid name, and thus has the priority. Distribution. Philippines (Luzon, Mindanao).