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) genieri Naviaux, 2008:99 incertum Holotype male: “ Philippines : / Palawan Aborlan / 7-22.II.1987 ”, “Canadian Museum of / Musee canadien de la / Nature / CMNEN 00010521”, “ Holotype / (Steno- / tricondyla) genieri / R. Naviaux, 2008 [red label]” ( CMNO ). Differential diagnosis. Small sized ( 13.5 mm ) rather robust, black with violet luster, orbital plates with bronze luster ( Figs 86–88 ); elytra reddish brown with violet luster; head short with the temples abrupt, interocular cavity deep, the suborbital plates and neck obviously rugate; pronotum long, transversally rugate; elytra with hump moderately marked from side view, surface entirely covered by deep and irregular relief. Aedeagus damaged ( Fig. 126 ), in general appearance similar to T. (S.) cyanipes . Comments. It is possible that the type specimen is a teratologic specimen of T. (Stenotricondyla) cyanipes Eschscholtz, 1829 , because, firstly, the whole beetle looks deformed, and secondly, because we have seen abberant specimens of other species with similar rugosity of the pronotum and orbital plates, although not in such an extreme form. Distribution. Philippines ( Palawan ).