Tricondyla pulchripes White, 1844

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 : 3-4

3. Tricondyla pulchripes White, 1844

( Fig. 9 – 12 , 27, 28 )

长胸缺翅虎甲 chǎng xiōng quē chì hǔ jiǎ

Listings. Wiesner 1992: 19, Naviaux 2002: 36, Putchkov and Matalin 2003: 119, Sawada and Wiesner 2004: 272, 2006: 455, Shook and Wiesner 2006: 21, Shook and Wu 2007: 93, Wu and Shook 2007: 39, 2010: 89, Wu 2011: 32, Aston 2016: 213, Wiesner and Geiser 2016: 62, Putchkov and Matalin 2017: 249, Wiesner et al. 2017: 5, Wiesner 2020: 37.

Diagnosis. Habitus medium in size, very elongated; black with shiny appearance; head rather small, short, temples oblique; interocular cavity not deep, the two longitudinal grooves clearly impressed; pronotum very long, subparallel-sided, distinctly striated, barely convex in lateral view; elytra regularly but feebly widened, poorly gibbose; sculpture formed by large pits arranged in transversal rows; aedeagus thick at base, gradually thinner towards apex.

Distribution. China ( Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hong Kong, Yunnan), Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia.

Figures

Figures 9–12. Tricondyla pulchripes White, 1844, scale = 5 mm. 9) Dorsal view, male. 10) Left lateral view, male. 11) Dorsal view, female. 12) 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.