Thopeutica (Thopeutica) petertaylori Medina, Cabras and Wiesner (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), new species, is described from the Cagan river, New Bataan, Mindanao. It is characterized by the metallic ground colour of the elytra, prominent middle tooth in the labrum, and bottle-shaped aedeagus with apical hook

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University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Insecta Mundi Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Florida 12-3-2019 Thopeutica petertaylori, a new tiger beetle species (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) from Mindanao, Philippines Milton Norman D. Medina Analyn A. Cabras Jürgen Wiesner Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi  Part of the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Commons, and the Entomology Commons This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Florida at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Insecta Mundi by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Center for SyStematiC entomology, inC., Gainesville, FLInsecta MundI A Journal of World Insect SystematicsThopeutica petertaylori, a new tiger beetle species  (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) from Mindanao, PhilippinesMilton Norman D. MedinaColeoptera Research CenterUniversity of MindanaoDavao City, PhilippinesAnalyn A. CabrasColeoptera Research CenterUniversity of MindanaoDavao City, PhilippinesJürgen WiesnerDresdener Ring 11D-38444 Wolfsburg, GermanyDate of issue: December 3, 201907335urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B9855A4E-F2FF-481D-B81B-D6823250641B20193DecemberMilton Norman D. Medina, Analyn A. Cabras and Jürgen WiesnerThopeutica petertaylori, a new tiger beetle species (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) from Mindanao, PhilippinesInsecta Mundi 0733: 1–5ZooBank Registered: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B9855A4E-F2FF-481D-B81B-D6823250641BPublished in 2019 byCenter for Systematic Entomology, Inc.P.O. 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CabrasColeoptera Research CenterUniversity of MindanaoDavao City, Philippinesann.cabras24@gmail.comJürgen WiesnerDresdener Ring 11D-38444 Wolfsburg, Germanyjuergen.wiesner@wolfsburg.deAbstract. Thopeutica (Thopeutica) petertaylori Medina, Cabras and Wiesner (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), new species, is described from the Cagan river, New Bataan, Mindanao. It is characterized by the metallic ground colour of the elytra, prominent middle tooth in the labrum, and bottle-shaped aedeagus with apical hook.Key words. Cicindelini, diagnosis, Thopeutica, petertaylori, new species.IntroductionTiger beetles (Cicindelidae) in the Philippines remain highly unknown, especially in less explored islands such as Mindanao (Cassola and Ward 2004). Among the noteworthy taxa that have received little attention is the genus Thopeutica. This genus refers to the “small and medium” sized tiger beetles with glossy head and pronotum, matt elytra with metallic luster, body which is mostly glabrous but densely setose for some species and which exhibits sexual dimorphism in elytral apices” (Kibby 1985; Cassola and Ward 2004). Thopeutica species are endemic to Philippines and Sulawesi and are repre-sented in the Philippines by two subgenera, Thopeutica s. str. and Philippiniella Cassola and Ward, 2004. Thopeutica s. str is currently represented by 25 species and Philippiniella by four species in the Philippines (Cabras et al. 2016). In Mindanao, Thopeutica is represented by seven species (Wiesner 2015; Cabras et al. 2016). Species of Thopeutica that have been recently described from Mindanao include Thopeutica rolandmuelleri Cassola, 2000 and Thopeutica anichtchenkoi Wiesner, 2015. During one of our expeditions in New Bataaan, Compostela Valley Province, a species of Thopeutica new to science was discovered. In this paper, the new species is described and illustrated.Materials and MethodsThe specimens were collected primarily through light trapping during night time and opportunistic sampling during daytime. Specimens were collected into vials of ethyl acetate. Morphological characters were observed under Luxeo 4D and Nikon SMZ745T stereomicroscopes. Measurements mentioned in the paper include length of body without labrum. The aedeagus was extracted and cleared using KOH.Specimens mentioned here are deposited in the following collections:JWGC Jürgen Wiesner Collection, Wolfsburg, Germany.UMCRC University of Mindanao, Coleoptera Research Center, Davao City, Philippines.2 • Insecta MundI 0733, December 2019 Medina et al.ResultsThopeutica (Thopeutica) petertaylori Medina, Cabras and Wiesner, new species (Fig. 1)Type depository. Holotype ♂ in UMCRC, 7 paratype ♂ and 5 paratype ♀ in UMCRC, 1 paratype ♂ and 2 paratype ♀ in JWGC.Type status. Holotype ♂: Philippines, Mindanao, / Compostela Valley, / New Bataan, Cagan, / x.2012, M. Medina leg.”, “HOLOTYPE / Thopeutica (Thopeutica) / petertaylori n. sp. /ded. Medina, Cabras & Wiesner 2019 [printed, red]”.Paratypes. 7 ♂ and 5 ♀ with same label data in UMCRC and “PARATYPE / Thopeutica (Thopeutica) / petertaylori n. sp. /ded. Medina, Cabras & Wiesner 2019 [printed, red]”. One ♂ and 2 ♀ with the follow-ing label data: “Philippines, Mindanao, / Compostela Valley, / New Bataan, Cagan, / x.2012, M. Medina leg.”, “PARATYPE / Thopeutica (Thopeutica) / petertaylori n. sp. /ded. Medina, Cabras & Wiesner 2019 [printed, red]”.Distribution. Philippines (Mindanao: Compostela Valley province).Etymology. The new species is dedicated to Dr. Peter Charles Taylor, an adjunct professor of Murdoch University Western Australia, and the chair of the International Transformative Education & Research Network (ITERN) whose advocacies include empowering citizens towards global biodiversity conservation.Diagnosis. Thopeutica (Thopeutica) petertaylori is a member of stem 5 of the stenodera-group (Cassola and Ward 2004: 10) and quite similar to T. anichtchenkoi Wiesner, 2015. From the latter it differs by the massive tip of the aedeagus, the absence of the mirror-spot on the elytra of the females and the severely reduced sutural spine of the female elytra.Description. Size: Total length (without labrum) 9.0–11.0 mm, (mean = 10.25 mm, n = 12). Head: fully metallic, with two orbital setae, white, gold above, greenish on clypeus, bluish green genae; vertex distinctly depressed between compound eyes, without anterior pits, surface generally covered with wavy striae. Labrum (male Fig. 2, female Fig. 3) metallic green, brownish at the front, with 8 setae, 3.5 times wider than long, tridentate, center tooth protruding, 2.5 times longer than the side teeth. Mandibles testaceous at base, white colored at lateral side from base until half of the tenebra, teeth dark brown, without green metallic reflections. Labial palpi segments one and two white, third testaceous, labial terminal segment fully dark. Antennae slender, extending back to the middle dot of the elytra in males, shorter in females; scape and first to third antennomeres metallic green, glabrous, a single seta near the tip; fourth to eleventh dark brown to nearly black, finely pubescent. Thorax: Pronotum glabrous, as long as wide, slightly globose at the side, constricted in front and back; metallic green abaxial surface, adaxial greenish at the side, black at the center, dark coppery near constrictions. Sterna and episterna glabrous, coppery and dark green. Elytra: (male Fig. 4, female Fig. 5) Almost as wide as eyes and head together, parallel-sided, slightly enlarge in the middle, roundish metallic coppery punctures throughout, color coppery black, with metallic greenish reflections at the margin. Elytral marking consists of six dots: a roundish humeral, subhumeral, medial, subapical, and triangular middle dot. Elytral apex with microserration and prominent sutural spine, restricted in the females. Ventral aspect: Abdomen metallic bluish-green, sterna and mesepisterna highly pubescent at the side, diminishing towards the center. Trochanters brown, glabrous. Legs: Femur dark to metallic green, tibia, tarsus, unguiculus dark brown with rows of spiniform setae. Aedeagus: (Fig. 6) 3.5 mm long, inflated after base, bottle-shaped tapering towards the apex, tip elongated and forming a prominent hook.Habitat. The type specimens were collected using light trapping method installed near the river in Barangay Cagan, New Bataan, Compostela Valley [7° 25′ 28.23″ N; 126° 09′ 30.00″ E] 1200 m asl. The habitat is open area with direct sunlight with relatively high moisture due to its elevation (Fig. 7 and 8).Insecta MundI 0733, December 2019 • 3ThopeuTica peTerTaylori new speciesAcknowledgmentsThe authors thank Mr. Kim Jumawan, Kester Caparoso, Nannel Aranton and Emmanuel Lindaan for their help with data collection in Cagan. Our gratitude to Dr. Klaus-Dieter Klass, Sectionleiter Coleoptera MTD and Olaf Jager, Preparator Coleoptera MTD. We are indebted to Prof. David L. Pearson (Tempe, AZ) and Dr. Andrey Matalin (Moscow) for proofreading and Peter Schüle (Herrenberg) for providing the excellent pictures and drawings of the beetles.Literature CitedCabras, A. A., E. Cabigas, and J. Wiesner. 2016. Updated checklist of tiger beetles in the Philippines (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Cicindelinae). 131th contribution towards the knowledge of Cicindelinae. Lambillionea 116(3): 188–201.Cassola, F., and R. D. Ward. 2004. Systematics and zoogeography of the Philippine species of the genus Thopeutica Chaudoir, 1861. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 96: 1–132.Kibby, G. 1985. A review of Thopeutica, a subgenus of Cicindela, (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), with a key to species and description of two new taxa. Journal of Natural History 19: 21–36.Wiesner, J. 2015. Two new Thopeutica species from the Philippines (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicinde-linae). 122. Contribution towards the knowledge of Cicindelinae. Mitteilungen des Internationalen Entomologischen Vereins 40(1/2): 1–8.Received September 7, 2019; accepted September 18, 2019. Review editor Oliver Keller.4 • Insecta MundI 0733, December 2019 Medina et al.Figures 1–6. Thopeutica (Thopeutica) petertaylori, new species. 1) Habitus, paratype female, scale  =  5 mm. 2–3) Labrum, scale = 1 mm. 2) Paratype male. 3) Paratype female. 4–5) Right elytron, scale  =  5 mm. 4) Paratype male. 5) Paratype female. 6) Left lateral view of aedeagus, paratype, scale  =  2 mm.Insecta MundI 0733, December 2019 • 5ThopeuTica peTerTaylori new speciesFigures 7–8. Habitat of Thopeutica (Thopeutica) petertaylori, new species.6 • Insecta MundI 0733, December 2019 Medina et al.

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