A new record of the tiger beetle genus Tricondyla Latreille, 1822 (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) from China
Coleoptera
Cicindelidae
Xinxin Xiong
Center of Arboretum Management & Specimen Museum, Southwest Forestry University, No. 300 Bai Long Si, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5155-8803Jürgen Wiesner
Am Zellberg 6, D-38527 Meine, Germany
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7824-166X
Keywords: Tricondyla ovaligrossa, Yunnan, diagnosis, identifcation key
Abstract
Tricondyla ovaligrossa Horn, 1922 (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) is recorded from China for the first time. With this new record, all four members of the gestroi species group are now known to occur in China. Photographs, brief descriptions, and an identification key to the Chinese Tricondyla Latreille species are provided.
Publication
1191
Published
2026-05-29
How to cite
Xiong X, Wiesner J. 2026. A new record of the tiger beetle genus Tricondyla Latreille, 1822 (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) from China. Insecta Mundi 1191: 1–6. https://doi.org/10.64338/im.1191.g8m37