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Sophiodela ferriei Fukuda & Ogawa & Hori 2019, comb. nov.

  • 1. Kurayoshi, 111 - 8, Kamogawa-town, Tottori, 682 - 0923 Japan E-mail: yuki 03 go 3 @ gmail. com
  • 2. Matsuyama, 6 - 5 - 8, Hakusuidai, Ehime, 791 - 0113 Japan E-mail: ailmasbl 0854 @ yahoo. co. jp
  • 3. Wakayama, 6 - 1 - 2 Takajyomachi, Wakayama, 640 - 8135 Japan E-mail: hori @ terra. zool. kyoto-u. ac. jp

Description

Sophiodela ferriei (Fleutiaux, 1895), comb. nov.

(Figs 7D, 12A)

Cicindela ferriei Fleutiaux, 1895: cclxxxi.

Cicindela ferriei indigonacea Miwa, 1935:15 [synonymy by Fukuda et al. 2015: 275].

Cicindela (Sericina) ferriei: Rivalier 1961:123.

Cicindela (Sophiodela) ferriei: Nakane 1976:4.

Specimens examined. (N = 2) [Japan] 1♂ (EUMJ), Tobe (27°47′11′′ N / 128°57′17′′ E) (Alt. 240 m), Tokunoshima Is., Kagoshima Pref., 3. VII. 2013, M. Ito leg; 1♂ (EUMJ), Chuou Path (28°21′42′′ N / 129°27′48′′ E) (Alt. 270 m), Amamiohshima Is., Kagoshima Pref., 5. VII. 2013, M. Ito leg.

Description. Internal sac everted dorsally in lateral view. DLL largest in the bladders; VA same as large as B and DA; A exist. VLR, BLR and VB not exist.

VA short triangular everted dorsally. DA everted dorsally. B roundly swollen right laterally, with well sclerotized spines, which are forming an oblong band. DLL swollen dorsally, covered with numerous well-sclerotized spines, which are a forming band. Flagellum well short, curved and formed S shape. Medial tooth long, gently curved right ventro-laterally, gently tapered at apex.

Notes

Published as part of Fukuda, Yuki, Ogawa, Ryo & Hori, Michio, 2019, The reclassification of Sophiodela and other tiger beetles (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae) based on the structure of the everted internal sac of the male genitalia, pp. 271-308 in Zootaxa 4661 (2) on page 285, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4661.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/3998528

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Event date
2013-07-03 , 2013-07-05
Verbatim event date
2013-07-03 , 2013-07-05
Scientific name authorship
Fukuda & Ogawa & Hori
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Carabidae
Genus
Sophiodela
Species
ferriei
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Sophiodela ferriei (Fleutiaux, 1895) sec. Fukuda, Ogawa & Hori, 2019

References

  • Fleutiaux, E. (1895) Description d'une nouvelle espece de Cicindela du groupe des Calochroa vrais et une note sur deux especes du genre Peridexia. Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique de France, 1894, cclxxxi-cclxxxii.
  • Miwa, Y. (1935) Coleoptera from Amami-Islands in Loo-Choo Archipelago. Transactions of the Kansai Entomological Society of Osaka, 6, 11 - 30.
  • Fukuda, Y., Yamasako, J., Ogawa, R. & Sakai, M. (2015) Review of the Japanese species of the genus Cicindela (Sophiodela) (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Cicindelinae) based on the characters of internal sac. Elytra, New Series, 5 (2), 269 - 280.
  • Rivalier, E. (1961) Demembrement du genre Cicindela Linne, IV. Faune indomalaise. Revue francaise d'Entomologie, 28, 121 - 149.
  • Nakane, T. (1976) Check-list of Coleoptera of Japan, Cicindelidae. The Coleopterists' Association of Japan, 3, 1 - 7.