Cicindela (Cicindela) transbaicalica subsp. japanensis Chaudoir. Scales 1863

• Main Authors: Fukuda, Yuki, Ogawa, Ryo, Hori, Michio
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2019
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Carabidae; Cicindela; Cicindela transbaicalica; Cicindela cicindela transbaicalica japanensis chaudoir, 1863; Finlande septentrionale
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4337399; https://zenodo.org/record/4337399

Cicindela ( Cicindela ) transbaicalica japanensis Chaudoir, 1863 (Figs 8K, 15B) Cicindela japanensis Chaudoir, 1863:202. Cicindela transbaicalica japanensis : Horn & Roeschke 1891: 47. Cicindela ( Cicindela ) transbaicalica japanensis : Rivalier 1950:226. Specimens examined. (N = 2) [Japan] 2♂♂ (YFJ), Tottori, Ogamo, Kurayoshi-City, 3. V. 2013, Y. Fukuda leg. Description . Internal sac everted dorso-apically in lateral view. DA, VA and B well large, followed in order by DLL, VLL and VB. DLL roundly swollen, vested with fine spines. DA well swollen basally. VA largely and roundly swollen, evert- ed right laterally, partly hooked ventrally at apex, vested numerously with short and weakly chitinous spines. VB roundly and short swollen, vested with fine spines. VLL roundly well swollen, everted right laterally numerously with well sclerotized spines. B oval and long swollen, everted basally, numerously with long spines, which are forming a spot. Flagellum well short, curved. Medial tooth short, extending apically, straight extending, tapered. Remarks. This species shares the characteristics of the position of each bladder with Cicindela sachalinensis niohozana but is distinguished by the following characteristics: VA roundly everted dorso-apically, partly hooked ventrally at apex; B oval and long swollen, everted basally; medial tooth extending apically, straight extending, tapered. : 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 303, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4661.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/3998528 : {"references": ["Chaudoir, M. de (1863) Enumeration des Cicindeletes et des Carabiques recueillis dans la Russe meridionale, dans la Finlande septentrionale et dans la Siberie orientale par MM. Alexandre et Artur de Nordmann. Bulletin de la Societe Imperial des Naturalistes de Moscou, 36 (1), 201 - 232.", "Horn, W. & Roeschke, H. (1891) Monographie der palaarktischen Cicindelen. Analytisch bearbeitet mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der Variationsfahigkeit und geographischen Verbreitung. Berlin, 197 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 9205", "Rivalier, E. (1950) Demembrement du genre Cicindela Linne (Travail preliminaire limite a la faune palearctique). Revue francaise d'Entomologie, 17, 249 - 268."]}