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Neocicindela garnerae E new species
Figures 45, 142; Map p. 177
Common name. Garner’s Tiger Beetle.
Neocicindela garnerae Larochelle & Larivière, new species.
Holotype: male (NZAC) labelled “S. [=South] Borland
R. [=Ridge] 760m (typed) / Manapouri Exp. Jan 70 I.
Townsend (typed) / HOLOTYPE [male symbol] Neocicindela
garnerae Larochelle & Larivière, 2013 (red label;
typed).” Paratype: one female (NZAC) from the same locality
as the holotype, bearing blue paratype label.
Description. Body length: 8.3–11.5 mm. Head and pronotum
light brown; dark areas of elytra light brown, with
smooth velvet black maculations along elytral suture (as
in N. parryi). Pale markings of elytra white or pale yellow,
moderately wide, maculate (more densely so than in
N. parryi); humeral lunule separated from marginal line
by a narrow gap (as opposed to N. parryi); middle band
complete, oblique, not extending beyond base of apical
lunule; marginal line narrow, notched medially (as opposed
to N. parryi), separated from apical lunule. Antennae
contrastingly coloured, abruptly passing from yellow
to black; antennal segments 1–4 mostly pale yellowish,
5–11 deep black; femora dark, tibiae and tarsi mostly
pale. Elytral sculpture: dark areas tuberculate, sparsely
covered with minute brown punctures, with sparse, small
to medium-sized green foveae. Dark areas of elytra moderately
shiny, with bronze or green metallic lustre. Head.
Labrum quadrisetose anteriorly. Antennal segment 1
(scape) with a single setiferous pore. Thorax. Pronotum
(Fig. 142) strongly cordate; sides strongly rounded; lateral
margins simple. Proepisterna and metepisterna moderately
to strongly setose; proepisterna with 1–15 setae, usually
more than 4 setae; metepisterna with 10–20 setae. Legs.
Tarsal claws much shorter than tarsal segment 5 (about half
its length). Elytra. Wide; sides strongly widening behind
middle. Apices not serrulate. Abdomen. Sterna glabrous.
Aedeagus (Fig. 45). Lateral view: apex narrower and
less rounded than in N. parryi; laterodorsal compression
narrow, elongate.
Material examined. 156 specimens (NZAC).
Geographic distribution (Map p. 177). South Island: BR,
CO, DN, FD, MC, NC, OL, SC, SL, WD. Stewart Island.
Ecology. Lowland, montane, subalpine, alpine. Openings,
paths, and roads in forests (beech, broadleaf, podocarp),
shrublands, and scrublands; roadside and clay banks in
tussock grasslands and cultivated fields; sandy beaches
bordering tussock grasslands; screes, stream beds, and
gardens. Larval burrows dug in bare areas of tussock
grasslands. Open or shaded ground; moist clay soil, usually
bare, sometimes covered with sparse moss. Mostly
diurnal; active both during the day in the sunshine and in
cloudy weather, and also at twilight. Solitary or by pairs.
Larochelle & Larivière (2013): Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera)
Biology. Seasonality: November–June. Tenerals: March.
Predacious. Food: caterpillars. Defense-mechanism:
cryptic coloration – body colour blending perfectly with
its surrounding; immobility (beetle reluctant to fly).
Dispersal power. Macropterous. Short-distance flier
(about 0.5 m). Occasional and weak flier to artificial lights
at night and when exposed to warming sun. Occasional
climber on shrubs.
Remarks. This species is named after our colleague
Beulah Garner (The Natural History Museum, London)
for facilitating our study of the type material of Carabidae,
especially the Broun Collection.
Neocicindela garnerae is morphologically close to
N. parryi but it has the following distinguishing features:
antennal segments 5–11 deep black, sharply contrasting
with paler antennal segments 1–4; pronotum strongly
cordate, with sides strongly rounded; elytra with pale
markings more densely maculate, humeral lunule separated
from marginal line by a narrow gap, and marginal
line narrow, notched medially.
Neocicindela parryi (White, 1846) E
Figures 46, 143; Map p. 177
Common name. Parry’s Tiger Beetle.
Cicindela (Neocicindela) parryi: Larochelle & Larivière, 2001:
38 and 2007a: 110.
Neocicindela parryi: Lorenz, 2005: 61; Brzoska, 2006: 21; Cassola
& Moravec, 2010: 3.
Description. Body length: 7.5–10.0 mm. Head and pronotum
light brown; dark areas of elytra light brown, with
smooth velvet black maculations along elytral suture (as
in N. garnerae). Pale markings of elytra white or pale
yellow, moderately wide, maculate (less densely so than
in N. garnerae); humeral lunule usually separated from
marginal line by a wide gap (as opposed to N. garnerae);
middle band incomplete (very short), oblique, not extending
beyond base of apical lunule; marginal line moderately
wide, not notched medially (as opposed to N. garnerae),
separated from apical lunule. Antennae not contrastingly
coloured as in N. garnerae, gradually passing from pale
yellowish, through brown, to blackish; femora dark, tibiae
and tarsi mostly pale. Elytral sculpture: dark areas tuberculate,
sparsely covered with minute brown punctures,
with sparse, small to medium-sized green foveae. Dark
areas of elytra moderately shiny, with bronze or green
metallic lustre. Head. Labrum quadrisetose anteriorly.
Antennal segment 1 (scape) with a single setiferous pore.
Thorax. Pronotum (Fig. 143) moderately cordate; sides
moderately rounded; lateral margins simple. Proepisterna
and metepisterna glabrous or slightly setose (with one to
four setae). Legs. Tarsal claws much shorter than tarsal