Tiger beetles and where to find them - Thopeutica pangantihoni

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 Thopeutica pangantihoni Cassola & Zettel, 2006


Information:
  • Philippine endemic
  • Holotype was collected from Polillo Island
  • Named after Clister V. Pangantihon, from the University of San Carlos, Cebu City
Philippine distribution:
Luzon

  • Calabarzon (region IV-A), Province of Quezon, Polillo Island, Municipality of Panukulan,  Watershed are west of town.
Visayas

  • none
Mindanao
  • none


Reference:
Cassola, F., Zettel, H. 2006. A new species and a new record of Thopeutica Chaudoir, 1861 from Polillo Island, Quezon Province, the Philippines (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae). Z. Arb. Ge, Ost.Ent. 58; 45-52.

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