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Calomera cabigasi morphological description

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[Main] [Tiger Beetles of PH] [Genus Calomera ] Calomera cabigasi  Cassola, 2011 Calomera   cabigasi   is similar to  C.  decemguttata   but smaller in size, have darker elytra, and pattern of elytral spots are slightly different. Head Gena and head glabrous, dull black in color, with greenish reflections at the orbital declivities. Eyes yellowish in color. Labrum yellow, narrowly blackened in front, wider than longer, distinctly raised in the middle. In females, two adjacent teeth may be present. Mandibles are short, yellow at base, black on teeth. Palpi slightly dark, maxillary palps metallic black with slight greenish reflections, labials yellow with last joint metallic greenish black. Antennae slender, longer in males than in females, antennomeres 1-4 metallic black with some green reflections, antenomeres 5-11 dull brownish-black, finely and evenly pubescent. Thorax Pronotum subsquare, subparallel-sided, glabrous, some white...

Distribution of Calomera cabigasi

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[Main] [Tiger Beetles of PH] [Genus Calomera ] Calomera   cabigasi   Cassola, 2011 Distribution Figure 1. Color plate (artistic rendition) of C. cabigasi (left), and map of the Philippine archipelago showing the Provinces of Misamis Oriental, Bukidnon, and Davao de Oro where the specimens were said to be collected (right) based on the references listed below. Mindanao Region X: Northern Mindanao Province of Misamis Oriental City of Gingoog Province of Bukidnon Municipality of Cabanglasan Municipality of Impasug-ong Region XI: Davao Region Province of Davao de Oro (formerly Compostela Valley) Municipality of New Bataan References: [1] Cassola, F. 2011. Studies of Tiger Beetles. CLXXXIX. A new Calomera Species from Mindanao, Philippines. Zoologische Staatssammlung Munchen/Verlag Friedrich Pfeil. Vol.34(1) [2] Medina, Milton Norman, Anichtchenko, Alexande, and Wiesner, Jürgen. 2021. Review of the tiger beetle genus Calomera Motschulsky, 1862 (Coleoptera: Cicinde...