Matalin A.V.
New records of tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) from Asia with the remark on synonymy
Number: 524, Pages: 14 - 23
The new records of tiger beetles from different Asian regions are presented and discussed, including the first records of Calochroa octogramma octogramma (Chaudoir, 1852) and Calomera durvillei (Dejean, 1931) in Pakistan and Australia respectively, as well as some new provincial records of other species: five in Pakistani Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (former North West Frontier), three in Pakistani Gilgit-Baltistan (former Northern Territories), and one each in Vietnamese Kon Tum, Quang Nam and Cao Bang; Thai Chiang Mai, Mae Hong Son, Chiang Rai and Phang Nga; Laotian Luang Prabang and Vientiane as well as in Indonesian Islands Biak, Ternate and Waigeo and Australian Island Thursday. Additional data on the distribution of C. obliquefasciata in Primorsky Krai, Russia are presented. A synonymy is established: Therates dimidiatus wallacei Thomson, 1857 = Therates dimidiatus punctipennis Bates, 1878, syn. n.