Philippine Journal of Science
152 (6A): 2229-2237, December 2023
ISSN 0031 – 7683
Date Received: 05 Sep 2023

Description of a New Species of Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
(Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) with a Detailed Description
of the Larval Development Observed In Situ
on a Native Non-endemic Premna odorata Blanco
(Lamiaceae) in the Philippines

Milton Norman D. Medina1,2* and Decier Oliver Mapile3

1Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences and University Research Complex,
Tropical Genomics Laboratory, Davao Oriental State University, City of Mati 8200 Philippines
2National Museum of Natural History Philippines, Ermita, Manila, Philippines
3Philippine Science High School Ilocos Region Campus,
Poblacion East, San Ildefonso, Ilocos Sur 2728 Philippines

*Corresponding author: miltonnormanmedina@gmail.com

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Medina MN, Mapile DO. 2023. Description of a New Species of Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901 (Coleoptera:
Cicindelidae) with a Detailed Description of the Larval Development Observed In Situ on a Native
Non-endemic Premna odorata Blanco (Lamiaceae) in the Philippines. Philipp J Sci 152(6A): 2229–2237.
https://doi.org/10.56899/152.6A.16

 

ABSTRACT

This paper presents Neocollyris (Neocollyris) anichtchenkoi sp. nov., a new species of Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901 (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) from Luzon Island, Philippines. Larval development was documented in situ in Premna odorata Blanco (Lamiaceae). Scanning electron micrograph images of the larvae are also provided. This is the first record of a new species with notes on the larval development of a Philippine endemic Neocollyris