Check List 13(3): e19729, doi: 10.15560/13.3.2127
New distributional record of Cylindera (Oligoma) paradoxa (W. Horn, 1892) (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) in Ratnapura District, Sri Lanka
Agasthya Thotagamuwa‡,
Chandima Dangalle‡,
Erandathie Lokupitiya‡,
Nirmale Pallewatta‡,
Tharaka Wijerathne‡‡ University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Corresponding author:
Agasthya Thotagamuwa
(
agasthyath89@gmail.com
)
© 2017 Agasthya Thotagamuwa, Chandima Dangalle, Erandathie Lokupitiya, Nirmale Pallewatta, Tharaka Wijerathne. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citation:
Thotagamuwa A, Pallewatta N, Dangalle C, Lokupitiya E, Wijerathne T (2017) New distributional record of Cylindera (Oligoma) paradoxa (W. Horn, 1892) (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) in Ratnapura District, Sri Lanka. Check List 13(3): 2127. https://doi.org/10.15560/13.3.2127 |  |
Abstract
Since the 19th century, Cylindera (Oligoma) paradoxa (W. Horn, 1892) has been recorded from only 10 locations in Sri Lanka, with only 2 of those recorded in the past 30 years. We recently found this species in the Keeragala estate (Ratnapura District) during field surveys. Our new record fills a gap in the knowledge of this species’ distribution in Sri Lanka.
Keywords
tiger beetles; range extension; Keeragala