Lanyu (Orchid Island), Taitung County, TaiwanBody length 7mm. []Therates alboobliquatus kotoshonis Kano, 1931 [Endemic in Lanyu, Taiwan]Family Carabidae or Cicindelidae Reference:Werner, K., K. M. Chen, and M. M., Yang. 2002. Contribution to the knowledge of the tiger beetles of Taiwan with notes on the species of Lanyu (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae). Collection and Reseach 15: 35-52.
Therates fasciatus FABRICIUS, 1801 [det. J. Wiesner, 2010, based on this specimen]Family: Cicindelidae (Tiger beetles, Sandlaufkfer)Suborder: AdephagaOrder: Coleoptera (beetles, Kfer)Indonesia, N-Sulawesi, Togean Islands, Batu Dakah, vic. Bomba: 600m SE Island Retreat,30m asl., 02.05.2010(IMG_0459)
Therates latreillei latreillei THOMSON, 1860[det. J. Wiesner, 2010, based on photos]Family: Cicindelidae (Tiger beetles, Sandlaufkfer)Suborder: AdephagaOrder: Coleoptera (beetles, Kfer)Indonesia, Sulawesi Tengah, 12.5km W Tentena: vic. Saluopa waterfall,550m asl., 14.05.2010(IMG_0041)
This tiger beetle takes a shower provided by a broken water pipe; this Tiger beetle was sitting under a "natural shower" (a leak in a water pipe) for more the 20 minutes! Therates labiatus FABRICIUS, 1801 [det. J. Wiesner, 2010, based on this photo] Family: Cicindelidae (tiger beetles, Sandlaufkäfer) Suborder: Adephaga Order: Coleoptera (beetles, Käfer) Indonesia, N-Sulawesi, Gorontalo, Lombongo: Bogani-Nanbi-Wartabone NP, 110m asl., 30.04.2010 (IMG_0249)