Tricondyla (Stenotricondyla) planiceps Schaum 1862

Tricondyla (Stenotricondyla) planiceps Schaum, 1862: 18

Loc. typ.: Mindanao (Naviaux, 2002). Holotype female in MNHU.

Trycondyla cyanipes planiceps Schaum: in Horn, 1906: 33.

Tricondyla (Pseudotricondyla) planiceps Schaum, 1862: in Naviaux, 2002:82.

Material. LUZON: 2m: “N Luzon, Cagayan, x.2013 ” (DUBC); 1f: “ North Luzon, Nueva Viscaya, 7.2014” (DUBC); 1f: “ Philippines, N Luzon, Lohong, vi.12” (DUBC). MINDANAO: 1f: “ Philippines, Mindanao, Bukidnon, xi.2014 ” (DUBC). MINDORO: 1m: “ Philippines, Mt. Halcon, Mindoro, Jan. 2014 ” (DUBC).

Differential diagnosis. Body size 14–16 mm. Black bright; habitus moderately elongated (Figs 96–98), remarkable by the narrowness of both neck and anterior part of pronotum; head broad in comparison, vertex long behind the eyes, inflated, obviously distinct from the neck by the presence of a transversal mark; temples rounded and feebly oblique; interocular cavity particularly shallow; the longitudinal grooves are not extended up to the transversal mark; pronotum long; medial lobe inflated in both dorsal and lateral views, but strongly narrowed in front; collum narrow; elytra widened with the lateral constriction clearly marked; gibbosity and concavity strongly marked; sculpture shallow in front, then finely punctate; apex smooth. Aedeagus (Fig. 127). Endophallus (Fig. 99). Protuberances: VB relatively small; BL pair, small and laterally protruding; DB relatively large and evidently biforked at apex; median part of endophallus elongated; V small, weakly delimited; VA relatively large; apical protuberances not studied; flagellum long and thin.

Distribution. Philippines (Luzon, Mindanao, Mindoro).

Species to be removed from the list of Philippinean species