Calomera durvillei
Creators: name: Moravec, Jiří
name: Dheurle, Charles
name: Schüle, Peter
name: Wiesner, Jürgen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Calomera
Calomera durvillei

description: Calomera durvillei (Dejean, 1831)
(Figs 200–223)
Cicindela Durvillei Dejean, 1831: 225.
Cicindela D’urvillei: Boisduval 1835: 3 (incorrect subsequent spelling).
Cicindela decemguttata var. Durvillei: Gadeau de Kerville 1886: 179.
Cicindela decemguttata Urvillei: Fleutiaux 1892: 115.
Abroscelis (Calomera) durvillei: Schilder 1953: 550.
Cicindela decemguttata urvillei: Nidek 1953: 156.
Lophyridia decemguttata Urvillei: Rivalier 1963: 31.
Lophyridia decemguttata durvillei: Wiesner 1992: 155.
Lophyridia decemguttata urvillei: Cassola 1987a: 323.
Cicindela (Calomera) decemguttata durvillei: Lorenz 1998a: 48; 1998b: 388.
Lophyridia durvillei: Schüle 1998: 39.
Calomera durvillei: Cassola 2004: 74.
Cicindela (Calomera) decemguttata durvillei: Lorenz 2005a: 49, 2005b: 406.
Calomera durvillei: Wiesner 2020: 232.
Nomenclatorial note. The name was dedicated to the collector Jules Sébastien César Dumont d’Urville. Dejean (1825) in the original description named his new species as “ durvillei ”, the only valid name of this taxon, while any other of the above listed spelling must be considered “incorrect subsequent spelling”, according to the Article 32 / Original spelling / Article 32.5.2.3 / Examples. “ d’urvillei becomes durvillei ” (ICZN 1999).
Type locality. “ Nouvelle Guinée ”.
Type material. Holotype (by monotypy) examined from photographs only (Figs 200–202), ♂ in MNHN, labelled: “Dory / N. guinée / Durville” [rounded label, handwritten] // Cicindela / Durvillei” [ochre tarnished, handwritten] // “ Type ” [red, printed] // “Museum Paris / Dory / N. elle Guinée / Durville” [pink with black margin, handwritten].
Other material examined. 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀ in BMNH: “Bismarck Arch. / Tabar Is, / Taran. / 5.XI.1957, J. Smart ”. 1 ♀ in BMNH: “ Terr Papua / & New Guinea / Wantoat / 2.I.1958 / J. Smart ”. 1 ♀ in BMNH: “ Terr Papua / & New Guinea / Ami (Nr. Maprik) / 21.X.1957 ”. 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ in BMNH: “Neu Guinea / Madang Dist. / Finisterra Mts. / Damanti, 3,550 ft. / 2-11.X.1964 ”. 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀ in BMNH: “E Dutch New Guinea / Jutefa bay, Pim. / Sea Level – 1000 ft. ii. / 1936 / L. E. Chesman / B.M.1936–271”. 1 ♂, 1 ♀ in BMNH: “E Dutch New Guinea / Cyclops Mts. Sibron / 930 ft. IV.1936 / L. E. Chesman / B.M.1936–271”. 1 ♀ in BMNH: “Ex Germ. N. Guinea / Huon Gulf / Singagua 14.II.1920 / W. Potter ”. 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀ in BMNH: “Ex Germ. N. Guinea / Huon Gulf / Munum / 27.II.1920 ”. 1 ♂ in BMNH: “ Mt. Lamington Dist. / Northern Division / Papua VII.1927 / C.T. McNamara ”. 1 ♂ in BMNH: “ Upper Setekwa / R., Snow Mts. /Dutch N. G. ” [elytra with wide, continuous lateral band]. 3 ♀♀ in PSCH: “ Indonesia West Papua, Biak / Mniber, 16.- 22.12.2006, / 00.43.28S 135.46.01E, / S. BÍlý leg”. 1 ♀ in PSCH: “ 24.7.1996 / Schüle / P. Stüben / West Papua / Nabire nach Mapia / km 117 Unipo / Sek. wald / Garten ”. 1 ♂ in PSCH: “ PNG, East New Britain, Pomio Dist. / Uvoli/ Kalso nr. Pilematana / 24.2.2005 / H.-H. Ludewig leg.”. 3 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀ in CCJM: “ Indonesia Papua 2006 / Yapen, Serui, / 01.52.11S,136.14.18E, / 28.XII. 06-9.I.2007, S. BÍlý leg.”. 2 ♂♂ in CCJM with same label dara except for “leg. L. Hovorka ”. 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀ in CCJM with same label data except for “ 30. XII.2006, leg. S. BÍlý”. 1 ♂, 1 ♀ in CCJM: “ 28 km from Marikai / S02.17.708°, E137.05.401° / W-Papua-Indonesia / leg. Bretschneider 06/2014”. 1 ♂, 1 ♀ in CCJM: “ Irian Jaya / Sentani Lake, III.1992 / 30 km Jayapura / leg. JiřÍ Kolibáč ”. 1 ♂ in CDCL: “ Irian Jaya / Amberbaken/ Barat”. 1 ♀ in CDCL: “ Indonesia, W Irian / Sentani Mt, 23. XII. 2008 / A. Zamesov leg”. 1 ♀ in CDCL: “N. Guinée, Irian Jaya / Nabire, 28. I. 95 / V. Tusov leg”. 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀ in JWCM: “1912, Neu Guinea / Kaiser-Wilh. -Land, leg. P. Kibler ”. 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀ in JWCM: “8./9.1912, Neu Guinea / Arfak-Geb./ leg. P. Kibler ”. 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀ in JWCM: “6.1972 / SE Neu Guinea / Kokoda Trail, 600m / R. Straatman ”. 4 ♀♀ in JWCM: “11.1978, Papua New Guinea / Morobe, Umg., Kaiapit / leg. W.G. Ullrich ”. 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ in JWCM: “12.1978 / Papua New Guinea / Morobe, Umg. Kaiapit / leg. W.G. Ullrich ”. 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀ in JWCM: “2.1979, Papua New Guinea / Eastern Highlands Prov. / Umg.Kainantu, Onerunka / leg. W.G. Ullrich ”. 5 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀ in JWCM: “3.1979 / Papua New Guinea / Morobe, Umg. Kaiapit, leg. W.G. Ullrich ”. 1 ♀ in JWCM: “ 7.5.1979 / Papua New Guinea / Morobe, Umg. Lae / leg. W.G. Ullrich ”. 1 ♀ in JWCM: “ 16.9.1979 / Papua New Guinea / Morobe, Umg. Mureng / Wampu River, leg. W.G. Ullrich ”. 1 ♀ in JWCM: “ 30.9.1979, Papua New Guinea / Morobe, Umg. Kaiapit / leg. W.G. Ullrich ”. 2 ♂♂ in JWCM: “ 1.12.1979, Papua New Guinea / Mor / Lao, Umg. Oomsis / Boang River, leg. W.G. Ullrich ”. 1 ♂, 5 ♀♀ in JWCM: “19.- 21.9.1990, Irian Jaya / Jayapura, Santani / Cyclops Mts., 400m / leg. A. Riedel ”. 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀ in JWCM: “26.- 30.9.1990, Irian Jaya, 300 m, Ransiki, Maguby, Manokwari Prov., leg. A. Riedel ”. 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀ in JWCM: “ 25.4.1998, Irian Jaya, Sentani, Mt. Cyclop, 70m, S 02 34.65’, E 140 30.89’ / 15-16 Uhr, leg. N. Naidenow ”. 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ in JWCM: “ 27.4.1998, Irian Jaya / Sentani, Mt. Cyclop, 70m / S 02 34.65’, E 140 30.89’ / 14-16 Uhr, leg. N. Naidenow ”. 1 ♀ in JWCM: “26.- 28.5.1998, Irian Jaya / Arfak Mts., Minjambo, 1300 m / S 01 08.05’ E 133 51.89’ / leg. N. Naidenow ”. 4 ♀♀ in JWCM: “ 29.5.1998, Irian Jaya / 20 km W Manokwari, 5 m, Flussufer / 11-16 Uhr, leg. Naidenow ”. 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀ in JWCM: “ 1.6.1998, 11-14 Uhr, Irian Jaya / 20 km W Manokwari, Arfal, 40 m / leg. N. Naidenow ”. 1 ♂ in JWCM: “6.2002, Irian Jaya, Nabire”. 1 ♂ in JWCM: “19.- 24.6.2003, Papua New Guinea / W New Britain, Makasili / 20 km E Hoskins / 5°28’S, 150°26’E, leg. T. Osten ”. 2 ♂♂ in JWCM: “ 20.vi.2016, Indonesien, Papua / Sentani, Manjokfeld / S 2°32.632 E 140°30.730 leg. Görn ”. 1 ♂ in IRSNB: “ Amb. New / Guinea ”. 1 ♂ in IRSNB: “ Baining Bg. / D. N. Guinea ”. 1 ♂ in IRSNB: “Nouvelle Guinée ”. 1 ♀ in IRSNB: “ Herbertshöhe / N. Guinea ”. 1 ♀ in IRSNB: “N. Guinée / Dorey 1887 / M. Maindron ”. 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀ in MFNB: “ Wandammengebg. / Wasior, 7.26 / E. Mayr S. G.”. 2 ♂♂ in MFNB: “D. N. Guinea / Simpsonhafen / V.09. / H. Schoede S. G.”. 1 ♂ in MFNB: “ Neu Pommern / Klingi 4. V.10. / H. Schoede S. G.” [with reduced elytral maculation]. 1 ♂ in MFNB: “ Neu Pommern / Kinigunang / C. Ribbe ”. 1 ♂ in MFNB: “ Neu Guinea / Friedr. Wilh. - Hafen / I.-III.98 / Ramn - Expedit.”. 1 ♂ in MFNB: “W.- Neuguinea / Cyclops Mts. / 4 km nordl. Sentoni / 600m, 8.-13.IX.1990 / leg. Balke & Hendrich ”. 1 ♀ in MFNB: “ Neu-Mecklenburg ” // “ Cicindela sanguineo / maculata Blanch. / det. K. Mandl 1969” [sic!] // Lophyridia decemguttata F. ssp. / urvillei / det F. Cassola 1983”. 1 ♀ in MFNB: “ Neu-Mecklenburg / Lamasong / Dr. Krämer S, G” [with anomalously reduced elytral maculation]. 1 ♂ in MFNB: “Neu Guinea / Peterhafen / 1910 / Prof. Preüso” [with anomalously reduced elytral maculation]. All specimens identified and labelled as Calomera durvillei by authors of the present paper, those in IRSNB and MFNB by the first author.
Differential diagnosis. Calomera durvillei is mostly immediately recognizable due to its pattern of elytral maculation which is in majority adults reduced to small lateral maculae tightly adjacent to outer elytral margin and little central spot (Figs 203–204, 210–213); however, adults with extremely dilated maculae, consisting of entire humeral lunule (as in HT Figs 200–201 and wide, continuous lateral band also occur (Figs 214–215). Densely setose genae and proepisterna are shared with C. paradecemguttata sp. nov., which is, however, clearly distinguished by the pattern of its elytral maculation and indentation on lateral edges of the apical portion of male aedeagus in its dorsal (and ventral) view (in contrast to the continuous lateral edges in the aedeagus of C. durvillei).
For the description see Dejean (1831), but it does not cover entire variability of elytral maculation, because the holotype (Figs 200–201) has its maculation wider than usually, intermediate between the extremely wide maculation demonstrated in Figs 211–212.
Body 11.5–14.7 (HT 12.4) mm long, 4.05–5.20 (HT 4.50) mm wide.
Specimens with darkened elytral maculation can be confused with C. sanguineomaculata, as for instance the above-listed female in MFNB.
Distribution. Calomera durvillei inhabits western part of Indonesia, spreading through Irian Jaya to Papua New Guinea, to the Bismarck Archipelago (New Britain, New Ireland, Duke of York, Gardner, Nusa. Occurrences in Moluccas listed by Wiesner (2018, 2020) are obviously misidentifications of C. paradecemguttata sp. nov. It must be noted here that C. durvillei is sometimes confused also with others of the species-complex in museum collections. Darlington (1962) mentioned that C. durvillei (treated by him as C. decemguttata durvillei) is common and widely distributed in New Guinea. The historical specimen (IRSNB ex collection of M. Maindron) with “Dorey 1887” on its label, comes from an area near the village and harbour of Dorey in western Papua New Guinea, where Dumont d’Urville and later also A. R. Wallace collected during their famous journeys. Historical specimens (MFNB) labelled “Neu Mecklenburg” or “Lamasong”, come from today’s New Ireland, a volcanic island in the Bismarck Archipelago (Papua New Guinea). Another historical specimen (MFNB) with “Peterhafen” on its label comes from Vitu Island (also spelled “Witu”) lying in the Vitu Island group in the Bismarck Sea (part of the West New Britain Province), Papua New Guinea, formerly part of Deutsch Neu Guinea with the Peterhafen coconut palm plantations (data adapted from Wikipedia and Britannica). Hornabrook (1988), who treated this species as Lophyridia decemguttata urvillei, mentioned that it is common in New Guinea, inhabiting exposed clay surfaces, found on roads, airstrips and some well-drained gently sloping clay banks where adults “may occur in scores and take off and come down few meters ahead when disturbed”. He never saw this species above 900 m in altitude, but found it most frequent at about 400 m above sea level in all suitable localities visited at this altitude.
Cassola (1987a) listed a great number of records from Irian Jaya and Papua New Guinea, one male from the Bismarck Archipelago, and surprisingly one male from Tamana Island, which is the smallest island of the remote Gilbert Islands, lying 4500 km northeast from Australia, thus this specimen (MFNB) might have been mislabelled.
description: Published as part of Moravec, Jiří, Dheurle, Charles, Schüle, Peter & Wiesner, Jürgen, 2025, Reassessment of the concept of Calomera decemguttata (Fabricius) with a description of Calomera paradecemguttata sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), pp. 1-56 in Zootaxa 5570 (1) on pages 43-48, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5570.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14734482