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Publication Open Access New record of Tricondyla gounellii Horn 1900 (Coleoptera, Cicindelinae), an arboreal tiger beetle from Sri Lanka(: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336107511, 2019-09) Abeywardhana, L; Dangalle, C; Mallawarachchi, YArboreal tiger beetles belong to tribe Collyridini of order Coleoptera, family Carabidae, subfamily Cicindelinae and can be found predominantly in the tropical and subtropical regions of Asian countries mainly in forest habitat types (Toki et al., 2017). Tribe Collyridini is divided in to five genera - Collyris, Neocollyris, Protocollyris, Derocrania and Tricondyla. According to records provided by Fowler (1912) from his studies in the Fauna of British India’ five species of genus Tricondyla reside in Sri Lanka - Tricondyla femorata , Tricondyla tumidula , Tricondyla coriacea , Tricondyla nigripalpis , Tricondyla granulifera ). Three of these species, T. coriacea, T. nigripalpis, T. granulifera are endemic to the country, while the other two species also reside in India. However, the sources of this information is far outdated and unreliable and requires current investigations and revision. Thus, the present study was conducted to investigate the current species of arboreal tiger beetles of Sri Lanka, their morphology, locations, habitats and habitat preferences.Publication Open Access Cicindelinae of Sri Lanka: New record of the arboreal tiger beetle Tricondyla gounellei Horn, 1900(NSF, 2020-05-29) Abeywardhana, D. L; Dangalle, C. D; Mallawarachchi, YInformation is provided on the newly recorded Tricondyla gounellei Horn, 1900, an arboreal tiger beetle, hitherto known only from Southern India, with this being its fi rst from Sri Lanka. Following fi eld surveys conducted from 2017 to 2019 in forty-one locations in the country, this species was recorded from two locations namely, Vellankulam in Mannar District and Kirinda in Hambantota District. Tricondyla gounellei, closely resembles Tricondyla granulifera Motschulsky, 1857 previously recorded from Sri Lanka. However, T. gounellei can be distinguished from T. granulifera by the smaller body size, short elytra that are narrower in the middle and palpi with black terminal joints which in T. granulifera is red.