New records of tiger beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae: Cicindelinae) from Thailand

• The new localities of 47 taxa of tiger beetles within Thailand are reported.
• Therates rugulosus W. Horn, 1900 is reliably recorded for the first time in Thailand.
• The list of the tiger beetles of Thailand has 146 taxa: 35 endemics and 27 near-endemics.
• The endemics and near-endemics represent 42.5% of the total species diversity.
• Northern Thailand has the highest diversity and the greatest endemism of Cicindelinae.

From recent field and museum collections, new localities and range extensions of 47 taxa (28 species and 19 subspecies) of tiger beetles within various provinces of Thailand are reported. Therates rugulosus W. Horn, 1900 is reliably recorded for the first time in Thailand. The list of the tiger beetles of Thailand now has 146 taxa, including 35 endemics (28 species, 7 subspecies) and 27 near-endemics (24 species, 3 subspecies). The endemics represent 24% of the total species diversity, but together with near-endemics, it rises to 42.5%. Northern Thailand has the highest species diversity and the greatest endemism of tiger beetles in the country.

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