Table 1. The reservoirs of Sri Lanka surveyed for tiger beetles

	Reservoir	Location	Date surveyed
1	Nuwara Wewa	Anuradhapura District, North-Central Province 8^020’88”N & 80^025’97”E, 80.69m	December 2003, July 2004
2	Thisa Wewa	Anuradhapura District, North-Central Province 8^020’53”N & 80^023’06”E, 79.86m	December 2003
3	Abhaya Wewa	Anuradhapura District, North-Central Province 8^016’33”N & 80^020’08”E, 86.15m	December 2003
4	Mahakanadarawa Wewa	Anuradhapura District, North-Central Province 8^023’25”N & 80^031’98”E, 85.04m	July 2004
5	Nachchaduwa Wewa	Anuradhapura District, North-Central Province 8^015’85”N & 80^028’67”E, 96.01m	July 2004
6	Turuwila Wewa	Anuradhapura District, North-Central Province 8^013’56”N & 80^026’15”E, 120.5m	April 2005
7	Talawa Wewa	Anuradhapura District, North-Central Province 8^016’08”N & 80^020’19”E, 105.69m	April 2005
8	Rajangana reservoir	Tambuttegama, Anuradhapura District, North-Central Province 8^013’06”N & 80^025’49”E, 79.75m	April 2005
9	Kala Wewa	Anuradhapura District, North-Central Province 8^002’01”N & 80^032’16”E, 125.88m	July 2004
10	Balalu Wewa	Anuradhapura District, North-Central Province 8^002’01”N & 80^032’18”E, 125.64m	July 2004
11	Minneriya Wewa	Polonnaruwa District, North-Central Province 8^002’33”N & 80^002’36”E, 96.25m	December 2003
12	Giritale Wewa	Polonnaruwa District, North-Central Province 7^056’32”N & 81^001’09”E, 131.45m	December 2003
13	Parakrama Samudra	Polonnaruwa District, North-Central Province 7057’01”N & 80^059’98”E, 56.69m	December 2003
14	Kandalama Wewa	Dambulla, Matale District, Central Province 7^052’51”N & 80^041’51”E, 176.52m	December 2003, December 2005
15	Devahuwa Wewa	Dambulla, Matale District, Central Province 7^048’41”N & 80^033’20”E, 181.66m	December 2003
16	Kurundankulama Wewa	Anuradhapura District, North-Central Province 8^035’01”N & 80^043’18”E, 105.5m	April 2005
17	Tabbowa Wewa	KaruwalagasWewa, Puttalam District, North-Western Province 8^004’32”N & 79^056’69”E, 20.42m	June 2004
18	Billu Wewa	Puttalam District, North-Western Province 7^008’54”N & 79^051’20”E 20.15m	June 2004
19	Magalla Wewa	Nikawaratiya, Kurunegala District, North-Western Province 7^044’31”N & 80^007’47”E, 54.62m	April 2005
20	Batalagoda Wewa	Ibbagamuwa, Kurunegala District, North-Western Province 7^032’12”N & 80^002’04”E, 131.98m	December 2003
21	Kimbulwila Wewa	Malwana, Gampaha District, Western Province 6^056’57”N & 80^000’55”E, 23.37m	August 2003
22	Gammanpila Wewa	Bandaragama, Kalutara District, Western Province 6^031’48”N & 79^058’08”E, 5.25m	June 2004
23	Chandrika Wewa	Embilipitiya, Hambantota District, Southern Province 6^019’03”N & 80^051’19”E, 9.76m	November 2004
24	Ridiyagama Wewa	Ambalantota, Hambantota District, Southern Province 6^020’89”N & 80^098’56”E, 2.74m	November 2004
25	Tissa Wewa	Tissamaharama, Hambantota District, Southern Province 6^017’12”N & 81^016’91”E, 16.16m	November 2005
26	Yoda Wewa	Kirinda, Hambantota District, Southern Province 6^015’60”N & 81^018’61”E, 13.11m	November 2005

Table 2. Reservoirs ecosystems of Sri Lanka and associated tiger beetles

Reservoir	Species Recorded
Nuwara Wewa	Myriochila (Monelica) fastidiosa
Thisa Wewa	Calomera angulata
Mahakanadarawa Wewa	Calomera angulata
Nachchaduwa Wewa	Calomera angulata Myriochila (Monelica) fastidiosa
Kala Wewa	Calomera angulata
Parakrama Samudra	Calomera angulata
Kandalama Wewa	Calomera angulata Myriochila (Monelica) fastidiosa
Devahuwa Wewa	Calomera angulata Cylindera (Oligoma) lacunosa Lophyra (Lophyra) catena
Tabbowa Wewa	Calomera angulata Myriochila (Monelica) fastidiosa
Batalagoda wewa	Calomera angulata
Ridiyagama Wewa	Lophyra (Lophyra) catena

Table 3. Climate and soil parameters of the reservoir habitats of tiger beetles recorded at the time of collection

Reservoir	Tempera-ture (^0C)	Solar Radiation (w/m^2)	Relative Humidity (%)	Wind Speed (MPH)	Soil Type	Soil Colour	Soil Tempe-rature (^0C)	Soil pH	Soil Moisture (%)	Soil Salinity (ppt)
Nuwara Wewa	34	159	47	21	sand	black	33	6.9	0.35	0
Thisa Wewa	34	736	48	4	sand	yellow	31	6.7	0.12	0
Mahakanadarawa Wewa	31	64	60	17	sand	very dark grayish-brown	28	7.0	9.14	0
Nachchaduwa Wewa	32.8	256	53	10	sand	dark yellowish-brown	33	7.0	7.94	0
Kala Wewa	38.5	618	52	6	sand	light olive brown	32	7.0	0.64	0
Parakrama Samudra	29.5	64	63	3	sand	light yellowish-brown	30	7.5	0.15	0
Kandalama Wewa	33	56	58	9	sand	brownish-yellow	33	8.0	5.2	0
Devahuwa Wewa	37	363	40	4	sand	reddish-yellow	38.5	6.8	0.13	0
Tabbowa Wewa	39	206	41	7	sand	light olive brown	39	7.0	3.65	0
Batalagoda Wewa	35.2	655	47	9	sand	yellowish-brown	42.5	6.8	11.49	0
Ridiyagama Wewa	33	105	66	8	sand	dark reddish-brown	30	7.0	7.93	0
Average±SE	34.27± 2.96	298.36± 34.11	52.27± 8.65	8.09± 1.17			33.64±2.11	7.08± 0.63	4.25± 0.67

Table 4. Morphometric characters recorded for the tiger beetle species of reservoir ecosystems of Sri Lanka

Species	Body Weight (mg)	Body Length (mm)	Left Mandible Length (mm)
Calomera angulata	54.69±3.19 (n=25)	11.31±0.88 (n=25)	2.33±0.53 (n=17)
Cicindela (Monelica) fastidiosa	52.57±2.14 (n=9)	11.72±0.74 (n=9)	2.26±0.51 (n=2)
Cicindela (Oligoma) lacunosa	17.9 (n=1)	8.1 (n=1)	-
Cicindela (Lophyra) catena	74.7 (n=1)	11.4 (n=1)	2.35 (n=1)