Odontocheila chrysis (Fabricius, 1801)

Pett, Brogan L., Wyer, Rufus & Smith, Paul, 2022, Contributions to the knowledge of tiger beetles in Paraguay, with new country and departmental records (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), Fragmenta entomologica 54 (1), pp. 163-170 : 166

Odontocheila chrysis (Fabricius, 1801)

Material examined (35 specimens): ALTO PARANÁ

“Kanindeyú Industrial Estate” ( CIPLT-E 7493; leg. Lorenzo Bertola: 15-18 December 2019); ITAPÚA “ Ciudad de Encarnación ” ( CIPLT-E 7272 , 7273 ; leg. P.S.: 07 January

2019); ÑEEMBUCÚ “ Estancia Santa Ana ” ( CIPLT-E 7441 , 7422 ; leg. R.W. & B.L.P.: 10 December 2019); ( CIPLT-E 7418 , 7419 , 7420 , 7421 ; leg. R.W. & B.L.P.: 27 December 2019); ( CIPLT-E 7501 , 7502 ; leg. R.W. & B.L.P.: 24 January 2020); ( CIPLT-E 7503 , 7504 , 7505 , 7506 ; leg. R.W. & B.L.P.: 31 January 2020) ; “Pilar” ( CIPLT-E 7452 ; leg. Julio R. Contreras : 02 December 2012); ( CIPLT-E 7453 ; leg. Julio R. Contreras: 04 January 2013); ( CIPLT-E 7447 ; leg. Julio R. Contreras: 09 January 2013); ( CIPLT-E 7450 ; leg. Julio R. Contreras: 19 January 2013); ( CIPLT-E 7448 ; leg. Julio R. Contreras: 11 February 2013); ( CIPLT-E 7446 ; leg. Julio R. Contreras: 12 February 2013); ( CIPLT-E 7449 , 7451 ; leg. Julio R. Contreras: 22 February 2013); ( CIPLT-E 7357 ; leg. Lorenzo Bertola: 01 December 2019) ; “ Pilar Military base” ( CIPLT-E 7416 ; leg. R.W. & B.L.P.: 27 February 2019); ( CIPLT-E 7423 , 7424 , 7438 , 7439 , 7440 ; leg. R.W. & B.L.P.: 10 December 2019) ; ( CIPLT-E 7435 , 7436 , 7437 ; leg. R.W. & B.L.P.: 27 December 2019) .

Distribution. This species apparently occurs across most (if not all) of the country in all ecoregions. Previous specimen records from Amambay, Boquerón, Caaguazú, Caazapá, Canindeyú, Central, Concepción, Guairá, Presidente Hayes and San Pedro ( Sawada & Wiesner 2002). Records provided here fill in two of the remaining departments for which there have been no previous reports (Alto Paraná and Ñeembucú).

Comments. This species was found predominantly in forested habitats. This is mostly consistent with previous ecological findings for the Odontocheila genus, generally showing an affinity for forested habitats but also being recorded in more open habitats (Adis et al. 1998; Cividanes & Ferraudo 2017). Additional specimens from Itapuá listed here were collected in a suburban garden, attracted to house lights (specimen records previously existed from Itapúa).