Tetracha brasiliensis brasiliensis (Kirby, 1818)

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 : 168

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.13133/2284-4880/410
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B487DA-FFF4-FF87-FF0E-FA22FB644BE9
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Tetracha brasiliensis brasiliensis (Kirby, 1818)
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Treatment

Tetracha brasiliensis brasiliensis (Kirby, 1818) View in CoL

Material examined (15 specimens): ALTO PARANÁ

“ Agroindustrial Kanindeyú S.A.”, ( CIPLT-E 7491 , 7492 ; leg. Lorenzo Bertolla: 15-18 December 2019) ; ÑEEMBUCÚ “ Caballero Paso ” (CIPLT- E 7462; leg. Julio R. Contreras: 04 December 2013) ; “ Estancia Santa Ana ” ( CIPLT-E 7497 , 7498 , 7499 , 7500 ; leg. R.W.: 07 February 2020) ; “ Ciudad de Pilar ” (CIPLT- E 7455; leg. Julio R. Contreras: 04 January 2013); (CIPLT- E 7458; leg. Julio R. Contreras: 06 January 2013); (CIPLT- E 7460; leg. Julio R. Contreras: 12 February 2013); (CIPLT- E 7456; leg. Julio R. Contreras: 02 April 2013); (CIPLT- E 7459; leg. Julio R. Contreras: 03 December 2013); (CIPLT- E 7454, 7461; leg. Julio R. Contreras: 04 December 2013) ; (CIPLT- E 7457; leg. Julio R. Contreras: 12 December 2013) .

Distribution. A fairly widespread species in eastern Paraguay with a generalist habitat association. Previous specimens have been collected in Amambay, Caazapá, Central, Concepción, Cordillera, Guairá, Itapúa, Misiones and San Pedro in the Cerrado, Atlantic Forest and Mesopotamian Grassland ecoregions; and a pair of specimens from the Dry Chaco of Boquerón ( Sawada & Wiesner 2002). The specimens from Ñeembucú extend the distribution to the Humid Chaco ecoregion of Paraguay.

Comments. One of the treated specimens was collect- ed in a pitfall trap, in a grassland site.