Poecilochila sinnamarica (Fleutiaux, 1886)

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 : 167

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.13133/2284-4880/410
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12762719
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B487DA-FFF5-FF86-FF11-FB62FA914D29
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Poecilochila sinnamarica (Fleutiaux, 1886)
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Poecilochila sinnamarica (Fleutiaux, 1886) View in CoL

Material examined (3 specimens): ÑEEMBUCÚ “ Pilar Military Base ” ( CIPLT-E 7425 , 7426 ; leg. R.W. & B.L.P.: 10 December 2019); ( CIPLT-E 7417 ; leg. R.W. & B.L.P.: 27 December 2019) .

Distribution. Occurs in the Dry Chaco (Alto Paraguay, Boquerón) and Humid Chaco ecoregions (Central, Concepción, Ñeembucú and Presidente Hayes) ( Sawada & Wiesner 2002).

Comments. Previously treated as a subgenus of Pentacomia , Poecilochila was elevated to a separate genus in a taxonomic revision by Moravec (2018) that also saw this species combined with Poecilochila rhytidopteroides . The revision also states that this species may be synonymous with Poecilochila lacordairei but it is currently treated separately until more specimens are examined.