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Tetracha (Neotetracha) distinguenda (Dejean, 1831)

Wiesner, Jürgen & Bandinelli, Aligi, 2014, Notes on the tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) of Argentina. 117. Contribution towards the knowledge of Cicindelidae, Insecta Mundi 2014 (377), pp. 1-66 : 11-12

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 Tetracha (Neotetracha) distinguenda (Dejean, 1831)
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14. Tetracha (Neotetracha) distinguenda (Dejean, 1831) View in CoL ( Fig. 14 View Figures 7-14 , 95, 96 View Figures 95-96 , 98 View Figures 97-98 , 100 View Figures 99-100 )

Megacephala (Tetracha) distinguenda: Bruch 1911: 146 View in CoL ; Horn 1926: 73; Wiesner 1992: 48.

Megacephala (Tetracha) biprolongata Horn, 1937 View in CoL : Wiesner 1992: 48.

Megacephala (Tetracha) biprolongata dorotheae Mandl, 1957 View in CoL : Wiesner 1992: 48.

Megacephala (Tetracha) biprolongata nigroviridis Mandl, 1967 View in CoL : Wiesner 1992: 48.

Tetracha distinguenda: Pearson et al. 1999: 410 View in CoL , 411; Cassola and Pearson 2001: 11.

Tetracha (Neotetracha) distinguenda: Naviaux 2007: 96 View in CoL , 97; Sawada and Wiesner 2002: 290-291; Erwin and Pearson 2008: 75.

Tetracha biprolongata: Cassola and Pearson 2001: 11 View in CoL ; Cassola and Werner 2001: 8, 9.

Distribution ( Fig. 118 View Figures 117-122 ). Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Chubut, Córdoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, La Rioja, Misiones, Río Negro, Santiago del Estero, Salta, San Juan, Santa Fé, Tucumán), Bolivia (Santa Cruz), Paraguay, Uruguay (Canelones).

Records. Rio Negro: Río Colorado, R. Foerster, 20.ii.2001, 2 males, 2 females ( JWGC). Buenos Aires: Vedia, Ruta 7, 34°30,566’S, 61°31,385’W, night collection, leg. A. Bandinelli, 22.i.2012, 6 males, 9 females ( ABIC). Entre Rios: Liebig , Dept. Colón, 12.iv.1974, 2 males GoogleMaps ; ii.1975, 1 male, 2 females GoogleMaps ; iii.1979, 1 female; i.1986, 4 males, 2 females; ii.1995, 1 male ( JWGC). Santa Fè: Carcarañá, Ruta 9 c/o Rosario, at lights, leg. A. Bandinelli, 19.i.2012, 2 males, 3 females ( ABIC). Córdoba: Capilla del Monte , ii.1980, 1 female ; Santa Rosa, xi.1984, 2 females ( JWGC) ; Salinas Grandes, c/o Lucio Mansilla, 80 km NW Dean Funes , leg. A. Bandinelli, 20.xii.2010, 1 female ( ABIC) ; Laguna Mar Chiquita , 35 km E Balnearia, 30°57,885’S, 62°26,262’W, night collection, leg. A. Bandinelli, 13.i.2012, 13 males, 12 females ( ABIC) GoogleMaps ; Laguna Mar Chiquita, La Para, 30°56,504’S, 62°53,018’W, light trap, leg. A. Bandinelli, 14.i.2012, 11 males, 9 females ( ABIC) GoogleMaps ; Villa Maria, night collection, leg. A. Bandinelli, 18.i.2012, 8 males, 15 females ( ABIC) ; Oliva environments, 32°06,071’S, 63°32,117’W, night collection, leg. A. Bandinelli, 9.i.2013, 11 males, 8 females ( ABIC). San Juan: El Zonda , 800 m, ii.1981, 2 males ( JWGC) GoogleMaps ; San Agustin de Valle Fertil, Río del Valle, 900 m, night collection, leg. A. Bandinelli, 18.xii.2011, 1 female ( ABIC). La Rioja: Chamical, 500 m, at lights, leg. A. Bandinelli, 27.xi.2004, 2 males, 1 female ( ABIC). Catamarca: Río Salado, 45 km N Aimogasta, 900 m, night collection, leg. A. Bandinelli, 19.xii.2011, 1 male ( ABIC). Santiago del Estero: Fernandez , ii.1976, 3 males, 4 females ; Monte Quemado , iii.1992, 2 males ( JWGC) ; Ciudad de Loreto, at lights, leg. A. Bandinelli, 24.xi.2004, 11 males, 8 females ( ABIC) ; 1 male ( MZUF) ; Termas de Río Hondo , at lights, leg. A. Bandinelli, 18.xii.2010, 14 males, 4 females ; Río Saladillo, Salinas de Ambargasta, 68 km S Ciudad Loreto, night collection, 19.xii.2010, 4 males, 4 females ( ABIC) ; Pampa de los Guanacos, 100 km SE Monte Quemado , light trap, leg. A., Bandinelli, 1.i.2012, 1 female ( ABIC) ; Nueva Esperanza, night collection, leg. A. Bandinelli, 23.xii.2011, 14 males, 11 females ( ABIC) ; 11.i.2013, 13 males, 14 females ( ABIC) ; Río Saladillo, Salinas de Ambargasta, 68 km S Ciudad Loreto, night coll., leg. A. Bandinelli, 16.i.2012, 5 males, 10 females ( ABIC). Salta: Do. San Martin, Tartagal, xii.1971, 1 male, 4 females ; Pocitos, xii.1977, 1 female ( JWGC) ; Las Lajitas, 50 km N Joaquin Gonzales , 500 m, night collection, leg. A. Bandinelli, 29.xii.2011, 17 males, 7 females ( ABIC). Chaco: Castelli, 29.iii.1977, 3 males, 5 females ; Avia Teray, xii.1991, 4 males; Charata, ii.1991, 2 males; iii.1992, 2 females ; i.1993, 2 males, 4 female; i.1994, 1 female; x.-xi.1994, 2 males, 3 females; 15.i.1996, 2 males, 1 female; J. Carreras leg., 8.i.1992, 1 male; 14.i.1993, 1 female ; 80 km N Miraflores, Pozo La Gringa , O. Gonzales leg., iii.1995, 1 female ; Pampa Avila, xii.1995, 1 male, 1 female ( JWGC) ; Quitilipi, 140 km NW Resistencia , light trap, leg. A. Bandinelli, 2.i.2012, 1 male, 1 female ( ABIC). Misiones: Pto. Esperanza, xii.1991, 1 male ( JWGC) .

Bruch, C. 1911. Catalogo sistematico de los coleopteros de la Republica Argentina, pars 1, Familia Carabidae (Cicindelinae, Carabinae). Revista del Museo de La Plata 17 (4): 143 - 180.

Cassola F., and K. Werner. 2001. Studies on tiger beetles. 116. Notes on some tiger beetles from Argentina (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae). Mitteilungen des Internationalen Entomologischen Vereins 26 (1 / 2): 5 - 11.

Cassola, F., and D. L. Pearson. 2001. Studies on tiger beetles. 117. Neotropical tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae). Checklist and biogeography. Biota Colombiana 2 (1): 3 - 24.

Erwin, T. L., and D. L. Pearson. 2008. A treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera), their classification, distributions, and ways of life, Volume II (Carabidae - Nebriiformes 2 - Cicindelitae). Pensoft; Sofia - Moscow. 366 p. + 33 plates.

Horn, W. 1926. Carabidae, Cicindelinae. In: W. Junk and S. Schenkling. Coleopterorum Catalogus, pars 86: 1 - 345.

Naviaux, R. 2007. Tetracha (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae, Megacephalina); Revision du genre et descriptions de nouveaux taxons. Memories de la Societe Memoires de la Societe Entomologique de France 7: 1 - 197.

Pearson D. L., J. F. Guerra, and D. W. Brzoska. 1999. The tiger beetles of Bolivia: their identification, distribution and natural history (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae). Contributions on Entomology, International 3 (4): 379 - 524.

Sawada, H., and J. Wiesner. 2002. The tiger beetles of Paraguay (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), 67 th Contribution towards the knowledge of Cicindelidae. Coleoptera, Schwanfelder Coleopterologische Mitteilungen 4 (2000): 285 - 325.

Wiesner, J. 1992. Checklist of the tiger beetles of the world. Verlag Erna Bauer; Keltern. 364 p.

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Figures 7-14. Habitus pictures. All scales = 2mm. 7) Phaeoxantha laminata (Perty, 1830), Paraguay, Conception, Paso Horqueta, 27-30.x.1991, male. 8) Metriocheila nigricollis (Reiche, 1842), Bolivia, La Paz, Guanay, 20.iii.1993, male. 9) Tetracha (Microtetracha) germaini Chaudoir, 1865, Argentina, Cordoba, Balnearia, 7-25.i.2000, male. 10) Tetracha (Tetracha) brasiliensis brasiliensis (Kirby, 1818), Uruguay, Rocha, Punta del Diabolo, male. 11) Tetracha (Neotetracha) annuligera Lucas, 1857, Brazil, Goias, Jatahy, male. 12) Tetracha (Neotetracha) fulgida (Klug, 1834), Argentina, Chaco, Confluencia del Río Bermejo y Río Bermejito, i.1995, male. 13) Tetracha (Neotetracha) pseudodistinguenda (Horn, 1905), Paraguay, Dep. Pte. Hayes, Laguna Capitan, 24.iv.1997, male. 14) Tetracha (Neotetracha) distinguenda (Dejean, 1831), Argentina, Chaco, Charata, female.

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Figures 95-96. Habitat pictures, taken by the second author. 95) Catamarca, Río Salado, 45 km N Aimogasta, 21.xii.2010, collection site of Tetracha (Neotetracha) fulgida, Tetracha (Neotetracha) pseudodistinguenda, Tetracha (Neotetracha) distinguenda, Tetracha (Neotetracha) cyanea, Cylindera (Plectographa) mixtula and Cylindera (Plectographa) drakei drakei. 96) Santiago del Estero, Río Saladillo, Salinas de Ambargasta, 68 km S Ciudad Loreto, 19.xii.2010, collection site of Tetracha (Microtetracha) germaini, Tetracha (Neotetracha) fulgida, Tetracha (Neotetracha) distinguenda and Cylindera (Plectographa) hassenteufeli.

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Figures 97-98. Habitat pictures, taken by the second author. 97) Tucuman, San Pedro de Colalao, 1100 m, 08.i.2010, collection site of Metriocheila nigricollis. 98) Cordoba, Salinas Grandes, c/o Lucio Mansilla - 80 km NW Dean Funes, 16.i.2010, collection site of Tetracha (Neotetracha) distinguenda, Cylindera (Plectographa) hassenteufeli, Sumlinia halophila and Sumlinia hirsutifrons.

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Figures 99-100. Habitat pictures, taken by the second author. 99) Buenos Aires, Laguna de Gomez, c/o Junin, 14.xii.2011, collection site of Cylindera (Plectographa) melaleuca melaleuca and Cylindera (Plectographa) apiata apiata. 100) Santiago del Estero, Nueva Esperanza, 24.xii.2011, collection site of Tetracha (Neotetracha) fulgida, Tetracha (Neotetracha) pseudodistinguenda, Tetracha (Neotetracha) distinguenda and Cylindera (Plectographa) ritsemae.

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Figures 117-122. Distribution maps. 117) Tetracha (Neotetracha) pseudodistinguenda (Horn, 1905. 118) Tetracha (Neotetracha) distinguenda (Dejean, 1831). 119) Tetracha (Neotetracha) cyanea (Horn, 1905). 120) Tetracha (Neotetracha) quadrata Naviaux, 2007. 121) Tetracha (Neotetracha) prolongata (Horn, 1932). 122) Tetracha (Neotetracha) brevisulcata Horn, 1907.

MZUF

Museo Zoologico La Specola, Universita di Firenze

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Genus

Tetracha

Specimens