Metriocheila nigricollis (Reiche, 1842)

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 : 9

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scientific name	Metriocheila nigricollis (Reiche, 1842)
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8. Metriocheila nigricollis (Reiche, 1842) View in CoL ( Fig. 8 View Figures 7-14 , 97 View Figures 97-98 )

Megacephala (Metriochila) nigricollis: Bruch 1911: 145 View in CoL ; Horn 1926: 66.

Megacephala (Metriocheila) nigricollis: Wiesner 1992: 44 View in CoL .

Metriocheila nigricollis: Pearson et al. 1999: 401 View in CoL , 402; Cassola and Pearson 2001: 11; Erwin and Pearson 2008: 25.

Distribution ( Fig. 112 View Figures 111-116 ). Argentina (Catamarca, Jujuy, Salta, Tucumán), Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.

Records. Tucumán: San Pedro de Colalao, 1100 m, leg. A. Bandinelli, 8.i.2010, 1 female ( ABIC). Salta: Río Blanco , Orán, iii.1994, 1 male ; Dep. Orán, Angosto del Parani , 1700/ 1800 m, J. Carreras leg., 4./ 6.xi.1994, 1 male, 5 females ( JWGC) .

References

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 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.

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.

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

Figures

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.

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.

Figures 111-116. Distribution maps. 111) Phaeoxantha laminata (Perty, 1830). 112) Metriocheila nigricollis (Reiche, 1842). 113) Tetracha (Microtetracha) germaini Chaudoir, 1865. 114) Tetracha (Tetracha) brasiliensis brasiliensis (Kirby, 1818). 115) Tetracha (Neotetracha) annuligera Lucas, 1857. 116) Tetracha (Neotetracha) fulgida (Klug, 1834).