Tetracha (Microtetracha) germaini Chaudoir, 1865

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9. Tetracha (Microtetracha) germaini Chaudoir, 1865 View in CoL ( Fig. 9 View Figures 7-14 , 96 View Figures 95-96 )

Megacephala (Tetracha) Germaini : Bruch 1911: 147; Horn 1926: 68; Wiesner 1992: 46.

Megacephala germaini: Sarmiento 1969: 151 View in CoL .

Tetracha germaini: Pearson, Guerra and Brzoska 1999: 412 View in CoL ; Cassola and Pearson 2001: 11.

Tetracha (Microtetracha) germaini: Naviaux 2007: 30 View in CoL , 31; Erwin and Pearson 2008: 79.

Distribution ( Fig. 113 View Figures 111-116 ). Argentina (Buenos Aires, Chubut, Córdoba, La Rioja, Mendoza, San Juan, Santiago del Estero, Río Negro), Bolivia (Santa Cruz).

Records. Córdoba: Balnearia, leg. A. Ugarte-Peña, 7.-25.i.2000, 1 male ( JWGC). San Juan: Ruta 142, 7.xii.1997, 2 males ( JWGC). La Rioja: Mascasin, i.1962, 1 male ( JWGC). Santiago del Estero: Río Saladillo, Salinas de Ambargasta , 68 km S Ciudad Loreto, night collection, leg. A. Bandinelli, 19.xii.2010, 1 male, 2 females ; 16.i.2012, 2 males, 1 female ( ABIC) .

Localities. Chubut: ( Bruch 1911: 147). Río Negro: ( Naviaux 2007: 31). Buenos Aires: Pedro Luro ( Sarmiento 1969: 153). Córdoba: ( Sarmiento 1969: 153). Mendoza: ( Bruch 1911: 147). La Rioja: Chañar ( Sarmiento 1969: 153). Santiago del Estero: ( Naviaux 2007: 31).

Remarks. New record for San Juan.

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.

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.

Sarmiento, J. A. V. 1969. Megacephala germaini Chaudoir (Coleoptera-Cicindelidae). Acta Zoologica Lilloana (Tucuman) 24: 151 - 155.

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 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.

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).