Tetracha (Tetracha) brasiliensis brasiliensis (Kirby, 1818)

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 : 9-10

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10. Tetracha (Tetracha) brasiliensis brasiliensis (Kirby, 1818) View in CoL ( Fig. 10 View Figures 7-14 )

Megacephala (Tetracha) brasiliensis: Bruch 1911: 146 View in CoL ; Horn 1926: 77; Wiesner 1992: 51.

Tetracha brasiliensis: Pearson, Guerra and Brzoska 1999: 408 View in CoL , 409; Cassola and Pearson 2001: 12; Naviaux 2007: 73, 74; Erwin and Pearson 2008: 68.

Distribution ( Fig. 114 View Figures 111-116 ). Argentina (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Córdoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Mendoza, Misiones, Salta, Santa Fé, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán), Bolivia (Cochabamba, Jahilo, Santa Cruz), Brazil (Bahia, Espirito Santo, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina,), Paraguay, Peru.

Records. Buenos Aires: San Isidro, i.1974, 1 female ( JWGC). Entre Rios : xii.1972, 1 male ; Concordia , i.1975, 3 males, 2 females ; Liebig , ii.1975, 1 male, 1 female ; Salto Grande, iii.1978, 1 female ; Federacion , i.1981, 6 males, 4 females ; Uruguay R., 1.i.1990, 2 females ; Colón, 1v. i.1993, 2 females ( JWGC). Santa Fé: San Justo, xii.1977, 1 male ( JWGC). Salta: Tartagal, i.1971, 1 male ( JWGC). Córdoba: Laguna Mar Chiquita, 35 km E Balnearia, 30°57,885’S, 62°26,262’W, night collection, leg. A. Bandinelli, 13.i.2012, 1 male, 3 females ( ABIC). Santiago del Estero : Pampa de los Guanacos, 100 km SE Monte Quemado, light trap, leg. A., Bandinelli, 31.xii.2011, 2 males, 1 female ( ABIC) GoogleMaps ; 1.i.2012, 20 males, 19 females ( ABIC). Chaco: Resistencia , leg. A. Vollmer, xi.1977, 4 males, 2 females ( ABIC) ; Charata , iii.1992, 1 female ; x.- xi.1994, 2 males, 1 female ; iv.1995, 1 female; Las Piedritas, i.1994, 1 male ( JWGC). Corrientes: Ita- Ibaté , xii.1974, 2 males, 1 female ; Ituzaingó , ii.1976, 1 male ; Ituigango , i.1988, 1 female ; Scorza-Cué , iv.1993, 1 male ; Ita-Ibatè, Fluss Paraná, Nachtfang, R. Foerster, 26.i.1996, 1 female ( JWGC). Misiones: : Itaembe , xii.1986, 3 males, 1 female ; Dos de Mayo , i.1990, 1 male ; 500m, iv.1994, 1 female; Eldorado , 14.xii.1997, 1 male ; Pozo Azull, ruta 17, R. Foerster, 3.i.2000, 1 female ( 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.

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.

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 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).