Phaeoxantha cruciata cruciata (Brullé, 1837), cruciata (Brulle, 1837

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 : 7-8

4. Phaeoxantha cruciata cruciata (Brullé, 1837) ( Fig. 4 , 102 )

Megacephala (Phaeoxantha) cruciata: Bruch 1911: 145 ; Wiesner 1992: 45.

Phaeoxantha cruciata: Pearson et al. 1999: 404 ; Cassola and Pearson 2001: 11; Sawada and Wiesner 2002: 289; Erwin and Pearson 2008: 52.

Distribution ( Fig. 108 ). Argentina (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Entre Rios, Salta, Santa Fé), Bolivia, Brazil (Para), Paraguay, Uruguay.

Records. Entre Rios: Dept. Colón, Liebig, ii.1975, 1 male, 1 female ; i.1990, 7 males, 3 females ; 27.i.1990, 1 male; ii.1995, 1 male ( JWGC) ; Salta: Río Seco , 26 km N Embarcación, night collection, leg. A. Bandinelli, 15.i.2013, 8 males, 4 females ( ABIC) .

Figures

Figures 1-6. Habitus pictures. All scales = 2mm. 1) Ctenostoma (Myrmecilla) ichneumoneum ellipticum Naviaux, 1988, Paraguay, Guaira, Paso Yobai, 15.xii.1990, paratype female. 2) Picnochile fallaciosa (Chevrolat, 1854), Chile; Magellanes, xi.1991, male. 3) Phaeoxantha bucephala (Horn, 1909), Paraguay, Boqueron, Río Pilcomayo, 21.x.1990, male. 4) Phaeoxantha cruciata cruciata (Brullé, 1837), Bolivia, Santa Cruz, Cordillera, Río Seco, 30.iii.2002, male. 5) Phaeoxantha tremolerasi (Horn, 1909), Argentina, Misiones, Iguazu, ix.1976, male. 6) Phaeoxantha aequinoctialis aequinoctialis (Dejean, 1825), Brazil, Amazonas, Ilha da Paciencia, 40 km upstr. mouth of Río Negro, 26.xi.1998, female.

Figures 101-102. Habitat pictures, taken by the second author. 101) Cordoba, Ruta 9, near Oliva (32° 04,654' S - 63° 32,355'W), 09.i.2013, collection site of Cylindera (Cylindera) confluentesignata, Cylindera (Plectographa) ritsemae and Cylindera (Plectographa) melaleuca melaleuca. 102) Salta, Río Seco, 26 km N Embarcación, 15.i.2013, collection site of Phaeoxantha bucephala, Phaeoxantha cruciata cruciata, Tetracha (Neotetracha) fulgida, Odontocheila chrysis, Cylindera (Plectographa) mixtula, Brasiella (Brasiella) argentata argentata and Brasiella (Gaymara) rotundatodilatata.

Figures 105-110. Distribution maps. 105) Ctenostoma (Myrmecilla) ichneumoneum ellipticum Naviaux, 1988. 106) Picnochile fallaciosa (Chevrolat, 1854). 107) Phaeoxantha bucephala (Horn, 1909). 108). Phaeoxantha cruciata cruciata (Brullé, 1837). 109) Phaeoxantha tremolerasi (Horn, 1909). 110) Phaeoxantha aequinoctialis aequinoctialis (Dejean, 1825).