Pentacomia (Mesacanthina) punctum (Klug, 1834)

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 : 19

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32. Pentacomia (Mesacanthina) punctum (Klug, 1834) View in CoL ( Fig. 34 View Figures 29-36 )

Prepusa punctum: Bruch 1911: 148 ; Horn 1926: 125.

Pentacomia (Mesacanthina) punctum: Wiesner 1992: 83 View in CoL ; Pearson et al. 1999: 457, 458; Cassola and Pearson 2001: 15; Sawada and Wiesner 2002: 299; Erwin and Pearson 2008: 313; Moravec 2012: 50- 52.

Distribution ( Fig. 136 View Figures 135-140 ). Argentina (Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta), Brazil (Espirito Santo, Goias, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo), Paraguay.

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.

Moravec, J. 2012. Taxonomic and nomenclatorial revision within the Neotropical genera of the subtribe Odontochilina W. Horn in a new sense - 3. Pentacomia (Mesacanthina) punctum (Klug) and P. (M.) ronhuberi sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae). Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae Biologicae (Brno) 97 (2): 49 - 63.

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.

Figures

Figures 29-36. Habitus pictures. All scales = 2mm. 29) Odontocheila fulgens (Klug, 1834), Argentina, Entre Rios, P. N. El Palmar, Ubajay, 4.ii.2002, female. 30) Odontocheila yunga Huber, 1999, Bolivia, Tanja, 3 km N Nogolitos, 7.i.1995, paratype male. 31) Pentacomia (Poecilochila) rhytidopteroides (Horn, 1906), Argentina, Chaco, Charata, i.1993, male. 32) Pentacomia (Mesacanthina) cribrata argentina (Lynch, 1878), Argentina, Salta, Río del Valle, c/o Lajita, 15.xii.2010, male. 33) Pentacomia (Mesacanthina) reductesignata Horn, 1905, Argentina, Salta, Orán, Angosto del Parani, 1700/1800 m, 28.x.1994, male. 34) Pentacomia (Mesacanthina) punctum (Klug, 1834), Paraguay, Concepción, Estancia, María Auxiliadora, 26.ii.1999, male. 35) Cheilonycha auripennis angustedilatata Horn, 1922, Paraguay, Concepcion, Cororó, 20.-30.xi.1998, male. 36) Iresia (Iresia) lacordairei Dejean, 1831, Argentina, Misiones, Pozo Azul, 13.xii.1998, female.

Figures 135-140. Distribution maps. 135) Pentacomia (Mesacanthina) reductesignata Horn, 1905. 136) Pentacomia (Mesacanthina) punctum (Klug, 1834). 137) Cheilonycha auripennis angustedilatata Horn, 1922. 138) Iresia (Iresia) lacordairei Dejean, 1831. 139) Cicindelidia rufoaenea (Horn, 1915). 140) Cylindera (Cylindera) confluentesignata (Horn, 1915).