Oxycheila opacipennis Waterhouse, 1889

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 : 15

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scientific name

Oxycheila opacipennis Waterhouse, 1889
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24. Oxycheila opacipennis Waterhouse, 1889 View in CoL ( Fig. 24 View Figures 22-28 )

Oxycheila opacipennis: Wiesner 1992: 53 View in CoL ; Wiesner 1999: 50, 51; Cassola and Pearson 2001: 13; Erwin and Pearson 2008: 43.

Distribution ( Fig. 128 View Figures 123-128 ). Argentina (Misiones), Brazil (Parana, Sao Paulo).

Records. Misiones: Puerto Iguazú , 13.xii.1987, 1 male ; Puerto Iguazú, 10.xii.1988, 1 male ( JWGC). Localities. Misiones: Iguazú , 2.xii.1986 ; Puerto Iguazú , 13.xii.1987 ( Wiesner 1999: 51) .

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.

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

Wiesner, J. 1999. The tiger beetle genus Oxycheila (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cicindelidae). 50. Contribution towards the knowledge of Cicindelidae. Coleoptera, Schwanfelder Coleopterologische Mitteilungen 3: 1 - 81.

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Figures 22-28. Habitus pictures. All scales = 2mm. 22) Oxycheila germaini Fleutiaux, 1893, Argentina, Salta, El Infiernillo, i.1992, male. 23) Oxycheila labiata Brullé, 1837, Bolivia, Santa Cruz, 500 m, 5.xi.1955, male. 24) Oxycheila opacipennis Waterhouse, 1889, Argentina, Misiones, Puerto Iguazú, 13.xii.1987, male. 25-26. Odontocheila chrysis (Fabricius, 1801). 25) Argentina, Chaco, Charata, x,1994, male. 26) Argentina, Chaco, Las Breñas, i.1995, female. 27) Odontocheila nitidicollis (Dejean, 1825), Paraguay, Villarica, xii.1977, female. 28) Odontocheila fulgens (Klug, 1834), Argentina, Chaco, Charata, i.1993, male.

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Figures 123-128. Distribution maps. 123) Tetracha (Paratetracha) femoralis rivalieri Naviaux, 2007. 124) Oxycheila pinelii Guérin-Méneville, 1843. 125) Oxycheila femoralis Laporte de Castelnau, 1833. 126) Oxycheila germaini Fleutiaux, 1893. 127) Oxycheila labiata Brullé, 1837. 128) Oxycheila opacipennis Waterhouse, 1889.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Genus

Oxycheila