Tetracha (Neotetracha) pseudodistinguenda (Horn, 1905)

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 : 11

13. Tetracha (Neotetracha) pseudodistinguenda (Horn, 1905) ( Fig. 13 , 95 , 100 )

Megacephala (Tetracha) fulgida pseudodistinguenda: Bruch 1911: 147 ; Horn 1926: 74.

Megacephala (Tetracha) pseudodistinguenda: Wiesner 1992: 49 .

Tetracha pseudodistinguenda: Pearson et al. 1999: 416 ; Cassola and Pearson 2001: 11.

Tetracha (Neotetracha) pseudodistinguenda: Naviaux 2007: 85 , 86; Erwin and Pearson 2008: 90.

Distribution ( Fig. 117 ). Argentina (Catamarca, Chaco, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Rio Negro, San Juan, San Luis, Santiago del Estero, Salta, Tucumán), Bolivia (La Paz, Santa Cruz), Brazil (Mato Grosso), Paraguay (Asuncion, Boqueron, Canindeyu, Conception, Presidente Hayes).

Records. Mendoza: Desaguadero, A. Ugarte-Peña leg., 17.ii.1998, 1 female ( JWGC). San Juan: El Zonda, 800 m, ii.1981, 1 female ( JWGC). La Rioja: Chepes, A. Ugarte-Peña leg., ii.1998, 1 female ( JWGC). Catamarca: Río Salado , 45 km N Aimogasta, leg. A. Bandinelli, 13.xii.2010, 1 male ; 21.xii.2010, 2 males, 2 females ( ABIC). Santiago del Estero: Nueva Esperanza, night collection, leg. A. Bandinelli, 23.xii.2011, 1 male ( ABIC). Chaco: 80 km N Miraflores, Pozo La Gringa, O. Gonzales leg., iii.1995, 2 males, 7 females ( JWGC). Salta: Ruta 47, Arroyo El Tunal , c/o Dique Cabra Corral , leg. A. Bandinelli, 9.i.2010, 1 female ; San Carlos, c/o Cafayate, 1600 m, 13.i.2010, 1 female ( ABIC) .

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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 99-100. Habitat pictures, taken by the second author. 99) Buenos Aires, Laguna de Gomez, c/o Junin, 14.xii.2011, collection site of Cylindera (Plectographa) melaleuca melaleuca and Cylindera (Plectographa) apiata apiata. 100) Santiago del Estero, Nueva Esperanza, 24.xii.2011, collection site of Tetracha (Neotetracha) fulgida, Tetracha (Neotetracha) pseudodistinguenda, Tetracha (Neotetracha) distinguenda and Cylindera (Plectographa) ritsemae.

Figures 117-122. Distribution maps. 117) Tetracha (Neotetracha) pseudodistinguenda (Horn, 1905. 118) Tetracha (Neotetracha) distinguenda (Dejean, 1831). 119) Tetracha (Neotetracha) cyanea (Horn, 1905). 120) Tetracha (Neotetracha) quadrata Naviaux, 2007. 121) Tetracha (Neotetracha) prolongata (Horn, 1932). 122) Tetracha (Neotetracha) brevisulcata Horn, 1907.