Tetracha (Neotetracha) fulgida (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 : 10

12. Tetracha (Neotetracha) fulgida (Klug, 1834) ( Fig. 12 , 95, 96 , 100 , 102 )

Megacephala (Tetracha) fulgida: Bruch 1911: 146 ; Horn 1926: 73; Wiesner 1992: 48.

Tetracha fulgida: Pearson et al. 1999: 411 , 412; Cassola and Pearson 2001: 11.

Tetracha (Neotetracha) fulgida: Naviaux 2007: 83-85 ; Erwin and Pearson 2008: 78.

Distribution ( Fig. 116 ). Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Córdoba, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Pampa, Mendoza, Misiones, Río Negro, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Fé, Santiago del Estero), Bolivia, Brazil (Espirito Santo, Goias, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Para, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo), Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay.

Records. Rio Negro: Rio Colorado , 28.ii.1997, 1 male ( JWGC). La Pampa: La Maruja, iii.1980, 7 males, 11 females ( JWGC). Buenos Aires: Saavedra, ii.1975, 3 males ( JWGC) ; Vedia , Ruta 7, 34°30,566’S, 61°31,385’W, night collection, leg. A. Bandinelli, 22.i.2012, 2 males, 2 females ( ABIC). Entre Rios: Palmar, i.1974, 1 male, 1 female ; Liebig, Dept. Colón, i.1986, 3 males, 9 females; iii.1994, 1 male ( JWGC). Santa Fé : Carcarañá, Ruta 9 c/o Rosario, night collection, leg. A. Bandinelli, 19.i.2012, 1 male ( ABIC). Córdoba: La Calera, ii.1976, 1 female ; Tulumba, ii.1981, 1 male; Laboulaye, ii.1982, 6 males, 2 females; Santa Rosa, xi.1984, 1 male, 1 female ( JWGC) ; 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 ( ABIC) ; La Para , 30°56,504’S, 62°53,018’W, light trap, leg. A. Bandinelli, 14.i.2012, 20 males, 11 females ( ABIC) ; Villa Maria, night collection, leg. A. Bandinelli, 18.i.2012, 1 male ( ABIC). San Luis : Balde , ii.1980, 1 male, 1 female ( JWGC). Mendoza : El Mirador, R. Foerster, 19.ii.2000, 2 females ( JWGC). San Juan: El Zonda, 800m, ii.1981, 6 males, 4 females ( JWGC) ; San Agustin de Valle Fertil , Río del Valle, 900 m, night collection, leg. A. Bandinelli, 18.xii.2011, 1 female ( ABIC). Catamarca: Fuerte Quemado, 2000m, ii.1983, 1 male ( JWGC) ; Rio Salado , 45 km N Aimogasta, 900 m, night collection, leg. A. Bandinelli, 19.xii.2011, 3 males, 6 females ( ABIC). Santiago del Estero: Colónia Dora, 6.v.1964, 1 male ( JWGC) ; Río Saladillo, Salinas de Ambargasta, 68 km S Ciudad Loreto , night collection, leg. A. Bandinelli, 19.xii.2010, 3 males, 1 female ( ABIC) ; Loreto environments, leg. A. Bandinelli, 22.xii.2011, 1 male, 1 female ( ABIC) ; Nueva Esperanza, night collection, leg. A. Bandinelli, 23.xii.2011, 4 males, 2 females ( ABIC) ; 11.i.2013, 1 male, 5 females ( ABIC) ; Rio Saladillo , Salinas de Ambargasta , 68 km S Ciudad Loreto, night coll., leg. A. Bandinelli, 16.i.2012, 28 males, 15 females ( ABIC). Salta: Aguas Blancas, Orán, 700 m, E.O.Vollenweider leg., 17.xii.1958, 2 males ; Tartagal, i.1975, 1 male; Pocitos, i.1975, 1 female; xii.1977, 1 male ; i.1978, 2 males; Palomitei, i.1987, 1 female ( JWGC) ; Ruta Prov. 5, 28 km SW Las Lajitas, 24°53,085’S, 64°23,467’W, 600 m, leg. A. Bandinelli, 13.i.2013, 4 males, 4 females ( ABIC) ; Rio Seco , 26 km N Embarcación, night collection, leg. A. Bandinelli, 15.i.2013, 15 males, 7 females ( ABIC). Jujuy : San Pedro, El Acheral , Rio Lavayen , xi.1984, 1 male ( JWGC). Chaco: Pampa del Infierno, xi.1982, 1 female ; Confluencia, del Rio Bermejo y Rio Bermejito, i.1995, 3 males, 2 females; Charata, iv.1995, 1 male; Puente Lavalle, Rio Bermejo, i.1992, 4 males, 2 females ( JWGC). Misiones : Itaembé, i.1987, 1 female ; Eldorado, 9.xii.1992, 1 female ( JWGC) .

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 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 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 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).