Cylindera (Plectographa) drakei drakei (Horn, 1892)

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 : 25

45a. Cylindera (Plectographa) drakei drakei (Horn, 1892) ( Fig. 57, 58 , 95 )

Cicindela Drakei : Bruch 1911: 149; Horn 1926: 310.

Cylindera drakei: Sarmiento 1966: 43 ; 1967: 215.

Cicindela (Cylindera) drakei: Sumlin 1979: 109 .

Cylindera (Plectographa) drakei: Wiesner 1992: 200 ; Cassola and Pearson 2001: 17; Erwin and Pearson 2008: 208.

Distribution ( Fig. 149 ). Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Córdoba, Mendoza, Río Negro, Salta, San Juan, Tucumán).

Records. Río Negro: Choele Choel, 15.ii.1997, 1 female ; Sierra Grande, R. Foerster , 7.iii.1999, 6 males, 2 females ( JWGC). Córdoba: Balnearia, leg. A. Ugarte-Peña, 7.-25.i.2000, 1 female ; Pretot Freyre, 33°55’53 S, 64°32’28 W, 95 km W Villa Mercedes, leg. Aligi Bandinelli, 7.xii.2004, 1 female ( JWGC). San Juan: Barreal, Valle de Calingasta , leg. A. Bandinelli, 1.iii.1987, 2 males ; Pachaco, 90 km from San Juan to Calingasta , 1200 m, 02.xii.2004, 2 females ; 2 km N Calingasta , 03.xii.2004, 1 male ; Río de los Patos, c/o Barreal , 1600 m, 3.xii.2010, 3 males, 2 females ( ABIC), 1 male ( JWGC) ; Calingasta , Río San Juan, 1350 m, 3.xii.2004, 10 males, 3 females ( ABIC), 1 male, 1 female ( MZUF) ; Río San Juan, 12 km E Calingasta, 1300 m, 3.xii.2004, 8 males, 4 females ( ABIC). Catamarca: Río Salado, 45 km N Aimogasta , leg. A. Bandinelli, 13.xii.2010, 6 males, 4 females ( ABIC), 1 male, 1 female ( MZUF), 1 male ( AKCC), 1 female ( JWGC) ; 21.xii.2010, 5 males ( ABIC), 1 male ( JWGC) ; 21.xii.2010 at lights, 1 female ( ABIC) ; Río Belén, c/o El Eje, 40 km N Belén , 2200 m, 14.i.2010, 2 females ( ABIC), 1 female ( AKCC) .

Figures

Figures 53-60. Habitus pictures. All scales = 2mm. 53) Cylindera (Plectographa) mixtula (Horn, 1915). Argentina, Catamarca, Río Colorado, on Ruta 60 c/o Tinogasta, river banks, 22.xii.2010, male. 54-56. Cylindera (Plectographa) ritsemae (Horn, 1895). 54) Argentina, Cordoba, Balnearia, 7.-25.i.2000, female. 55) Argentina, Santiago del Estero, Termas de Río Hondo, lake shore, 18.xii.2010, female. 56) Argentina, Cordoba, James Craik, 15 km SE Oliva, 400 m, 18.i.2012, female. 57-58. Cylindera (Plectographa) drakei drakei (Horn, 1892). 57) Argentina, San Juan, Río San Juan, 12 km E Calingasta, 1300 m, 3.xii.2004, male. 58) Argentina, Cordoba, Pretot Freyre, 95 km W Villa Mercedes, 7.xii.2004, female. 59) Cylindera (Plectographa) drakei pseudochiloleuca (Horn, 1908), Argentina, Salta, Quebrada del Toro, c/o Sta. Rosa de Tastil, 3400 m, 10.i.2010, male. 60) Cylindera (Plectographa) drakei latifascia (Sumlin, 1979), remake of Sumlin’s figure.

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 147-152. Distribution maps. 147) Cylindera (Plectographa) mixtula (Horn, 1915). 148) Cylindera (Plectographa) ritsemae (Horn, 1895). 149) Cylindera (Plectographa) drakei drakei (Horn, 1892). 150) Cylindera (Plectographa) drakei pseudochiloleuca (Horn, 1908). 151) Cylindera (Plectographa) drakei latifascia (Sumlin, 1979). 152) Cylindera (Plectographa) melaleuca melaleuca (Dejean, 1831).