Cylindera (Plectographa) ritsemae ( Horn, 1895 )

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 : 24-25

44. Cylindera (Plectographa) ritsemae ( Horn, 1895) ( Fig. 54-56 , 100 , 101 )

Cicindela Ritsemae : Bruch 1911: 150; Horn 1926: 310.

Cylindera ritsemai: Sarmiento 1966: 41 ; 1967: 215; Erwin and Pearson 2008: 219.

Cicindela (Cylindera) ritsemai: Sumlin 1979: 113 .

Cylindera (Plectographa) ritsemae: Wiesner 1992: 200 ; Cassola and Pearson 2001: 17; Cassola and Werner 2001: 9.

Distribution ( Fig. 148 ). Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Córdoba, Corrientes, Jujuy, Salta, Santa Fé, San Luis, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán).

Records. Buenos Aires: Vedia, Ruta 7, 34°30,566’S, 61°31,385’W, leg. A. Bandinelli, 22.i.2012, 2 males, 2 females ( ABIC). Santa Fé: Border Santa Fé - Buenos Aires, Laguna la Picasa , 45 km E Rufino, leg. A Bandinelli, 14.xii.2011, 7 males, 2 females ( ABIC) ; Rufino , 34°21,164’S, 62°25,781’W, leg. A Bandinelli, 14.xii.2011, 8 males, 6 females ( ABIC). Córdoba: Balnearia, leg. A. Ugarte-Peña, 7.-25.i.2000, 2 males, 2 females ; Guardia Vieja, ruta 7, leg. Aligi Bandinelli, 7.xii.2004, 1 female ( JWGC), 8 males, 11 females ( ABIC) ; Pretot Freyre , 33°55’53 S, 64°32’28 W, 95 km W Villa Mercedes, leg. Aligi Bandinelli, 7.xii.2004, 1 male ( JWGC), 3 males ( ABIC) ; Laguna Mar Chiquita, tra La Para e Marull, 05.i.2010, 2 males, 1 female ( ABIC) ; Laguna Mar Chiquita, c/o Balnearia, leg. A. Bandinelli, 13.i.2012, 11 males, 15 females ( ABIC) ; James Craik , 15 km SE Oliva, 32°08,950’S, 63°28,602’W, 400 m, leg. A. Bandinelli, 18.i.2012, 4 females ( ABIC) ; Ruta 9, near Oliva, 32°04,654’S, 63°32,355’W, leg. A. Bandinelli, 9.i.2013, 2 males, 10 females ( ABIC). Santiago del Estero: Termas de Río Hondo , lake shore, leg. Aligi Bandinelli, 18.xii.2010, 1 male, 1 female ( JWGC), 6 males ( ABIC), 1 male, 1 female ( AKCC) ; Clodomira, c/o Santiago, leg. A. Bandinelli, 22.xii.2011, 8 males, 7 females ( ABIC) ; Loreto environments, leg. A. Bandinelli, 22.xii.2011, 4 males, 1 female ( ABIC) ; Nueva Esperanza, leg. A. Bandinelli, 23.xii.2011, 17 males, 15 females ( ABIC). Tucumán: Río Sta. Maria, c/o Amaichà del Valle , 1800 m, leg. Aligi Bandinelli, 14.i.2010, 1 male, 1 female ( JWGC), 18 males, 11 females ( ABIC), 2 males, 2 females ( MZUF). Salta: El Tala, 80 km S Metán, 16.xii.2010, 1 male ( ABIC). Jujuy: Tilcara, 2500m, leg. T. Osten, 25.-26.ii.1989, 1 male, 1 female ( JWGC) .

Localities. Córdoba: ( Bruch 1911: 150); betw. Córdoba and Laguna Mar Ciquita, 10 km W Balnearia, riverbank, 2.xii.1999 ( Cassola and Werner 2001: 9). San Luis: ( Wiesner 1992: 200). Catamarca: ( Bruch 1911: 150). Santiago del Estero: Termas de Río Hondo, 30.xii.1975; Suncho Corral, 28.xii.1975 ( Sumlin 1979: 113). Tucumán: Cadillal, 4.xii.1975 ( Sumlin 1979: 113). Chaco: ( Horn 1926: 310). Corrientes: ( Erwin and Pearson 2008: 219).

Remarks. New records for Buenos Aires, Jujuy and Salta and Santa Fé.

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 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 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).