Pentacomia (Mesacanthina) reductesignata 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 : 18-19

31. Pentacomia (Mesacanthina) reductesignata Horn, 1905 ( Fig. 33 )

Cicindela cribrata reductesignata: Bruch 1911: 149 ; Horn 1926: 303. Prepusa reductesignata: Sarmiento 1963: 134 , 135. Pentacomia (Mesacanthina) reductesignata: Wiesner 1992: 83 ; Pearson et al. 1999: 458; Cassola and

Pearson 2001: 15; Cassola and Werner 2001: 9; Sawada and Wiesner 2002: 299; Erwin and Pearson

2008: 313.

Distribution ( Fig. 135 ). Argentina (Catamarca, Chaco, Córdoba, Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, San Juan, Santa Fé, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán), Bolivia, Paraguay (Asuncion, Villarica).

Records. Santa Fé: Carcarañá, Ruta 9 c/o Rosario, at lights, leg. A. Bandinelli, 19.i.2012, 1 female ( ABIC). Córdoba : Santa Rosa, xi.1984, 1 female ( JWGC) ; Pretot Freyre (33°55’53 S, 64°32’38 W), 95 km E Villa Mercedes, 7.xii.2004, 1 female ( ABIC) ; Córdoba North, at lights, leg. A. Bandinelli, 4.i.2010, 1 male; Laguna Mar Chiquita, c/o Balnearia , leg. A. Bandinelli, 13.i.2012, 12 males, 18 females ( ABIC) ; Laguna Mar Chiquita , 35 km E Balnearia, 30°57,885’S, 62°26,262’W, at lights, leg. A. Bandinelli, 13.i.2012, 2 males, 1 female ( ABIC) ; Laguna Mar Chiquita , La Para, 30°56,504’S, 62°53,018’W, light trap, leg. A. Bandinelli, 14.i.2012, 2 males, 7 females ( ABIC). Santiago del Estero: Icaño, ii.1977, 1 female ; Los Tigres, xi.1982, 1 male, 6 females; Laguna del Cisne , ii.1991, 8 males, 6 females ; Sachayos, i.1993, 1 female; Salinas Laguna Cisne, Lichtfalle, R. Foerster, 14.ii.1997, 5 males, 1 female ( JWGC) ; Termas de Río Hondo , leg. A. Bandinelli, 18.xii.2010, 7 males ( ABIC) ; Loreto environments, leg. A. Bandinelli, 22.xii.2011, 1 male ( ABIC) ; Nueva Esperanza, leg. A. Bandinelli, 23.xii.2011, 1 male ( ABIC) ; Ruta 9, c/o Río Saladillo , 28°48,559’S, 64°00,704’W, leg. A. Bandinelli, 16.i.2012, 2 males, 5 females, ( ABIC). Salta: Pichanal, i.1970, 1 male ; Güemes, i.1975, 1 female; Tolloche, xi.1982, 5 males, 4 females; Catos, i.1987, 1 female; Cabra Corral, ii.1991, 1 male, 1 female; Las Lajitas, xii.1991, 3 females; Dto. Orán, Angosto del Parani , 1700/ 1800 m, J. Carreras leg., 28.x.1994, 1 male, 2 females ( JWGC) ; Río del Valle , c/o Lajita, 24° 42,218' S, 64° 11,345' W, 450 m, leg. A. Bandinelli, 15.xii.2010, 1 male, 1 female ( ABIC) ; Río San Andrés , c/o San Ramón de la Nueva Orán, leg. A. Bandinelli, 16.i.2013, 2 males ( ABIC). Jujuy : San Pedro, El Acheral , Río Lavayen, xi.1984, 12 males, 5 females ; Yuto, ii.1985, 1 female ( JWGC) ; Ciudad General San Martin, 500 m, at lights, leg. A. Bandinelli, 11.i.2010, 8 males, 4 females ( ABIC), 1 male, 1 female ( MZUF), 14.xii.2010, 5 males, 3 females ( ABIC). Chaco : Pampa del Infierno, xi.1982, 9 males, 11 females ; Puente Lavalle, Río Bermejo , i.1992, 1 male ; Las Breñas, i.1995, 3 males, 6 females; Confluencia del Río Bermejo y Río Bermejito, i.1995, 2 males, 2 females ; 80 km N Miraflores, Pozo La Gringa , O. Gonzales leg., iii.1995, 2 males, 1 female ; Pampa Avila, xii.1995, 1 male ( JWGC) ; Quitilipi, 140 km NW Resistencia, light trap, leg. A. Bandinelli, 2.i.2012, 1 female ( ABIC). Misiones : Itaembé, i.1987, 1 male ( JWGC) .

Localities. Córdoba: W of Sierra Grande, 5 km S Nono, Río de los Sauces, 14.-15.xi.1999; betw. Córdoba and Laguna Mar Chiquita, 10 km W Balnearia, riverbank, 2.xii.1999 ( Cassola and Werner 2001: 9). San Juan: ( Wiesner 1992: 82). Catamarca: Icaño ( Wiesner 1992: 82); W of Salinas Grandes, 30 km E of La Guardia, 28.-29.xi.1999 ( Cassola and Werner 2001: 9). Santiago del Estero: ( Wiesner 1992: 82). Tucumán: ( Bruch 1911: 149). Salta: ( Horn 1926: 303). Jujuy: ( Sarmiento 1963: 135). Formosa: ( Sarmiento 1963: 135). Chaco: ( Bruch 1911: 149).

Remarks. New records for Misiones and Santa Fé.

Figures

Figures 29-36. Habitus pictures. All scales = 2mm. 29) Odontocheila fulgens (Klug, 1834), Argentina, Entre Rios, P. N. El Palmar, Ubajay, 4.ii.2002, female. 30) Odontocheila yunga Huber, 1999, Bolivia, Tanja, 3 km N Nogolitos, 7.i.1995, paratype male. 31) Pentacomia (Poecilochila) rhytidopteroides (Horn, 1906), Argentina, Chaco, Charata, i.1993, male. 32) Pentacomia (Mesacanthina) cribrata argentina (Lynch, 1878), Argentina, Salta, Río del Valle, c/o Lajita, 15.xii.2010, male. 33) Pentacomia (Mesacanthina) reductesignata Horn, 1905, Argentina, Salta, Orán, Angosto del Parani, 1700/1800 m, 28.x.1994, male. 34) Pentacomia (Mesacanthina) punctum (Klug, 1834), Paraguay, Concepción, Estancia, María Auxiliadora, 26.ii.1999, male. 35) Cheilonycha auripennis angustedilatata Horn, 1922, Paraguay, Concepcion, Cororó, 20.-30.xi.1998, male. 36) Iresia (Iresia) lacordairei Dejean, 1831, Argentina, Misiones, Pozo Azul, 13.xii.1998, female.

Figures 135-140. Distribution maps. 135) Pentacomia (Mesacanthina) reductesignata Horn, 1905. 136) Pentacomia (Mesacanthina) punctum (Klug, 1834). 137) Cheilonycha auripennis angustedilatata Horn, 1922. 138) Iresia (Iresia) lacordairei Dejean, 1831. 139) Cicindelidia rufoaenea (Horn, 1915). 140) Cylindera (Cylindera) confluentesignata (Horn, 1915).