Mesacanthina reductesignata Horn, 1905

Pett, Brogan L., Wyer, Rufus & Smith, Paul, 2022, Contributions to the knowledge of tiger beetles in Paraguay, with new country and departmental records (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), Fragmenta entomologica 54 (1), pp. 163-170 : 164-166

Mesacanthina reductesignata Horn, 1905

Material examined (6 specimens): ÑEEMBUCÚ “ Pilar ” ( CIPLT-E 7443 ; leg. Julio R. Contreras: 08 December 2012); ( CIPLT-E 7434 ; leg. Julio R. Contreras: 27 December 2012) ;

( CIPLT-E 7484; leg. Julio R. Contreras: 12 January 2013); ( CIPLT-E 7442, 7444; leg. Julio R. Contreras: 22 February 2013); ( CIPLT-E 7427 ; leg. B.L.P.: 29 December 2019) .

Distribution. The species is distributed in the Dry and Humid Chaco ecoregions (Boquerón, Central, Ñeembucú and Presidente Hayes) and marginally into the Atlantic Forest ecoregion (Cordillera and Guairá) ( Moravec & Huber 2015; Sawada & Wiesner 2002).

Comments. Previously treated as a subgenus of Pentacomia , Mesacanthina was elevated to separate genus by Moravec & Huber (2015).