Pseudoxycheila lateguttata peruviana Cassola, 1997

Matalin, A. V., 2023, New species and new records of South and North American tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), Russian Entomological Journal 32 (2), pp. 149-154 : 150

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15298/rusentj.32.2.04
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13177853
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scientific name	Pseudoxycheila lateguttata peruviana Cassola, 1997
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MATERIAL. 1♀ — Peru, Huánuco Reg., 75 km from Huánuco, Carpish Pass , h = 2400 m, 09°41.55´S 76°05.1647´W, 04.IV.2012, leg. A. Petrov GoogleMaps ; 1♀ — Peru, Junin Reg., Satipo Prov., near Rio Venado , 12.XII.2013, leg. A. Sokolov ; 2♂♂ 1♀ — Peru, Junin Reg., Satipo Prov., Calabaza env., 11°30.551´S 74°49.782´W, 18– 22. GoogleMaps V.2015, leg. A. Sokolov (all MSPU).

NOTES. This subspecies is immediately distinguished by the shape of aedeagus with elongated, slightly curved downwards and spatulated flat apex as well as by its large, rounded yellow-orange elytral spots [ Cassola, 1977]. Additionally, anterior margins of abdominal sternites 4–6 with three–four, three–six and two–four pair of setae, respectively [our data]. Until now this subspecies was known from Ecuadorian Province Napo [ Erwin, Pearson, 2008] as well as from Peruvian departments of Amazonas, Huánuco , and Cusco [Cassola, 1997; Bustamante et al., 2018]. These specimens represent the first record from the Peruvian Department of Junin .