Tetracha (Neotetracha) cyanea (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 : 13

15. Tetracha (Neotetracha) cyanea (Horn, 1905) ( Fig. 15 , 95 )

Megacephala (Tetracha) fulgida cyanea: Bruch 1911: 146 ; Horn 1926: 74.

Megacephala (Tetracha) cyanea: Wiesner 1992: 49 .

Megacephala (Tetracha) cyanea fleissi Mandl, 1956 : Wiesner 1992: 49.

Tetracha cyanea: Cassola and Pearson 2001: 11 .

Tetracha (Neotetracha) cyanea: Naviaux 2007: 100-102 ; Erwin and Pearson 2008: 74.

Distribution ( Fig. 119 ). Argentina (Catamarca, Córdoba, Jujuy, Mendoza, Misiones, Neuquén, Río Negro, Salta, San Juan, San Luis), Paraguay.

Records. Córdoba: Dto. Capital, ii.1976, 5 males ( JWGC). San Luis: Ciudad, i.1975, 1 female ( JWGC). San Juan: El Huaco, 23.i.1995, 2 females ( JWGC). Catamarca: Punta de Balasto , 23.ii.1995, 1 male, 1 female ; Río Salado , 45 km N Aimogasta, night collection, leg. Aligi Bandinelli, 21.xii.2010, 2 males, 2 females ( JWGC), 8 males, 14 females ( ABIC), 1 female ( MZUF), 1 male, 1 female ( AKCC) ; Rio Salado , 45 km N Aimogasta, 900 m, night collection, leg. A. Bandinelli, 19.xii.2011, 20 males, 23 female ( ABIC). Salta: Cafayate, i.1991, 1 female ( JWGC). Jujuy: San Pedro, El Acheral, Río Lavayen, xi.1984, 1 male ( JWGC). Misiones: Pto Esperanza, xii.1991, 1 male ( JWGC) .

Figures

Figures 15-21. Habitus pictures. All scales = 2mm. 15) Tetracha (Neotetracha) cyanea (Horn, 1905), Argentina, Catamarca, Río Salado, 45 km N Aimogasta, 21.xii.2010, male. 16) Tetracha (Neotetracha) quadrata Naviaux, 2007, Argentina, Salta, San Martin, Tartagal, holotype female. 17) Tetracha (Neotetracha) prolongata (Horn, 1932), Argentina, Salta, Río Blanco, Orán, iii.1992, male. 18) Tetracha (Neotetracha) brevisulcata Horn, 1907, Paraguay, Boqueron, Loma Plata, 18.xii.1992, male. 19) Tetracha (Paratetracha) femoralis rivalieri Naviaux, 2007, Argentina, Misiones, Loreto, ii.1961, female. 20) Oxycheila pinelii Guérin-Méneville, 1843, Argentina, Misiones, Puerto Iguazú, i.1991, male. 21) Oxycheila femoralis Laporte de Castelnau, 1833, Argentina, Palmar de Colon, Entre Rios, i.1975, male.

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 117-122. Distribution maps. 117) Tetracha (Neotetracha) pseudodistinguenda (Horn, 1905. 118) Tetracha (Neotetracha) distinguenda (Dejean, 1831). 119) Tetracha (Neotetracha) cyanea (Horn, 1905). 120) Tetracha (Neotetracha) quadrata Naviaux, 2007. 121) Tetracha (Neotetracha) prolongata (Horn, 1932). 122) Tetracha (Neotetracha) brevisulcata Horn, 1907.