Tetracha (Tetracha) brasiliensis brasiliensis (Kirby, 1818)

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 : 9-10

10. Tetracha (Tetracha) brasiliensis brasiliensis (Kirby, 1818) ( Fig. 10 )

Megacephala (Tetracha) brasiliensis: Bruch 1911: 146 ; Horn 1926: 77; Wiesner 1992: 51.

Tetracha brasiliensis: Pearson, Guerra and Brzoska 1999: 408 , 409; Cassola and Pearson 2001: 12; Naviaux 2007: 73, 74; Erwin and Pearson 2008: 68.

Distribution ( Fig. 114 ). Argentina (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Córdoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Mendoza, Misiones, Salta, Santa Fé, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán), Bolivia (Cochabamba, Jahilo, Santa Cruz), Brazil (Bahia, Espirito Santo, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina,), Paraguay, Peru.

Records. Buenos Aires: San Isidro, i.1974, 1 female ( JWGC). Entre Rios : xii.1972, 1 male ; Concordia , i.1975, 3 males, 2 females ; Liebig , ii.1975, 1 male, 1 female ; Salto Grande, iii.1978, 1 female ; Federacion , i.1981, 6 males, 4 females ; Uruguay R., 1.i.1990, 2 females ; Colón, 1v. i.1993, 2 females ( JWGC). Santa Fé: San Justo, xii.1977, 1 male ( JWGC). Salta: Tartagal, i.1971, 1 male ( JWGC). Córdoba: Laguna Mar Chiquita, 35 km E Balnearia, 30°57,885’S, 62°26,262’W, night collection, leg. A. Bandinelli, 13.i.2012, 1 male, 3 females ( ABIC). Santiago del Estero : Pampa de los Guanacos, 100 km SE Monte Quemado, light trap, leg. A., Bandinelli, 31.xii.2011, 2 males, 1 female ( ABIC) ; 1.i.2012, 20 males, 19 females ( ABIC). Chaco: Resistencia , leg. A. Vollmer, xi.1977, 4 males, 2 females ( ABIC) ; Charata , iii.1992, 1 female ; x.- xi.1994, 2 males, 1 female ; iv.1995, 1 female; Las Piedritas, i.1994, 1 male ( JWGC). Corrientes: Ita- Ibaté , xii.1974, 2 males, 1 female ; Ituzaingó , ii.1976, 1 male ; Ituigango , i.1988, 1 female ; Scorza-Cué , iv.1993, 1 male ; Ita-Ibatè, Fluss Paraná, Nachtfang, R. Foerster, 26.i.1996, 1 female ( JWGC). Misiones: : Itaembe , xii.1986, 3 males, 1 female ; Dos de Mayo , i.1990, 1 male ; 500m, iv.1994, 1 female; Eldorado , 14.xii.1997, 1 male ; Pozo Azull, ruta 17, R. Foerster, 3.i.2000, 1 female ( JWGC) .

Figures

Figures 7-14. Habitus pictures. All scales = 2mm. 7) Phaeoxantha laminata (Perty, 1830), Paraguay, Conception, Paso Horqueta, 27-30.x.1991, male. 8) Metriocheila nigricollis (Reiche, 1842), Bolivia, La Paz, Guanay, 20.iii.1993, male. 9) Tetracha (Microtetracha) germaini Chaudoir, 1865, Argentina, Cordoba, Balnearia, 7-25.i.2000, male. 10) Tetracha (Tetracha) brasiliensis brasiliensis (Kirby, 1818), Uruguay, Rocha, Punta del Diabolo, male. 11) Tetracha (Neotetracha) annuligera Lucas, 1857, Brazil, Goias, Jatahy, male. 12) Tetracha (Neotetracha) fulgida (Klug, 1834), Argentina, Chaco, Confluencia del Río Bermejo y Río Bermejito, i.1995, male. 13) Tetracha (Neotetracha) pseudodistinguenda (Horn, 1905), Paraguay, Dep. Pte. Hayes, Laguna Capitan, 24.iv.1997, male. 14) Tetracha (Neotetracha) distinguenda (Dejean, 1831), Argentina, Chaco, Charata, female.

Figures 111-116. Distribution maps. 111) Phaeoxantha laminata (Perty, 1830). 112) Metriocheila nigricollis (Reiche, 1842). 113) Tetracha (Microtetracha) germaini Chaudoir, 1865. 114) Tetracha (Tetracha) brasiliensis brasiliensis (Kirby, 1818). 115) Tetracha (Neotetracha) annuligera Lucas, 1857. 116) Tetracha (Neotetracha) fulgida (Klug, 1834).