Cylindera (Cylindera) confluentesignata (Horn, 1915)

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 : 20

36. Cylindera (Cylindera) confluentesignata (Horn, 1915) ( Fig. 38, 39 , 101 )

Cicindela confluens Horn, 1893 : Bruch 1911: 149.

Cicindela confluente-signata: Horn 1926: 309 .

Cicindela (Cylindera) confluentesignata: Sumlin 1979: 105-107 .

Cylindera (Cylindera) confluentesignata: Wiesner 1992: 184 ; Cassola and Pearson 2001: 17; Sawada and Wiesner 2002: 300; Erwin and Pearson 2008: 207.

Distribution ( Fig. 140 ). Argentina (Chaco, Córdoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, La Pampa, Santiago del Estero), Brazil (Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul), Paraguay, Uruguay.

Records. La Pampa: La Maruja, ii.1980, 1 male, 1 female ; iii.1980, 3 males, 3 females ( JWGC). Entre Rios: Colónia Roca, 2.i.1988, 1 male ( JWGC). Córdoba: Guardia Vieja , ruta 7, leg. A. Bandinelli, 7.xii.2004, 1 male ( ABIC) ; James Craik , 15 km SE Oliva, 32°08,950’S, 63°28,602’W, 400 m, leg. A. Bandinelli, 18.i.2012, 10 males, 11 females ( ABIC) ; 8.i.2013, 10 males, 10 females ( ABIC) ; Ruta 9 near Oliva - 32°04,654’S - 63°32,355’W, 09.i.2013, 4 males, 3 females ( ABIC). Chaco: Quitilipi, 140 km NW Resistencia, light trap, leg. A. Bandinelli, 2.i.2012, 1 male ( ABIC). Corrientes: Paso de los Libres, iii.1978, 1 male, 3 females ( JWGC) ; Pucheta, 35 km SW Paso de los Libres, leg. A. Bandinelli, 18.xi.2004, 7 males, 7 females, Villa Olivari, 24 km W Ituzaingó (27°37’5 S - 56°58’28 W), 22.xi.2004, 8 males, 2 females ( ABIC) .

Localities. Entre Rios: Pronunciamiento, xii.1961 ( Sumlin 1979: 107). Santiago del Estero: ( Bruch 1911: 149). Formosa: ( Bruch 1911: 149).

Remarks. New records for Chaco, Córdoba, Corrientes and La Pampa.

Figures

Figures 37-44. Habitus pictures. All scales = 2mm. 37) Cicindelidia rufoaenea (Horn, 1915), Bolivia, Cochabamba, Carrasco, Río Ivirgazama, 19.12.2002, male. 38-39. Cylindera (Cylindera) confluentesignata (Horn, 1915). 38) Paraguay, Paraguari, Sapucay 1.-5.i.1993, male. 39) Paraguay, Presidente. Hayes, 26.iii.1995, female. 40) Cylindera (Cylindera) morio (Klug, 1834), Brazil, Amazonas, 20 km NE Manaus, 16.xi.1992, female. 41-42. Cylindera (Cylindera) obsoletesignata (Horn, 1895). 41) Argentina, Corrientes, Ita-Ibate, Fluss Paraná, 26.i.1996, male. 42) Argentina, Cordoba, Balnearia, 7.-25.i.2000, female. 43-44. Cylindera (Plectographa) hassenteufeli (Mandl, 1960). 43) Argentina, Catamarca, Salinas Grandes, Incrocio rutas 60 e 157, 16.i.2010, male. 44) Argentina, La Rioja, Mascasin, i.1959, paratype female.

Figures 101-102. Habitat pictures, taken by the second author. 101) Cordoba, Ruta 9, near Oliva (32° 04,654' S - 63° 32,355'W), 09.i.2013, collection site of Cylindera (Cylindera) confluentesignata, Cylindera (Plectographa) ritsemae and Cylindera (Plectographa) melaleuca melaleuca. 102) Salta, Río Seco, 26 km N Embarcación, 15.i.2013, collection site of Phaeoxantha bucephala, Phaeoxantha cruciata cruciata, Tetracha (Neotetracha) fulgida, Odontocheila chrysis, Cylindera (Plectographa) mixtula, Brasiella (Brasiella) argentata argentata and Brasiella (Gaymara) rotundatodilatata.

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).