Metriocheila nigricollis (Reiche, 1842)

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

8. Metriocheila nigricollis (Reiche, 1842) ( Fig. 8 , 97 )

Megacephala (Metriochila) nigricollis: Bruch 1911: 145 ; Horn 1926: 66.

Megacephala (Metriocheila) nigricollis: Wiesner 1992: 44 .

Metriocheila nigricollis: Pearson et al. 1999: 401 , 402; Cassola and Pearson 2001: 11; Erwin and Pearson 2008: 25.

Distribution ( Fig. 112 ). Argentina (Catamarca, Jujuy, Salta, Tucumán), Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.

Records. Tucumán: San Pedro de Colalao, 1100 m, leg. A. Bandinelli, 8.i.2010, 1 female ( ABIC). Salta: Río Blanco , Orán, iii.1994, 1 male ; Dep. Orán, Angosto del Parani , 1700/ 1800 m, J. Carreras leg., 4./ 6.xi.1994, 1 male, 5 females ( 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 97-98. Habitat pictures, taken by the second author. 97) Tucuman, San Pedro de Colalao, 1100 m, 08.i.2010, collection site of Metriocheila nigricollis. 98) Cordoba, Salinas Grandes, c/o Lucio Mansilla - 80 km NW Dean Funes, 16.i.2010, collection site of Tetracha (Neotetracha) distinguenda, Cylindera (Plectographa) hassenteufeli, Sumlinia halophila and Sumlinia hirsutifrons.

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).