Cylindera ( Plectographa ) melaleuca melaleuca (Dejean, 1831)

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 : 26

46a. Cylindera ( Plectographa) melaleuca melaleuca (Dejean, 1831) ( Fig. 61, 62 , 99 , 101 )

Cicindela melaleuca: Bruch 1911: 149 ; Horn 1926: 310, 311.

Cylindera melaleuca: Sarmiento 1966: 40 ; 1967: 213.

Cicindela ( Cylindera) melaleuca: Sumlin 1979: 110 , 111.

Cylindera ( Plectographa) melaleuca: Wiesner 1992: 200 ; Cassola and Pearson 2001: 17; Erwin and Pearson 2008: 213, 214.

Distribution ( Fig. 152 ). Argentina ( Buenos Aires, Córdoba, La Pampa, Mendoza, Neuquén, Río Negro, Santa Fé), Brazil ( Rio Grande do Sul), Uruguay.

Records. Buenos Aires: Laguna Perdices Monte, ii.1992, 1 female ; Laguna Monte, 16.ii.1992, 1 female; Saladillo, Laguna Indio Muerto, J. Carreras leg., 19.ii.1995, 5 males, 1 female ( JWGC) ; Laguna de Gomez, c/o Junin, leg. A. Bandinelli, 14.xii.2011, 3 males, 3 females ( ABIC). Santa Fé: Border Santa Fé - Buenos Aires, Laguna la Picasa , 45 km E Rufino, leg. A Bandinelli, 14.xii.2011, 1 female ; Rufino , 34°21,164’S- 62°25,781’W, 14.xii.2011, 1 male, 2 females ( ABIC). Córdoba: Balnearia, leg. A. Ugarte-Peña, 7.-25.i.2000, 1 male, 2 females ( JWGC) ; Ruta 9, near Oliva , 32°04,654’S, 63°32,355’W, leg. A. Bandinelli, 9.i.2013, 12 males, 12 females ( ABIC) .

Figures

Figures 61-68. Habitus pictures. All scales = 2mm. 61-62. Cylindera (Plectographa) melaleuca melaleuca (Dejean, 1831). 61) Argentina, Buenos Aires, Saladillo, Laguna Indio Muerto, 19.ii.1995, male. 62) Argentina, Cordoba, Balnearia, 7.-25.i.2000, female. 63) Cylindera (Plectographa) melaleuca reedi (Horn, 1895), Patagonia, holotype female. 64) Cylindera (Plectographa) patagonica patagonica (Brullé, 1837), Argentinia meridionalis, female. 65) Cylindera (Plectographa) patagonica cherubim (Chevrolat, 1858), Chile, female. 66) Cylindera (Plectographa) patagonica bergiana (Horn, 1895), Uruguay, female. 67) Cylindera (Plectographa) gormazi (Reed, 1871), Chile S, Umg. Puerto Munit, NP Puyehue, b. Petrohue, 200 m, 4.i.2007, male. 68) Cylindera (Plectographa) chubuti Cassola, 1999, Argentina, Chubut, El Maitén, 8.ii.1966, paratype male.

Figures 99-100. Habitat pictures, taken by the second author. 99) Buenos Aires, Laguna de Gomez, c/o Junin, 14.xii.2011, collection site of Cylindera (Plectographa) melaleuca melaleuca and Cylindera (Plectographa) apiata apiata. 100) Santiago del Estero, Nueva Esperanza, 24.xii.2011, collection site of Tetracha (Neotetracha) fulgida, Tetracha (Neotetracha) pseudodistinguenda, Tetracha (Neotetracha) distinguenda and Cylindera (Plectographa) ritsemae.

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 147-152. Distribution maps. 147) Cylindera (Plectographa) mixtula (Horn, 1915). 148) Cylindera (Plectographa) ritsemae (Horn, 1895). 149) Cylindera (Plectographa) drakei drakei (Horn, 1892). 150) Cylindera (Plectographa) drakei pseudochiloleuca (Horn, 1908). 151) Cylindera (Plectographa) drakei latifascia (Sumlin, 1979). 152) Cylindera (Plectographa) melaleuca melaleuca (Dejean, 1831).