Cylindera (Plectographa) mixtula (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 : 23-24

43. Cylindera (Plectographa) mixtula (Horn, 1915) ( Fig. 51-53 , 95 , 102 )

Cicindela mixta Horn, 1895 : Bruch 1911: 149.

Cicindela mixtula: Horn 1926: 310 .

Cylindera mixtula: Sarmiento 1966: 40 ; 1967: 212.

Cicindela (Cylindera) mixtula: Sumlin 1979: 109 ; Pearson et al. 1999: 493, 494.

Cylindera (Plectographa) mixtula: Wiesner 1992: 200 ; Cassola and Pearson 2001: 17; Sawada and Wiesner 2002: 300; Erwin and Pearson 2008: 214.

Distribution ( Fig. 147 ). Argentina (Catamarca, Chaco, Chubut, Formosa, Jujuy, Mendoza, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Tucumán), Bolivia,? Paraguay, Peru.

Records. Chubut: Los Alerces, leg. R. Foerster, 3.i.1975, 2 males, 2 females ( JWGC). San Juan : Pachaco, 90 km da San Juan verso Calingasta, leg. A. Bandinelli, 28.ii.1987, 3 males, 5 females ( ABIC), 1 female ( MZUF) ; Barreal, Valle de Calingasta, 01.iii.1987, 8 males, 5 females ( ABIC), 1 female ( MZUF) ; Pachaco, 90 km from San Juan to Calingasta, 1200 m, 02.xii.2004, 18 males, 16 females; Río de los Patos , c/o Barreal, 1600 m, 03.xii.2004, 3 males, 1 female ( ABIC). Catamarca: Río Colorado, on Ruta 60 c/o Tinogasta, River banks, leg. Aligi Bandinelli, 22.xii.2010, 1 male ( JWGC), 1 female ( ABIC) ; Río Belén , c/ o El Eje, 40 km N Belén, 2200 m, 14.i.2010, 8 males, 6 females ( ABIC), 1 female ( AKCC) ; Río Salado , 45 km N Aimogasta, 21.xii.2010, 2 males ; Río Salado , 45 km N Aimogasta, 900 m, night collection, 19.xii.2011, 2 males, 1 female ( ABIC). Salta: Oran, Río Pescado, Sammlung Dr. L. Weinmann, ix.1964, 1 female ; Oran, Aguas Blancas, i.1971, 3 males, 4 females ; Tartagal, i.1975, 1 female; Los Laureles, ii.1980, 2 males, 2 females; Catos, i.1987, 1 female; Cabra Corral, i.1991, 1 female; Cabra Corral, ii.1991, 1 male, 1 female; Río Blanco , Orán, ii.1992, 1 female ; El Alisal, 2800 m, iii.1992, 2 females; Río Bermejo , 22.iii.1992, 1 male ; Quebrada de Cafayate. Río de las Conchas, 26°01,032’S 65°49,455’W, 1500 m, leg. Aligi Bandinelli, 13.i.2010, 1 male ; Río San Francisco , c/o Pichanal, river banks, leg. Aligi Bandinelli, 15.xii.2010,1 male ( JWGC), 10 males, 4 females ( ABIC) ; Río del Valle , c/o Lajita, 24° 42,218' S, 64° 11,345' W, 450 m, leg. A. Bandinelli, 15.xii.2010, 1 male, 1 female ( ABIC), 1 male ( AKCC) ; Río San Francisco c/o Pichanal, river banks, 15.xii.2010, 1 male ; Quebrada del Toro , 12 km N Chorillos, 2400 m, 10.i.2010, 1 male, 3 females ; Quebrada de Cafayate , Río de las Conchas, 26°01,032' S, 65°49,455' W, 1500 m, 13.i.2010, 13 males, 11 females ( ABIC), 3 females ( MZUF), 1 male ( AKCC) ; 32 km SW Las Lajitas, Ruta Prov. 5, (24°55,2’S - 64°25,6’W) 600 m, light trap, leg. A. Bandinelli, 12.i.2013, 1 male, 1 female ; Ruta 5, 28 km SW Las Lajitas - 24°53,085’S - 64°23,467’W, 600 m, 30.xii.2011, 1 male ; Río Seco , 26 km N Embarcación, leg. A. Bandinelli, 16.i.2013, 3 males, 6 females ; Río Bermejo , c/o Embarcación , 15.i.2013, 6 males, 10 females ( ABIC). Tucumán : Río Sta. Maria , c/o Amaichá del Valle , 1800 m, leg. A. Bandinelli, 14.i.2010, 5 males, 5 females ( ABIC), 2 males, 3 females ( MZUF), 1 male ( AKCC). Jujuy: San Pedro, El Acheral, Río Lavayen, xi.1984, 6 males, 11 females ( JWGC) ; Río Grande , 20 km N Jujuy, 1700 m, leg. A. Bandinelli, 28.xii.2011, 13 males, 6 females ; Tumbaya, 2100 m, leg. A. Bandinelli, 28.xii.2011, 4 males, 4 females ( ABIC). Chaco: Confluencia del Río Bermejo y Río Bermejito, i.1995, 5 males, 8 females ( JWGC) .

Localities. San Luis: Nahuel Mapa, i.1964 ( Sumlin 1979: 109). Mendoza: ( Bruch 1911: 149). San Juan: Retamito, 17.iii.1907 ( Sumlin 1979: 109). Catamarca: S. Maria, 19.i.1945 ( Sumlin 1979: 109). Tucumán: Cadillal, 4.xii.1975; Tucuman, 20.xi.1913; Vipos, iv.1960 ( Sumlin 1979: 109). Salta: La Termes, 17.x.1975 ( Sumlin 1979: 109). Jujuy: Quemado, iii.1926 ( Sumlin 1979: 109). Formosa: Desmonte, xii.1950 ( Sumlin 1979: 109).

Remarks. New records for Chaco and Chubut.

Figures

Figures 45-52. Habitus pictures. All scales = 2mm. 45-46. Cylindera (Plectographa) sinuosa (Brullé, 1837). 45) Argentina, Entre Rios, Liebig, i.1990, male. 46) Argentina, Misiones, Dos de Mayo, iv.1994, female. 47) Cylindera (Plectographa) nivea nivea (Kirby, 1818), Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Campos, atlantic coast, 20.x.1989, male. 48) Cylindera (Plectographa) nivea orbignyi (Guérin-Méneville, 1839), Argentina, Buenos Aires, Neocochea, i.1977, female. 49-50. Cylindera (Plectographa) ramosa (Brullé, 1837), Argentina, Chubut, Pta. Perdelas, Piramides, 22.vii.1996. 49) Male. 50) Female. 51-52. Cylindera (Plectographa) mixtula (Horn, 1915). 51) Argentina, Salta, Río San Francisco, c/o Pichanal, river banks, 15.xii.2010, male. 52) Argentina, Salta, Quebrada de Cafayate. Río de las Conchas 13.i.2010, male.

Figures 53-60. Habitus pictures. All scales = 2mm. 53) Cylindera (Plectographa) mixtula (Horn, 1915). Argentina, Catamarca, Río Colorado, on Ruta 60 c/o Tinogasta, river banks, 22.xii.2010, male. 54-56. Cylindera (Plectographa) ritsemae (Horn, 1895). 54) Argentina, Cordoba, Balnearia, 7.-25.i.2000, female. 55) Argentina, Santiago del Estero, Termas de Río Hondo, lake shore, 18.xii.2010, female. 56) Argentina, Cordoba, James Craik, 15 km SE Oliva, 400 m, 18.i.2012, female. 57-58. Cylindera (Plectographa) drakei drakei (Horn, 1892). 57) Argentina, San Juan, Río San Juan, 12 km E Calingasta, 1300 m, 3.xii.2004, male. 58) Argentina, Cordoba, Pretot Freyre, 95 km W Villa Mercedes, 7.xii.2004, female. 59) Cylindera (Plectographa) drakei pseudochiloleuca (Horn, 1908), Argentina, Salta, Quebrada del Toro, c/o Sta. Rosa de Tastil, 3400 m, 10.i.2010, male. 60) Cylindera (Plectographa) drakei latifascia (Sumlin, 1979), remake of Sumlin’s figure.

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 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).