Phaeoxantha (Euphaeoxantha) wimmeri ( Mandl, 1958 )

Moravec, Jiří & Dheurle, Charles, 2023, Taxonomic and nomenclatorial revision of the Neotropical genus Phaeoxantha Chaudoir (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), Zootaxa 5386 (1), pp. 1-83 : 73-77

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5386.1.1

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10376432

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A28794-FFAE-FF86-FF6E-93543A7A9CAF

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scientific name

Phaeoxantha (Euphaeoxantha) wimmeri ( Mandl, 1958 )
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Phaeoxantha (Euphaeoxantha) wimmeri ( Mandl, 1958) View in CoL .

( Figs 310–324 View FIGURES 310–312 View FIGURES 313–318 View FIGURES 319–324 )

Megacephala (Phaeoxantha) wimmeri Mandl, 1958: 30 View in CoL t, 30 d, pl. 3, figs. 6–7, 10.

Phaeoxantha wimmeri View in CoL : Guerra, Brzoska & Pearson 1997: 26.

Megacephala (Phaeoxantha) wimmeri View in CoL : Wiesner 1992: 45.

Phaeoxantha wimmeri View in CoL : Cassola & Pearson 2001: 11.

Phaeoxantha wimmeri View in CoL : Wiesner 2020: 30.

Type locality. Bolivia: department of Santa Cruz, alt. 500 m.

Type material. Holotype ( Fig. 313 View FIGURES 313–318 ) and allotype in NHMB, holotype labelled: “ Bolivia oriental – / Santa Cruz 500m – / 10.10.54 Zischka” [bluish print/handwritten] // “ Megacephala / bucephala / W. Horn” [sic! handwritten] // “Meg. (Phaeox.) / testudinea [sic!] / det Dr. Ing. K. Mandl 1958 ” [handwritten/printed, additionally crossed] // “ Holotypus / Meg. (Phaecox.) / Wimmeri m. ♂ / det Dr. Ing. K. Mandl 1958 ” [red, handwritten/printed]. Other paratypes (examined from photos Figs 310–311 View FIGURES 310–312 ). 1 ♂, 1 ♀ in SDEI with same first two labels as holotype [the second label crossed] // “ Paratypus Megac. (Phaeox.) / Wimmeri m / det Dr. Ing. K. Mandl 1958 ” [red, handwritten/printed]. 57 paratypes in ZSM (not examined).

Other material examined. 2 ♀♀ in CCJM: “ Bolivia oriental. / Santa Cruz – 500 m / 20.XI.1955, Zischka lgt.” . 4 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ in COSJ , 4 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ in CCJM , 1 ♂ in CJVB: “ Bolivia: Santa Cruz depart. / 80 km NW of city Sta. Cruz / Yapacani env. 25.XI.2007 / O. Šafránek lgt.” . 2 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀ in CJVB: ibid. except for: “ 21.I.2017 Kamil Klečka leg.” . 1 ♀ in CJVB: “ Bolivia: Santa Cruz / 80 km NW of city Sta. Cruz / El Torno env. / 21.I.2017 leg. Jakub Netušil ” . 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀ in COSJ: “ Bolivia: Cochabamba depart. / cca 5 km N from Villa Tunari / S16°54´46´´; W65°24´24´´ 270 m / 22.XI.2012, light trap / O. Šafránek et M. Amaya lgt.” GoogleMaps .

Differential diagnosis. Phaeoxantha (Euphaeoxantha) wimmeri is very similar to P. (E.) klugii . As the elytral shape may be sometimes very similar in both these species due to the usual variability (but always shorter in P. (E.) wimmeri ), and as also their aedeagi are very similar, one other distinguishing character is the shape of the right mandible in males of P. (E.) wimmeri , which has the second tooth mostly tightly appressed to the terminal tooth and constantly markedly distant from the third tooth ( Figs 317 View FIGURES 313–318 , 319 View FIGURES 319–324 ). For other distinguishing characters see “Differential diagnosis” under P. (E.) klugii above.

Examined adult specimens are 22.5–26.1 mm long, 8.50–11.6 mm wide; the illustrated type specimens measure: length of the holotype (NHMB) 25.8 mm, width 11.3 mm; paratypes (SDEI) length of male 24.4 mm, width 10.2; length of female 24.3 mm, width 9.70 mm.

Distribution. Known only from Bolivia, hitherto only from the department of Santa Cruz ( Wiesner 2020), but three above-listed specimens from Villa Tunari come from the department of Cochabamba. Adults were taken on rather large sandy beaches of the rivers Yapacani ( Fig. 328 View FIGURES 327–328 ) and Surutú flowing from the mountain range to more open areas; Tetracha (Neotetracha) fulgida ( Klug, 1834) and T. (N.) thomsoniana (W. Horn, 1915) shared the same places (O. Šafránek, pers. com.). Pearson et al. (1999a) listed a great number of other records from the department of Santa Cruz, mostly from banks of Rio Surutú and Rio Piray (also spelled “Pirai”), from Yapacani as well as a number of specimens from Rio Ichilo on the border of the departments of Santa Cuz and Cochabamba.

NHMB

Natural History Museum Bucharest

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Genus

Phaeoxantha

Loc

Phaeoxantha (Euphaeoxantha) wimmeri ( Mandl, 1958 )

Moravec, Jiří & Dheurle, Charles 2023
2023
Loc

Phaeoxantha wimmeri

Wiesner, J. 2020: 30
2020
Loc

Phaeoxantha wimmeri

Cassola, F. & Pearson, D. 2001: 11
2001
Loc

Phaeoxantha wimmeri

Guerra, J. F. & Brzoska D. W. & Pearson D. L. 1997: 26
1997
Loc

Megacephala (Phaeoxantha) wimmeri

Wiesner, J. 1992: 45
1992
Loc

Megacephala (Phaeoxantha) wimmeri

Mandl, K. 1958: 30
1958
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