Opisthencentrus dentipennis ( Germar, 1843 )

Roza, André Silva, 2022, Synopsis of the distribution of the rare tiger beetle Opisthencentrus dentipennis (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), Zootaxa 5174 (4), pp. 395-400 : 396

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5174.4.5

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6986998

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Opisthencentrus dentipennis ( Germar, 1843 )
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Opisthencentrus dentipennis ( Germar, 1843) View in CoL

Figures 1–7 View FIGURES 1–2 View FIGURES 3–6 View FIGURE 7

Oxygonia dentipennis Germar, 1843: 3 View in CoL , pl. 124.

Opisthencentrus dentipennis: W. Horn 1893: 196 View in CoL .

Type locality. Brazil .

Previous known distribution. Brazil — Rio de Janeiro (Angra dos Reis, Cachoeiras de Macacú), São Paulo (Santo André— Alto da Serra de Paranapiacaba ) mentioned by Horn (1926) .

Updated distribution. Brazil — Rio de Janeiro (Angra dos Reis, Cachoeira de Macacú, Mangaratiba, Teresópolis), São Paulo (Santo André— Alto da Serra de Paranapiacaba , Ubatuba) ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 ) .

Material examined. Brazil. Rio de Janeiro. Angra dos Reis, ( Jussaral ), 1 female, no date, Dario Mendes col. ( MNRJ) ; 12-931, 1 female, L. T. ( CEICO) ; Ilha Grande, (Parque estadual da Ilha Grande, IG 0A, 23°10’04.7” S, 44°11’3.5” W, 160 m) Malaise , 1 female, I.2018, Campello, Silveira & Queiroz col. ( DZRJ) GoogleMaps ; Mangaratiba, (Sahy, PE Cunhambebe, Trilha para Rubião ), Malaise , 1 male, L.S. e Maia col., ( DZRJ) ; Teresópolis, (Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos, PENSA RIO pt.2, 22°26'48” S, 43°00'42.6”, W 1050 m) Malaise , 1 female, 11.III.2014, R. Monteiro col ( DZRJ); (Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos, GoogleMaps PVE 4B, 22°28’35.1” S, 42°59’29” W, 544 m) Malaise, 1 female, XI.2015, R. Monteiro col. ( DZRJ); ( Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos, GoogleMaps PVE 8A, 22º27’11,3” S, 42º59’33,9” W, 544 m) GoogleMaps Malaise, 1 male, III.2015, R. Monteiro col. ( DZRJ); ( Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos, PVE 9A, 22°26’55,1” S, 43°00’16,4” W, 1246 m) GoogleMaps Malaise , 1 female, II.2015, R. Monteiro col. ( DZRJ) . São Paulo: Alto da Serra , I.1914, 1 male, Melzer col. ( CEIOC) ; Alto da Serra , I.19, 1 female, I.24, 1 male, 1 female ( MZSP) ; Ubatuba, Rio Picinguaba , XI.1991, 1 male, A. C. Marques col. ( MZSP)

Variability. Most O. dentipennis specimens examined by Moravec (2016) have a black-copper body, which corresponds with the original description given by Germar (1843). Only two specimens previously examined (a female from Angra dos Reis— Moravec 2016, 2018; and a male from Macacú— Huber 2012) presented the elytra with a bluish tinge. The specimens examined herein presented a bright blue coloration in the entire body ( Fig. 1–2 View FIGURES 1–2 ), and a black abdomen with a reddish somewhat membranous median areas in females ventrites III-V ( Fig. 5–6 View FIGURES 3–6 ), thus adding this variability to the species coloration. It is not clear if these differences in coloration are the result of distinct preservation methods. It is also noteworthy that most of specimens examined herein have a distinctively long elytral spine, known previously only for a female from Angra dos Reis ( Moravec 2016, 2020).

MNRJ

Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro

T

Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics

IG

Institute of Geology

R

Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

MZSP

Sao Paulo, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Genus

Opisthencentrus

Loc

Opisthencentrus dentipennis ( Germar, 1843 )

Roza, André Silva 2022
2022
Loc

Opisthencentrus dentipennis: W. Horn 1893: 196

Horn, W. 1893: 196
1893
Loc

Oxygonia dentipennis

Germar, E. F. 1843: 3
1843
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