Tetracha (Neotetracha) distinguenda (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 : 11-12

14. Tetracha (Neotetracha) distinguenda (Dejean, 1831) ( Fig. 14 , 95, 96 , 98 , 100 )

Megacephala (Tetracha) distinguenda: Bruch 1911: 146 ; Horn 1926: 73; Wiesner 1992: 48.

Megacephala (Tetracha) biprolongata Horn, 1937 : Wiesner 1992: 48.

Megacephala (Tetracha) biprolongata dorotheae Mandl, 1957 : Wiesner 1992: 48.

Megacephala (Tetracha) biprolongata nigroviridis Mandl, 1967 : Wiesner 1992: 48.

Tetracha distinguenda: Pearson et al. 1999: 410 , 411; Cassola and Pearson 2001: 11.

Tetracha (Neotetracha) distinguenda: Naviaux 2007: 96 , 97; Sawada and Wiesner 2002: 290-291; Erwin and Pearson 2008: 75.

Tetracha biprolongata: Cassola and Pearson 2001: 11 ; Cassola and Werner 2001: 8, 9.

Distribution ( Fig. 118 ). Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Chubut, Córdoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, La Rioja, Misiones, Río Negro, Santiago del Estero, Salta, San Juan, Santa Fé, Tucumán), Bolivia (Santa Cruz), Paraguay, Uruguay (Canelones).

Records. Rio Negro: Río Colorado, R. Foerster, 20.ii.2001, 2 males, 2 females ( JWGC). Buenos Aires: Vedia, Ruta 7, 34°30,566’S, 61°31,385’W, night collection, leg. A. Bandinelli, 22.i.2012, 6 males, 9 females ( ABIC). Entre Rios: Liebig , Dept. Colón, 12.iv.1974, 2 males ; ii.1975, 1 male, 2 females ; iii.1979, 1 female; i.1986, 4 males, 2 females; ii.1995, 1 male ( JWGC). Santa Fè: Carcarañá, Ruta 9 c/o Rosario, at lights, leg. A. Bandinelli, 19.i.2012, 2 males, 3 females ( ABIC). Córdoba: Capilla del Monte , ii.1980, 1 female ; Santa Rosa, xi.1984, 2 females ( JWGC) ; Salinas Grandes, c/o Lucio Mansilla, 80 km NW Dean Funes , leg. A. Bandinelli, 20.xii.2010, 1 female ( ABIC) ; Laguna Mar Chiquita , 35 km E Balnearia, 30°57,885’S, 62°26,262’W, night collection, leg. A. Bandinelli, 13.i.2012, 13 males, 12 females ( ABIC) ; Laguna Mar Chiquita, La Para, 30°56,504’S, 62°53,018’W, light trap, leg. A. Bandinelli, 14.i.2012, 11 males, 9 females ( ABIC) ; Villa Maria, night collection, leg. A. Bandinelli, 18.i.2012, 8 males, 15 females ( ABIC) ; Oliva environments, 32°06,071’S, 63°32,117’W, night collection, leg. A. Bandinelli, 9.i.2013, 11 males, 8 females ( ABIC). San Juan: El Zonda , 800 m, ii.1981, 2 males ( JWGC) ; San Agustin de Valle Fertil, Río del Valle, 900 m, night collection, leg. A. Bandinelli, 18.xii.2011, 1 female ( ABIC). La Rioja: Chamical, 500 m, at lights, leg. A. Bandinelli, 27.xi.2004, 2 males, 1 female ( ABIC). Catamarca: Río Salado, 45 km N Aimogasta, 900 m, night collection, leg. A. Bandinelli, 19.xii.2011, 1 male ( ABIC). Santiago del Estero: Fernandez , ii.1976, 3 males, 4 females ; Monte Quemado , iii.1992, 2 males ( JWGC) ; Ciudad de Loreto, at lights, leg. A. Bandinelli, 24.xi.2004, 11 males, 8 females ( ABIC) ; 1 male ( MZUF) ; Termas de Río Hondo , at lights, leg. A. Bandinelli, 18.xii.2010, 14 males, 4 females ; Río Saladillo, Salinas de Ambargasta, 68 km S Ciudad Loreto, night collection, 19.xii.2010, 4 males, 4 females ( ABIC) ; Pampa de los Guanacos, 100 km SE Monte Quemado , light trap, leg. A., Bandinelli, 1.i.2012, 1 female ( ABIC) ; Nueva Esperanza, night collection, leg. A. Bandinelli, 23.xii.2011, 14 males, 11 females ( ABIC) ; 11.i.2013, 13 males, 14 females ( ABIC) ; Río Saladillo, Salinas de Ambargasta, 68 km S Ciudad Loreto, night coll., leg. A. Bandinelli, 16.i.2012, 5 males, 10 females ( ABIC). Salta: Do. San Martin, Tartagal, xii.1971, 1 male, 4 females ; Pocitos, xii.1977, 1 female ( JWGC) ; Las Lajitas, 50 km N Joaquin Gonzales , 500 m, night collection, leg. A. Bandinelli, 29.xii.2011, 17 males, 7 females ( ABIC). Chaco: Castelli, 29.iii.1977, 3 males, 5 females ; Avia Teray, xii.1991, 4 males; Charata, ii.1991, 2 males; iii.1992, 2 females ; i.1993, 2 males, 4 female; i.1994, 1 female; x.-xi.1994, 2 males, 3 females; 15.i.1996, 2 males, 1 female; J. Carreras leg., 8.i.1992, 1 male; 14.i.1993, 1 female ; 80 km N Miraflores, Pozo La Gringa , O. Gonzales leg., iii.1995, 1 female ; Pampa Avila, xii.1995, 1 male, 1 female ( JWGC) ; Quitilipi, 140 km NW Resistencia , light trap, leg. A. Bandinelli, 2.i.2012, 1 male, 1 female ( ABIC). Misiones: Pto. Esperanza, xii.1991, 1 male ( 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 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 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 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 117-122. Distribution maps. 117) Tetracha (Neotetracha) pseudodistinguenda (Horn, 1905. 118) Tetracha (Neotetracha) distinguenda (Dejean, 1831). 119) Tetracha (Neotetracha) cyanea (Horn, 1905). 120) Tetracha (Neotetracha) quadrata Naviaux, 2007. 121) Tetracha (Neotetracha) prolongata (Horn, 1932). 122) Tetracha (Neotetracha) brevisulcata Horn, 1907.