Phaeoxantha bucephala (Horn, 1909)

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 : 7

3. Phaeoxantha bucephala (Horn, 1909) ( Fig. 3 , 102 )

Megacephala (Phaeoxantha) bucephala: Bruch 1911: 145 ; Horn 1926: 66; Wiesner 1992: 45. Phaeoxantha bucephala: Pearson et al. 1999: 403 ; Cassola and Pearson 2001: 11; Sawada and Wiesner

2002: 289; Erwin and Pearson 2008: 52.

Distribution ( Fig. 107 ). Argentina (Chaco, Formosa, Jujuy, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán), Bolivia, SW Brazil, Paraguay.

Records. Salta: Pocitos , xii.1977, 1 female ; Las Lajitas , ii.1991, 1 male ; Dep. Orán, Aguas Blancas , Río Bermejo, 390/ 400 m, J. Carreras, 21./ 22.xi.1992, 1 male, 3 females ( JWGC) ; Río Seco , 26 km N Embarcación, night collection, leg. A. Bandinelli, 15.i.2013, 3 males, 9 females ( ABIC). Jujuy: San Pedro, El Acheral , Río Lavayen , xi.1984, 1 male, 3 females ( JWGC). Chaco: Depto Gral. Güemes, Pozo La Gringa, i.1996, 1 male ( JWGC) .

Figures

Figures 1-6. Habitus pictures. All scales = 2mm. 1) Ctenostoma (Myrmecilla) ichneumoneum ellipticum Naviaux, 1988, Paraguay, Guaira, Paso Yobai, 15.xii.1990, paratype female. 2) Picnochile fallaciosa (Chevrolat, 1854), Chile; Magellanes, xi.1991, male. 3) Phaeoxantha bucephala (Horn, 1909), Paraguay, Boqueron, Río Pilcomayo, 21.x.1990, male. 4) Phaeoxantha cruciata cruciata (Brullé, 1837), Bolivia, Santa Cruz, Cordillera, Río Seco, 30.iii.2002, male. 5) Phaeoxantha tremolerasi (Horn, 1909), Argentina, Misiones, Iguazu, ix.1976, male. 6) Phaeoxantha aequinoctialis aequinoctialis (Dejean, 1825), Brazil, Amazonas, Ilha da Paciencia, 40 km upstr. mouth of Río Negro, 26.xi.1998, female.

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 105-110. Distribution maps. 105) Ctenostoma (Myrmecilla) ichneumoneum ellipticum Naviaux, 1988. 106) Picnochile fallaciosa (Chevrolat, 1854). 107) Phaeoxantha bucephala (Horn, 1909). 108). Phaeoxantha cruciata cruciata (Brullé, 1837). 109) Phaeoxantha tremolerasi (Horn, 1909). 110) Phaeoxantha aequinoctialis aequinoctialis (Dejean, 1825).