Cylindera (Plectographa) hassenteufeli (Mandl, 1960)

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 : 21

39. Cylindera (Plectographa) hassenteufeli (Mandl, 1960) ( Fig. 43, 44 , 96 , 98 )

Opilidia hassenteufeli: Wiesner 1992: 216 ; Erwin and Pearson 2008: 291.

Cicindela (Plectographa) hassenteufeli: Sumlin 1993: 34 .

Cylindera (Plectographa) hassenteufeli: Cassola and Pearson 2001: 17 .

Cicindela (Cylindera) siccalacicola Sumlin, 1979: 111 , 112, new synonymy.

Cylindera (Plectographa) siccalacicola: Wiesner 1992: 199 ; Cassola and Pearson 2001: 17; Cassola and Werner 2001: 9; Erwin and Pearson 2008: 219, 220.

Distribution ( Fig. 142 ). Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Córdoba, La Rioja, Santiago del Estero).

Records. Córdoba: 24 mi S of Recreo, Saltflat , leg. W.D. Sumlin, 9.ii.1951, 1 female ; Salinas Grande, c/ o Lucio Mansilla, 80 km NW Dean Funes , leg. Aligi Bandinelli, 11.xii.2010, 1 male ( JWGC) ; 3 males, 5 females ( ABIC), 1 male, 1 female ( AKCC) ; 15.i.2012, 2 males, 1 female; Salinas Grandes, c/o Lucio Mansilla, 80 km NW Dean Funes, night collection, 20.xii.2010, 1 female ( ABIC). Catamarca: Salinas Grandes, Incrocio rutas 60 e 157, 29°31,609’S, 64°55,020’W, leg. Aligi Bandinelli, 16.i.2010, 2 males, 2 females ( JWGC), 9 males, 21 females ( ABIC), 4 females ( MZUF) ; 12.xii.2010, 11 males, 2 females ( ABIC) ; Salinas Grandes , joint rutas 60 and 157, 29°31,609’S 64°55,020’W, leg. Aligi Bandinelli, 20.xii.2010, 1 female ( JWGC) ; Salinas Grandes, routes 60/157 crossing, 15.i.2012, 11 males, 8 females; 10.i.2013, 2 males ; 18.i.2013, 3 males ( ABIC). Santiago del Estero: Río Saladillo, Salinas de Ambargasta , 68 km S Ciudad Loreto, night collection, leg. Aligi Bandinelli, 19.xii.2010, 2 males, 2 females ( JWGC), 12 males, 15 females ; 19.xii.2010, 1 male, 4 females; 16.i.2012, 6 males, 2 females ( ABIC), 1 male, 1 female ( AKCC) .

Localities. Buenos Aires: ( Wiesner 1992: 199). Córdoba: 24 mi S of Recreo, 9.ii.1951 ( Sumlin 1979: 113); W of Sierra Grande, 5 km S Nono, Río de los Sauces, 14.-15.xi.1999; ( Cassola and Werner 2001: 9). La Rioja: Mascasin ( Wiesner 1992: 216). Chaco: ( Erwin and Pearson 2008: 219).

Remarks. New records for Catamarca and Santiago del Estero. - Due to the kindness of Isabelle Zürcher- Pfander, Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel, Switzerland the first author had the opportunity to compare the holotype male and allotype female of Cylindera (Plectographa) hassenteufeli (Mandl, 1960) (both in the Basel collection) with a paratype female of Cylindera (Plectographa) siccalacicola ( Sumlin, 1979) (in JWGC) and several males and females associated with the latter (in ABIC and JWGC). The result of this examination is that, as Sumlin (1993: 34) assumed, both taxa are identical. The characters given by Sumlin in his key (1993: 33) to separate taxa are not suitable. Cylindera siccalacicola is herein placed into synonymy of C. hassenteufeli .

Figures

Figures 37-44. Habitus pictures. All scales = 2mm. 37) Cicindelidia rufoaenea (Horn, 1915), Bolivia, Cochabamba, Carrasco, Río Ivirgazama, 19.12.2002, male. 38-39. Cylindera (Cylindera) confluentesignata (Horn, 1915). 38) Paraguay, Paraguari, Sapucay 1.-5.i.1993, male. 39) Paraguay, Presidente. Hayes, 26.iii.1995, female. 40) Cylindera (Cylindera) morio (Klug, 1834), Brazil, Amazonas, 20 km NE Manaus, 16.xi.1992, female. 41-42. Cylindera (Cylindera) obsoletesignata (Horn, 1895). 41) Argentina, Corrientes, Ita-Ibate, Fluss Paraná, 26.i.1996, male. 42) Argentina, Cordoba, Balnearia, 7.-25.i.2000, female. 43-44. Cylindera (Plectographa) hassenteufeli (Mandl, 1960). 43) Argentina, Catamarca, Salinas Grandes, Incrocio rutas 60 e 157, 16.i.2010, male. 44) Argentina, La Rioja, Mascasin, i.1959, paratype 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 141-146. Distribution maps. 141) Cylindera (Cylindera) obsoletesignata (Horn, 1895). 142) Cylindera (Plectographa) hassenteufeli (Mandl, 1960). 143) Cylindera (Plectographa) sinuosa (Brullé, 1837). 144) Cylindera (Plectographa) nivea nivea (Kirby, 1818). 145) Cylindera (Plectographa) nivea orbignyi (Guérin-Méneville, 1839). 146) Cylindera (Plectographa) ramosa (Brullé, 1837).