Odontocheila chrysis (Fabricius, 1801)

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 : 16

25. Odontocheila chrysis (Fabricius, 1801) ( Fig. 25, 26 , 102 )

Odontochila (Odontochila) chrysis: Bruch 1911: 147 ; Horn 1926: 121.

Odontocheila chrysis: Wiesner 1992: 79 ; Pearson et al. 1999: 439-442; Cassola and Pearson 2001: 14; Sawada and Wiesner 2002: 297; Erwin and Pearson 2008: 271.

Distribution ( Fig. 129 ). Argentina (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Córdoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán), Bolivia, Brazil (Amazonas, Goias, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo), Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Uruguay, Venezuela.

Records. Buenos Aires: San Isidro, i.1976, 3 males, 3 females ( JWGC). Entre Rios: Federacion , i.1986, 1 female ; Liebig, Dept. Colón, i.1986, 1 male, 2 females ; i.1989, 1 female ; Colón, 20.xii.1996, 1 female ( JWGC). Córdoba: Córdoba Nord, at lights, leg. A. Bandinelli, 4.i.2010, 1 male ( ABIC). Santiago del Estero: Pampa de los Guanacos , 100 km SE Monte Quemado, light trap, leg. A., Bandinelli , 31.xii.2011, 2 males, 1 female ; 1.i.2012, 1 male ( ABIC). Salta: Pichanal , i.1975, 1 male ; Rosario de Lerma, i.1990, 2 females; Cabra Corral, i.1991, 1 female; Las Lajitas , xii.1991,1 female ( JWGC) ; 32 km SW Las Lajitas, Ruta Prov. 5, (24°55,2’S - 64°25,6’W) 600 m, light trap, leg. A. Bandinelli, 12.i.2013, 17 males, 17 females ; Río Seco, 26 km N Embarcación, night collection, leg. A. Bandinelli, 15.i.2013, 3 males ( ABIC). Jujuy: Yuto , ii.1985, 1 male, 1 female ( JWGC) ; Ciudad General San Martin, 500 m, at lights, leg. A. Bandinelli, 14.xii.2010, 1 male ( ABIC). Formosa: Bouvier, xii.1974, 1 male ( JWGC). Chaco: Taco Pozo , xi.1982, 1 male ; Pampa del Infierno , xi.1982, 1 female ; Avia Teray, ii.1991, 1 male, 2 females; Charata, i.1992, 1 female; i.1993, 1 female ; x.1994, 1 male, 1 female; iv.1995, 2 females; Las Breñas, i.1995, 2 females ( JWGC) ; Quitilipi, 140 km NW Resistencia, light trap, leg. A. Bandinelli, 2.i.2012, 18 males, 12 females ( ABIC). Corrientes: Ituzaingó , ii.1976, 1 female ( JWGC) ; Ruta 11, c/o Itati, 50 km E Corrientes, light trap, leg. A. Bandinelli, 4.i.2012, 1 male ( ABIC). Misiones: San Antonia , xii.1974, 1 female ; Itaembé, xii.1986, 1 female; i.1987, 1 female ; Puerto Iguazú, xii.1974, 1 male; 2.xi.1987, 6 males, 1 female ; xii.1987, 1 male, 2 females; 17.xii.1989, 1 male, 1 female; 22.xi.1989, 2 males, 1 female; 10.xii.1990, 1 female; 9.i.1991, 3 males, 1 female; Río Uruguai-Media , La Pasarela, ii.1986, 1 female ( JWGC) .

Figures

Figures 22-28. Habitus pictures. All scales = 2mm. 22) Oxycheila germaini Fleutiaux, 1893, Argentina, Salta, El Infiernillo, i.1992, male. 23) Oxycheila labiata Brullé, 1837, Bolivia, Santa Cruz, 500 m, 5.xi.1955, male. 24) Oxycheila opacipennis Waterhouse, 1889, Argentina, Misiones, Puerto Iguazú, 13.xii.1987, male. 25-26. Odontocheila chrysis (Fabricius, 1801). 25) Argentina, Chaco, Charata, x,1994, male. 26) Argentina, Chaco, Las Breñas, i.1995, female. 27) Odontocheila nitidicollis (Dejean, 1825), Paraguay, Villarica, xii.1977, female. 28) Odontocheila fulgens (Klug, 1834), Argentina, Chaco, Charata, i.1993, male.

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 129-134. Distribution maps. 129) Odontocheila chrysis (Fabricius, 1801). 130) Odontocheila nitidicollis (Dejean, 1825). 131) Odontocheila fulgens (Klug, 1834). 132) Odontocheila yunga Huber, 1999. 133) Pentacomia (Poecilochila) rhytidopteroides (Horn, 1906). 134) Pentacomia (Mesacanthina) cribrata argentina (Lynch, 1878).