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Tetracha (Microtetracha) germaini Chaudoir 1865

Description

9. Tetracha (Microtetracha) germaini Chaudoir, 1865 (Fig. 9, 96)

Megacephala (Tetracha) Germaini: Bruch 1911: 147; Horn 1926: 68; Wiesner 1992: 46.

Megacephala germaini: Sarmiento 1969: 151.

Tetracha germaini: Pearson, Guerra and Brzoska 1999: 412; Cassola and Pearson 2001: 11.

Tetracha (Microtetracha) germaini: Naviaux 2007: 30, 31; Erwin and Pearson 2008: 79.

Distribution (Fig. 113). Argentina (Buenos Aires, Chubut, Córdoba, La Rioja, Mendoza, San Juan, Santiago del Estero, Río Negro), Bolivia (Santa Cruz).

Records. Córdoba: Balnearia, leg. A. Ugarte-Peña, 7.-25.i.2000, 1 male (JWGC). San Juan: Ruta 142, 7.xii.1997, 2 males (JWGC). La Rioja: Mascasin, i.1962, 1 male (JWGC). Santiago del Estero: Río Saladillo, Salinas de Ambargasta, 68 km S Ciudad Loreto, night collection, leg. A. Bandinelli, 19.xii.2010, 1 male, 2 females; 16.i.2012, 2 males, 1 female (ABIC).

Localities. Chubut: (Bruch 1911: 147). Río Negro: (Naviaux 2007: 31). Buenos Aires: Pedro Luro (Sarmiento 1969: 153). Córdoba: (Sarmiento 1969: 153). Mendoza: (Bruch 1911: 147). La Rioja: Chañar (Sarmiento 1969: 153). Santiago del Estero: (Naviaux 2007: 31).

Remarks. New record for San Juan.

Notes

Published as part of Wiesner, Jürgen & Bandinelli, Aligi, 2014, Notes on the tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) of Argentina. 117. Contribution towards the knowledge of Cicindelidae, pp. 1-66 in Insecta Mundi 2014 (377) on page 9, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5179363

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
ABIC , JWGC
Event date
2012-01-16
Verbatim event date
2012-01-16
Scientific name authorship
Chaudoir
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Carabidae
Genus
Tetracha
Species
germaini
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Tetracha (Microtetracha) germaini Chaudoir, 1865 sec. Wiesner & Bandinelli, 2014

References

  • Bruch, C. 1911. Catalogo sistematico de los coleopteros de la Republica Argentina, pars 1, Familia Carabidae (Cicindelinae, Carabinae). Revista del Museo de La Plata 17 (4): 143 - 180.
  • Horn, W. 1926. Carabidae, Cicindelinae. In: W. Junk and S. Schenkling. Coleopterorum Catalogus, pars 86: 1 - 345.
  • Wiesner, J. 1992. Checklist of the tiger beetles of the world. Verlag Erna Bauer; Keltern. 364 p.
  • Sarmiento, J. A. V. 1969. Megacephala germaini Chaudoir (Coleoptera-Cicindelidae). Acta Zoologica Lilloana (Tucuman) 24: 151 - 155.
  • Pearson D. L., J. F. Guerra, and D. W. Brzoska. 1999. The tiger beetles of Bolivia: their identification, distribution and natural history (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae). Contributions on Entomology, International 3 (4): 379 - 524.
  • Cassola, F., and D. L. Pearson. 2001. Studies on tiger beetles. 117. Neotropical tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae). Checklist and biogeography. Biota Colombiana 2 (1): 3 - 24.
  • Naviaux, R. 2007. Tetracha (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae, Megacephalina); Revision du genre et descriptions de nouveaux taxons. Memories de la Societe Memoires de la Societe Entomologique de France 7: 1 - 197.
  • Erwin, T. L., and D. L. Pearson. 2008. A treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera), their classification, distributions, and ways of life, Volume II (Carabidae - Nebriiformes 2 - Cicindelitae). Pensoft; Sofia - Moscow. 366 p. + 33 plates.