Tetracha (Neotetracha) fulgida

12. Tetracha (Neotetracha) fulgida (Klug, 1834) (Fig. 12, 95, 96, 100, 102)

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

Tetracha fulgida: Pearson et al. 1999: 411, 412; Cassola and Pearson 2001: 11.

Tetracha (Neotetracha) fulgida: Naviaux 2007: 83-85; Erwin and Pearson 2008: 78.

Distribution (Fig. 116). Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Córdoba, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Pampa, Mendoza, Misiones, Río Negro, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Fé, Santiago del Estero), Bolivia, Brazil (Espirito Santo, Goias, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Para, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo), Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay.

Records. Rio Negro: Rio Colorado, 28.ii.1997, 1 male (JWGC). La Pampa: La Maruja, iii.1980, 7 males, 11 females (JWGC). Buenos Aires: Saavedra, ii.1975, 3 males (JWGC); Vedia, Ruta 7, 34°30,566’S, 61°31,385’W, night collection, leg. A. Bandinelli, 22.i.2012, 2 males, 2 females (ABIC). Entre Rios: Palmar, i.1974, 1 male, 1 female; Liebig, Dept. Colón, i.1986, 3 males, 9 females; iii.1994, 1 male (JWGC). Santa Fé: Carcarañá, Ruta 9 c/o Rosario, night collection, leg. A. Bandinelli, 19.i.2012, 1 male (ABIC). Córdoba: La Calera, ii.1976, 1 female; Tulumba, ii.1981, 1 male; Laboulaye, ii.1982, 6 males, 2 females; Santa Rosa, xi.1984, 1 male, 1 female (JWGC); Laguna Mar Chiquita, 35 km E Balnearia, 30°57,885’S, 62°26,262’W, night collection, leg. A. Bandinelli, 13.i.2012, 1 male (ABIC); La Para, 30°56,504’S, 62°53,018’W, light trap, leg. A. Bandinelli, 14.i.2012, 20 males, 11 females (ABIC); Villa Maria, night collection, leg. A. Bandinelli, 18.i.2012, 1 male (ABIC). San Luis: Balde, ii.1980, 1 male, 1 female (JWGC). Mendoza: El Mirador, R. Foerster, 19.ii.2000, 2 females (JWGC). San Juan: El Zonda, 800m, ii.1981, 6 males, 4 females (JWGC); San Agustin de Valle Fertil, Río del Valle, 900 m, night collection, leg. A. Bandinelli, 18.xii.2011, 1 female (ABIC). Catamarca: Fuerte Quemado, 2000m, ii.1983, 1 male (JWGC); Rio Salado, 45 km N Aimogasta, 900 m, night collection, leg. A. Bandinelli, 19.xii.2011, 3 males, 6 females (ABIC). Santiago del Estero: Colónia Dora, 6.v.1964, 1 male (JWGC); Río Saladillo, Salinas de Ambargasta, 68 km S Ciudad Loreto, night collection, leg. A. Bandinelli, 19.xii.2010, 3 males, 1 female (ABIC); Loreto environments, leg. A. Bandinelli, 22.xii.2011, 1 male, 1 female (ABIC); Nueva Esperanza, night collection, leg. A. Bandinelli, 23.xii.2011, 4 males, 2 females (ABIC); 11.i.2013, 1 male, 5 females (ABIC); Rio Saladillo, Salinas de Ambargasta, 68 km S Ciudad Loreto, night coll., leg. A. Bandinelli, 16.i.2012, 28 males, 15 females (ABIC). Salta: Aguas Blancas, Orán, 700 m, E.O.Vollenweider leg., 17.xii.1958, 2 males; Tartagal, i.1975, 1 male; Pocitos, i.1975, 1 female; xii.1977, 1 male; i.1978, 2 males; Palomitei, i.1987, 1 female (JWGC); Ruta Prov. 5, 28 km SW Las Lajitas, 24°53,085’S, 64°23,467’W, 600 m, leg. A. Bandinelli, 13.i.2013, 4 males, 4 females (ABIC); Rio Seco, 26 km N Embarcación, night collection, leg. A. Bandinelli, 15.i.2013, 15 males, 7 females (ABIC). Jujuy: San Pedro, El Acheral, Rio Lavayen, xi.1984, 1 male (JWGC). Chaco: Pampa del Infierno, xi.1982, 1 female; Confluencia, del Rio Bermejo y Rio Bermejito, i.1995, 3 males, 2 females; Charata, iv.1995, 1 male; Puente Lavalle, Rio Bermejo, i.1992, 4 males, 2 females (JWGC). Misiones: Itaembé, i.1987, 1 female; Eldorado, 9.xii.1992, 1 female (JWGC).