Geadephaga beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Cicindelidae and Trachypachydae) from Argentina, keys for identification and new records

Abstract

A key of tribes and subtribes of Geadephaga present in Argentina is provided. When more than one genus of each tribe or subtribe are present in Argentina a key to identify them is provided. Illustrations are provided to facilitate the use of the keys. Based on the revision of materials of museums, institution and private colections are cited for the first time to Argentina two tribes: Licini and Dryptini; two subtribes: Progaleritina and Nemotarsina, 13 genera: Ancystroglossus Chaudoir, Crepidozaena Deuve, Dyscollus Dejean, Euphorticus Horn, Eutogenius Solier, Falsodromius Mateu, Nemotarsus LeConte, Neodrypta Basilewsky, Otoglossa Chaudoir, Oxygonia Mannerheim, Pleuracanthus Gray, Pseudobarys Chaudoir, one subgenus: Oxycrepis (Oxycrepis) Reiche and 70 species: Agra attenuata Klug, A. caligata Liebke, A. cuneolus Erwin, A. gemmata Klug, A. nigroaenea Chaudoir, A. prasina Liebke, Anchonoderus myops Reiche, A. subaeneus Reiche, A. unicolor Chaudoir, Ancystroglossus strangulatus Chaudoir, Athrostictus chlaenoides (Dejean), Blennidius (B.) fontanei (Tschitscherine), Calleida thalassina Dejean, C. levistriata Chaudoir, Calybe leucopa Bates, Cnemalobus germaini Putzeys, Colliuris (Apiodera) funcki (Putzeys), C. (Apiodera) marmorata (Chaudoir), Coptodera dromioides (Bates), C. fulminans (Bates), C. transversa (Reiche), C. undulata Chaudoir, C. versicolor Bates, Crepidozaena gracilis (Chaudoir), Cryptobatis janthoptera Reiche, Dailodontus cayennensis (Dejean), Dercylus (Eudercylus) tenebricosus La Ferté Sénectère, Euphorticus pubescens (Dejean), Eutogenius fuscus Solier, Falsodromius erythropus (Solier), Helluobruchus brevicollis (Dejean), H. luctuosus (Chaudoir), Helluomorphoides io Reichardt, H. oculeus (Bates), H. squiresi (Chaudoir), Incagonum chilense (Dejean), I. cordicolle (Solier), Lachnophorus (Aretaonus) tenuicollis Dejean, Lebia (Lebia) bioculata Boheman, L. (L.) quinquenotata Chaudoir, Mimodromius (Bolivasia) bolivianus Mateu, M. (Mimodromius) chilensis (Solier), M. (M.) chopardi Mateu, Morion boliviensis Allen, M. brasiliensis Dejean, Nemotarsus fallax (Dejean), Nemotarsus interruptus (Chaudoir), N. scutellaris (Chaudoir), Neodrypta costigera (Chaudoir), Odonthocheila cayenensis bipunctata (Fabricius), Otoglossa tuberculosa Chaudoir, Oxycrepis (Loxandrus) minasianus Straneo, O. (Oxycrepis) brasiliensis Tschitschérine, Oxygonia prodiga (Erichson), Pachyteles tuberculatus Perty, Parapionycha lizeri Liebke, Parhypates (Parhypates) bonelli (Waterhouse), P. (P.) rufipalpis (Curtis), Pentagonica picea Chaudoir, P. trivitatta (Dejean), Pericompsus circuliformis (Solier), Pseudaptinus cribatus Liebke, Pseudobarys robusta Chaudoir, Pelecium nicki Straneo, P. purpureum Straneo, Pleuracanthus inca Reichardt, P. tridens Reichardt, Trechisibus cekalovici Jeanne, T. magellanus Jeannel, Zuphioides lizeri (Libke). Ilustrations of some of the genera cited for the first time to Argentina are provided.