Field Cards — Uruguay
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Brasiella argentata
(Dejean, 1831)
4–8 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
riverinediurnal
= Cicindela argentata cyanosparsa (Dejean, 1831) [basionym]
Neotropical.
Resembles Brzoskaicheila, Cenothyla, Cicindela
Brasiella obscurella
(Bates, 1881)
4–8 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
riverinediurnal
Neotropical.
Resembles Brzoskaicheila, Cenothyla, Cicindela
Brasiella staudingeria
Wiesner, 2003
4–8 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
riverinediurnal
Sao Paulo, Goias, Mato Grosso
= Cicindela acuniae (Rivalier, 1950) [basionym]
Neotropical.
Resembles Brzoskaicheila, Cenothyla, Cicindela
Cylindera sinuosa
(Bates, 1874)
5–22 mm
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
coastaldiurnal
Corrientes, Entre Rios, Misiones
Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology.
Resembles Calomera, Cephalota, Cicindela
Diastrophella pauliani
(Rivalier, 1957)
10–15 mm
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
riverinediurnal
= Cicindela beccarii (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
Body small, elongate-compact Iresina habitus.
Resembles Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Odontocheila chrysis
(Bates, 1869)
8–15 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
riverinediurnal
Buenos Aires, Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy,
= Cicindela ignita (Bates, 1869) [basionym]
Toothed elytral margins (odontos + cheile = toothed margin).
Resembles Brasiella, Cicindelidia, Microthylax
Odontocheila fulgens
(Bates, 1869)
8–15 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
riverinediurnal★ 5.3
Chaco, Córdoba, Formosa, Rio Negro, Entre Rios, Salta
Toothed elytral margins (odontos + cheile = toothed margin).
Resembles Brasiella, Brzoskaicheila, Cenothyla
Phaeoxantha tremolerasi
(Bates, 1869)
13–27 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
open sandynocturnal★ 5.1
Concordia, Salto, Entre Rios, Misiones
Head broad, wider than pronotum; eyewith large, protuberant (leswith so than diurn
Resembles Aniara, Metriocheila, Tetracha
Tetracha distinguenda
(Bates, 1869)
11–30 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
open sandynocturnal
Canelones, Santa Cruz, Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Entre Rios, Corrientes
= Cicindela flammula (Bates, 1869) [basionym]
Nocturnal–crepuscular.
Resembles Aniara, Metriocheila, Phaeoxantha
Tetracha fulgida
(Dejean, 1826)
11–30 mm
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
open sandynocturnal
Goias, Espirito Santo, Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Mato Grosso, Buenos Ai
Nocturnal–crepuscular.
Resembles Megacephala, Phaeoxantha, Pseudotetracha
Tetracha orbignyi
(Chaudoir, 1850)
11–30 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
open sandynocturnal
Presidente Hayes, Alto Paraguay, Boqueron
= Cicindela ovata (Bates, 1869) [basionym]
Nocturnal–crepuscular.
Resembles Aniara, Metriocheila, Phaeoxantha