First record of the flotsam tiger beetle genus Cheiloxya Guérin-Méneville, 1855 (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) from Yungas Forest of Argentina
Cheiloxya Guérin-Méneville, 1855 is reported for the first time from Argentina, in the Southern Andean Yungas, an ecoregion recognized for its exceptional biodiversity and conservation importance. This represents the most southern record for Cheiloxya, extending the distributional range of the genus by about 900 km.
Authors
- Lucas Ezequiel Rubio Cetani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0179-3180)
- Mariano C. Michat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1962-7976)
- Sergio Roig‐Juñent (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3619-5351)
- Juan I. Urcola (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5684-2464)
Institutions
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (AR)
- Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (AR)
- Universidad de Buenos Aires (AR)
- Institute for Biodiversity (DE)
- Institute of Entomology (CZ)
- Instituto de Biología Agrícola de Mendoza (AR)
- Instituto de Medicina y Biología Experimental de Cuyo (AR)
- Fundación Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (AR)
- Experimental Medicine and Biology Institute (AR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zootaxa
- Published
- 2025-02-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5590.3.9
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.33