Annotated checklist of the Blennidus subgenus Agraphoderus species from Peru with description of B. bombonensis n. sp. and synonymic notes (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichinae)
Author
Allegro, Gianni
Author
Giachino, Pier Mauro
text
Zootaxa
2015
4000
1
1
48
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4000.1.1
507a3784-35f5-46f5-9492-e0884a502f40
1175-5326
289219
00769C76-A2D4-4792-A5DD-5F2B7EA352CB
Blennidus
(
Agraphoderus
)
pascoensis
(
Straneo, 1954
)
(
Figs. 36
,
74
,
110
)
Ogmopleura pascoensis
Straneo, 1954
: 100
Ogmopleura pascoensis
Straneo, 1954
:
Straneo & Vereshagina, 1991
: 203
Blennidus pascoensis
(
Straneo, 1954
)
:
Lorenz, 2005a
: 263
Blennidus pascoensis
(
Straneo, 1954
)
:
Lorenz, 2005b
: 729
Type
locality.
Peru
, Cerro de Pasco, m 4000.
Examined material.
HT ♂ and 1 PT ♀ (CSt at
MSNM
) (complete TS).
Note.
Species description based on only two specimens, both immature; moreover, the HT ♂ shows an incomplete and deformed aedeagus. The validity of this species has to be confirmed with additional material.
Distribution.
The two
type
specimens are from Cerro de Pasco (Dept. Pasco).
Habitat.
The altitude data reported on the labels (
4,000 m
a.s.l.) suggest a preference of this species for the Andean grassland.