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
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00769C76-A2D4-4792-A5DD-5F2B7EA352CB
Blennidus
(
Agraphoderus
)
bellesi
(
Straneo, 1993
)
(
Figs. 16
, 54, 92)
Ogmopleura bellesi
Straneo, 1993
: 376
–377
Blennidus bellesi
(
Straneo, 1993
)
:
Lorenz, 2005a
: 262
Blennidus bellesi
(
Straneo, 1993
)
:
Lorenz, 2005b
: 269
Blennidus bellesi
(
Straneo, 1993
)
:
Allegro & Giachino, 2011b
: 173
Type
locality.
Perulillos, entre Cajamarca y Celendin, Dpto. Cajamarca.
Examined material.
HT ♂ (CMa at
MRSN
); 3 PTT ♂ and 2 PTT ♀ (CMa, CSt);
11 ♂
and 4 ♀ (CAl, CGi, CMa).
Note.
The males of this species are distinguished by a subapical inner spiniform protuberance on mesotibia and by an obtuse one on metatibia. On account of the similar morphology of aedeagus, this species seems closely related to
B. negrei
, which is restricted to the same geographic area.
Distribution.
All the recorded specimens are from the Andes of northern
Peru
, Dept. of Cajamarca. In addition to the TS (legit Bellés 1977), many specimens have also been collected by M. Etonti.
Habitat.
The altitudinal data reported on the labels of the specimens collected by M. Etonti (
4,000 m
) suggest a preference of this species for the high altitude Andean grassland.