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
)
huascarani
Allegro, 2010
(
Figs. 24
,
62
,
98
)
Blennidus huascarani
Allegro, 2010
: 2
Blennidus huascarani
: Giachino & Allegro, 2011: 24
Type
locality.
Peru
, Ancash, Cordillera Blanca, Quebrada Putaca, Punta Olimpica Pass.
Examined material.
HT ♂ (CAl), 22 PTT ♂ and 13 PTT ♀ (CAl, CCa, CGi, CSc,
MNHNP
,
MRSN
,
MSNM
,
UASM
).
Note.
Species with peculiar morphology, distinguished by its depressed habitus, slender legs and very distinctive morphology of aedeagus; it seems rather isolated from all other
Blennidus
species from
Peru
.
Distribution.
Only recorded from two sites of Cordillera Blanca: Punta Olímpica Pass and Laguna Wachucocha (=Huachucocha), near San Luis (
Allegro 2010
).
Habitat.
In the
type
locality (
4,600 m
a.s.l.) this species is commonly found in the coarse detritic sediments of a glacial area (
Allegro 2010
).