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
)
ticlianus
(
Straneo, 1993
)
(
Figs. 47
,
85
,
118
)
Ogmopleura ticliana
Straneo, 1993
: 394
Blennidus ticlianus
(
Straneo, 1993
)
:
Lorenz, 2005a
: 263
Blennidus ticlianus
(
Straneo, 1993
)
:
Lorenz, 2005b
: 921
Blennidus ticlianus
(
Straneo, 1993
)
: Giachino & Allegro, 2011: 23
Type
locality.
Peru
, Ticlio,
4800 m
Examined material.
HT ♂ (CSt at
MSNM
); 11 PTT ♂ and 14 PTT ♀ (CSt, CMa);
56 ♂
and 24 ♀ (CAl, CGi, CMa);
2 ♂
included in the TS of
B. unistria
.
Note.
This species is easily distinguished by the apical blade of aedeagus slightly bent to the left in dorsal view.
Distribution.
This species is recorded from the area of Ticlio and Abra Anticona (Dept. Lima).
Habitat.
The altitude data reported on the labels (about
4,800 m
a.s.l.) suggest a preference of this species for the high Andean grasslands.