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
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1
48
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4000.1.1
507a3784-35f5-46f5-9492-e0884a502f40
1175-5326
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Blennidus
(
Agraphoderus
)
abramalagae
Allegro & Giachino, 2011
(
Figs. 13
, 51, 89)
Blennidus abramalagae
Allegro & Giachino, 2011a
: 301
Type
locality.
Peru
, Cuzco, Abra Malaga, m 4400.
Examined material.
HT ♂ (CGi); 2 PTT ♂ and 4 PTT ♀ (CAl, CGi, CSc) (complete TS).
Note.
This species belongs to the
Blennidus jelskii
(
Tschitschérine, 1897
)
group, which includes 5 species distributed in the Andes of southern
Peru
and distinguished by the distinctive morphology of their aedeagus (
Allegro & Giachino 2011a
).
Distribution.
Blennidus abramalagae
is only recorded from the Andean district of Cuzco (southern
Peru
).
Habitat.
The collecting site of the known specimens (TS) is an Andean grassland at
4,200–4,400 m
a.s.l.