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Blennidus (Agraphoderus) abramalagae Allegro & Giachino 2011

Description

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.

Notes

Published as part of Allegro, Gianni & Giachino, Pier Mauro, 2015, Annotated checklist of the Blennidus subgenus Agraphoderus species from Peru with description of B. bombonensis n. sp. and synonymic notes (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichinae), pp. 1-48 in Zootaxa 4000 (1) on page 5, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4000.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/289219

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References

  • Allegro, G. & Giachino, P. M. (2011 a) Studies on the subgenus Agraphoderus Bates of Blennidus Motschulsky from Peru: the jelskii species-group (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Pterostichini). Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 34 (2), 295 - 308.
  • Tschitscherine, T. (1897) Materiaux pour servir a l'etude des Feroniens. III. Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae, 30, 260 - 351.