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Blennidus (Agraphoderus) bellesi Straneo 1993

Description

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.

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 6, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4000.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/289219

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Straneo
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Carabidae
Genus
Blennidus
Species
bellesi
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Blennidus (Agraphoderus) bellesi Straneo, 1993 sec. Allegro & Giachino, 2015

References

  • Straneo, S. L. (1993) Nuove specie del genere Ogmopleura Tschitscherine (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Pterostichinae) del Peru e dell'Ecuador e chiave per la loro determinazione. Annali del Museo civico di Storia naturale " G. Doria ", 89, 351 - 399.
  • Lorenz, W. (2005 a) Systematic list of extant ground beetles of the world (Insecta Coleoptera ' Geadephaga': Trachypachidae and Carabidae incl. Paussinae, Cicindelinae, Rhysodinae). Second Edition. Published by the author, Tutzing, 530 pp.
  • Lorenz, W. (2005 b) Nomina Carabidarum. A directory of the scientific names of ground beetles (Insecta Coleoptera ' Geadephaga': Trachypachidae and Carabidae incl. Paussinae, Cicindelinae, Rhysodinae). 2 nd Edition. Published by the author, Tutzing, 993 pp.
  • Allegro, G. & Giachino, P. M. (2011 b) Studies on the Blennidus Motschulsky subgen. Agraphoderus Bates from Peru: the orbicollis species group (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichini). Veroeffentlichungen des Naturkunde Museums Erfurt, 30, 167 - 173.