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Blennidus (Agraphoderus) curtatus Straneo 1993

Description

Blennidus (Agraphoderus) curtatus (Straneo, 1993)

(Figs. 19, 57, 94)

Ogmopleura curtata Straneo, 1993: 385

Blennidus curtatus (Straneo, 1993): Lorenz, 2005a: 262 Blennidus curtatus (Straneo, 1993): Lorenz, 2005b: 367

Type locality. Peru, 30 km S Cerro de Pasco, Dept. Junin, 4150 m.

Examined material. HT ♂ (CMa at MRSN); 4 PTT ♂ and 2 PTT ♀ (CMa, CSt) (complete TS).

Note. Blennidus curtatus is probably closely related to a few species (B. rectangulus, B. nigritulus, etc.), all ranging in the Andes of central Peru (Depts. Pasco and Junin); they all possess a very similar morphology of aedeagus and more or less angulate hind angles of pronotum. Among these, B. curtatus is distinguished by the stumpy, short-oval shaped body and the punctate elytral striae, as well as the morphology of aedeagus.

Distribution. All the recorded specimens (legit Mateu and legit Bordon) are from Cerro de Pasco and its surroundings (Depts. Pasco and Junin).

Habitat. The data reported on the labels (over 4,000 m) indicate 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 8, 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
curtatus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Blennidus (Agraphoderus) curtatus 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.