Blennidus (Agraphoderus) mesotibialis Straneo 1993
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Blennidus (Agraphoderus) mesotibialis (Straneo, 1993)
(Figs. 30, 68, 104)
Ogmopleura mesotibialis Straneo, 1993: 377
Blennidus mesotibialis (Straneo, 1993): Lorenz, 2005a: 263 Blennidus mesotibialis (Straneo, 1993): Lorenz, 2005b: 640 Blennidus mesotibialis (Straneo, 1993): Allegro & Giachino, 2011a: 297, 306
Type locality. Peru, Cuzco, 3400 m.
Examined material. HT ♂ (CSt at MSNM); 10 PTT ♂ and 2 PTT ♀ (CMa, CSt); 23 ♂ and 26 ♀ (CAl, CGi, CMa).
Note. Species easily distinguished by the distinctive shape of aedeagus, which is strongly bent downwards in lateral view. The apical blade of the aedeagus of the HT is broken; for this reason the aedeagus of a PT is illustrated.
Distribution. Andean area of Cuzco, from Calca to Sicuani-La Raya.
Habitat. The altitude data reported on the labels (3,400–4,650 m a.s.l.), as well as the captures by one of the authors (G. Allegro) at La Raya Pass (4,300 m), suggest a preference of this species for the Andean grassland.
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Straneo
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Carabidae
- Genus
- Blennidus
- Species
- mesotibialis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Blennidus (Agraphoderus) mesotibialis 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 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.