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Blennidus (Agraphoderus) pinguis Allegro & Giachino 2011

Description

Blennidus (Agraphoderus) pinguis Allegro & Giachino, 2011

(Figs. 38, 76, 112)

Blennidus pinguis Allegro & Giachino, 2011b: 170

Type locality. Peru, Cajamarca, Michiquillay, m 4050.

Examined material. HT ♂ (CGi); 10 PTT ♂ and 8 PTT ♀ (CGi, CAl, CCa, CMo, CMa, MSNM, BMNH) (complete TS); 4 ♂ and 3 ♀ (CMa).

Note. Species belonging to the ‘ B. orbicollis species group’ (along with B. crassus, B. orbicollis and B. pseudolaevis) distinguished by the habitus as well as the distinctive and very similar morphology of aedeagus (Allegro & Giachino 2011b).

Distribution. All the recorded specimens of B. pinguis (M. Etonti legit) are from the Dept. Cajamarca (northern Peru) (Allegro & Giachino 2011b).

Habitat. The altitude data reported on the labels (4,050 m a.s.l.) suggest a preference of this species for the 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 15, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4000.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/289219

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References

  • 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.