Blennidus (Agraphoderus) pinguis Allegro & Giachino 2011
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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.
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Allegro & Giachino
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Carabidae
- Genus
- Blennidus
- Species
- pinguis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Blennidus (Agraphoderus) pinguis Allegro, 2011 sec. Allegro & Giachino, 2015
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.