Blennidus (Agraphoderus) abramalagae Allegro & Giachino 2011

Abstract

<i>Blennidus</i> (<i>Agraphoderus</i>) <i>abramalagae</i> Allegro & Giachino, 2011 <p>(Figs. 13, 51, 89)</p> <p> <i>Blennidus abramalagae</i> Allegro & Giachino, 2011a: 301</p> <p> <b>Type locality.</b> Peru, Cuzco, Abra Malaga, m 4400.</p> <p> <b>Examined material.</b> HT ♂ (CGi); 2 PTT ♂ and 4 PTT ♀ (CAl, CGi, CSc) (complete TS).</p> <p> <b>Note.</b> This species belongs to the <i>Blennidus jelskii</i> (Tschitschérine, 1897) group, which includes 5 species distributed in the Andes of southern Peru and distinguished by the distinctive morphology of their aedeagus (Allegro & Giachino 2011a).</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> <i>Blennidus abramalagae</i> is only recorded from the Andean district of Cuzco (southern Peru).</p> <p> <b>Habitat.</b> The collecting site of the known specimens (TS) is an Andean grassland at 4,200–4,400 m a.s.l.</p>Published as part of <i>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)</i> on page 5, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4000.1.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/289219">http://zenodo.org/record/289219</a&gt