Blennidus (Agraphoderus) procerus Allegro & Giachino 2011

Abstract

<i>Blennidus</i> (<i>Agraphoderus</i>) <i>procerus</i> Allegro & Giachino, 2011 <p>(Figs. 39, 77, 113)</p> <p> <i>Blennidus procerus</i> Allegro & Giachino, 2011a: 299</p> <p> <b>Type locality.</b> Peru, Cuzco, Abra Lares, m 4400.</p> <p> <b>Examined material.</b> HT ♂ (CGi); 26 PTT ♂ and 15 PTT ♀ (CAl, CCa, CGi, CMo, CMa, MSNM, BMNH, UASM) (complete TS).</p> <p> <b>Note.</b> Species belonging to the ‘ <i>B. jelskii</i> species group’, which includes four other species (<i>B. jelskii</i>, <i>B. abramalagae</i>, <i>B. etontii</i>, <i>B. straneoi</i>) distinguished by the distinctive morphology of aedeagus and restricted to the Andes of southern Peru (Allegro & Giachino, 2011a).</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> At present this species is only recorded from the Andean district of Cuzco (southern Peru).</p> <p> <b>Habitat.</b> According to the altitude data reported on the labels (4,400–4,450 m a.s.l.), <i>Blennidus procerus</i> seems to inhabit the Andean grasslands.</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 15, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4000.1.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/289219">http://zenodo.org/record/289219</a&gt