Blennidus (Agraphoderus) inca ( Tschitschérine, 1898 ), Tschitscherine, 1898

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), Zootaxa 4000 (1), pp. 1-48 : 10

Blennidus (Agraphoderus) inca ( Tschitschérine, 1898)

( Figs. 25 , 63 , 99 )

Feronia inca Tschitschérine, 1898: 148

Feronia perplexa Tschitschérine, 1898: 150

Ogmopleura inca ( Tschitschérine, 1898) : Straneo & Vereshagina, 1991: 200 Ogmopleura perplexa ( Tschitschérine, 1898) : Straneo & Vereshagina, 1991: 200 Ogmopleura inca ( Tschitschérine, 1898) : Straneo, 1993: 372 Blennidus inca ( Tschitschérine, 1898) : Lorenz, 2005a: 263

Blennidus inca ( Tschitschérine, 1898) : Lorenz, 2005b: 516

Blennidus inca ( Tschitschérine, 1898) : Giachino & Allegro, 2011: 22

Type area. Peru.

Examined material. LT ♂ and 1 PLT ♂ (CTs at ZIRA); 1 PLT ♂ (CSt); 9 ♂ (CMa, CSt).

Note. This species is easily distinguished by the scarcely dilated ♂ fore-tarsi, thus deserving an isolated position and a specific ‘species group’, and by its large size (11-13 mm). Straneo & Vereshagina (1991) considered Feronia perplexa Tschitschérine, 1898 as a synonym of B. inca .

Distribution. Although the type specimens are generically labelled ‘Peru’, the non typical specimens in CSt and CMa are all recorded from the area of Cerro de Pasco (Dept. Pasco). An exchange of labels and aedeagi among specimens in CSt probably occurred, as two of them (legit Mateu and legit Bordon) bear on separate cards an aedeagus referable to B. nigritulus ( Straneo, 1993) , and the HT of B. bordoni (= B. meticulosus ) bears on a separate card an aedeagus likely belonging to B. inca (Giachino & Allegro 2011) .

Habitat. The specimen collected by Bordon is labelled ‘ 4,300 m a.s.l.’, which likely corresponds to an Andean grassland.

Figures

FIGURES 24 – 27. Habitus of Blennidus: huascarani male HT (24); inca male LT (25); jelskii male LT (26); languens male LT (27).

FIGURES 58 – 65. Pronotum of Blennidus: egens male HT (58); etontii male HT (59); euphaenops male HT (60); fitzcarraldi male HT (61); huascarani male HT (62); inca male LT (63); jelskii male LT (64); languens male LT (65).

FIGURES 94 – 99. Aedeagus (left lateral and dorsal aspects) of Blennidus: curtatus HT (94); etontii HT (95); euphaenops HT (96); fitzcarraldi HT (97); huascarani HT (98); inca LT (99).