Blennidus (Agraphoderus) fitzcarraldi Giachino & Allegro, 2011

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 : 9

Blennidus (Agraphoderus) fitzcarraldi Giachino & Allegro, 2011

( Figs. 23 , 61 , 97 )

Blennidus fitzcarraldi Giachino & Allegro, 2011: 23

Type locality. Peru, Dip. Ancash, San Luis, laguna Huachucocha, m 4200.

Examined material. HT ♂ (CAl); 47 PTT (35 ♂ and 12 ♀) (complete TS) (CAl, CCa, CGi, CMo, CVi, BMNH, MNHNP, MRSN, MSNM, UASM).

Note. This species is easily distinguished from the others from Cordillera Blanca ( B. huascarani and B. unistria ) by the markedly angulate hind angles of pronotum. Because of the similarities in external morphology and in male genitalia, its closest relative is probably B. unistria .

Distribution. Restricted to the Dept. Ancash, within Cordillera Blanca.

Habitat. All the recorded specimens (legit G. Allegro) are from high altitude (4,200–4,450 m a.s.l.) Andean grasslands.

Figures

FIGURES 20 – 23. Habitus of Blennidus: egens male HT (20); etontii male HT (21); euphaenops male HT (22); fitzcarraldi male HT (23).

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).