Blennidus (Agraphoderus) tardus ( 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 : 17

Blennidus (Agraphoderus) tardus ( Tschitschérine, 1898)

( Figs. 45 , 83 )

Feronia tarda Tschitschérine, 1898: 161

Ogmopleura tarda ( Tschitschérine, 1898) : Straneo & Vereshagina, 1991: 199 Ogmopleura tarda ( Tschitschérine, 1898) : Straneo, 1993: 378 [= anxia Tschitschérine, 1898 ] Blennidus tardus ( Tschitschérine, 1898) : Lorenz, 2005a: 263

Blennidus tardus ( Tschitschérine, 1898) : Lorenz, 2005b: 907

Type locality. Peru.

Examined material. HT ♀ (CTs at ZIRA).

Note. This species was described from a single ♀ specimen deposited in the Tschitschérine Collection ( ZIRA). Straneo & Vereshagina (1991) compared the HTs of Blennidus tardus and Blennidus anxius noting some consistent differences; later Straneo (1993) considered B. tardus a synonym of B. anxius , evaluating the differences between the 2 HT as intraspecific variability. Our study of the HTs of both species emphasized some evident differences, mainly in the morphology of pronotum; therefore we prefer to keep these species separate, in agreement with Lorenz (2005a).

Figures

FIGURES 44 – 47. Habitus of Blennidus: sublaevis female PT (44); tardus female HT (45); tenenbaumi male HT (46); ticlianus male HT (47).

FIGURES 82 – 87. Pronotum of Blennidus: sublaevis female PT (82); tardus female HT (83); tenenbaumi male HT (84); ticlianus male HT (85); unistria male HT (86); vereshaginae male HT (87).