Blennidus (Agraphoderus) etontii Allegro & Giachino, 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) etontii Allegro & Giachino, 2011

( Figs. 21 , 59 , 95 )

Blennidus etontii Allegro & Giachino, 2011a: 302

Type locality. Peru, Lares, Abra Lares, m 4000.

Examined material. HT ♂ (CGi), 7 PTT ♂ and 6 PTT ♀ (CAl, CGi, CMa) (complete TS).

Note. This species belongs to the group of B. jelskii ( Tschitschérine, 1897) , which includes 5 species distributed in the Andes of southern Peru and distinguished by the peculiar morphology of aedeagus ( Allegro & Giachino 2011a).

Distribution. Probably restricted to the Andean district of Cuzco (southern Peru).

Habitat. All the recorded specimens (legit M. Etonti) are from high altitude (4,000–4,200 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).