Blennidus (Agraphoderus) pseudolaevis 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 : 15

Blennidus (Agraphoderus) pseudolaevis Allegro & Giachino, 2011

( Figs. 40 , 78 , 114 )

Ogmopleura laevis Straneo, 1993 [nec Straneo, 1951]: 393

Blennidus laevis ( Straneo, 1993) [nec Straneo, 1951]: Lorenz, 2005a: 263 Blennidus laevis ( Straneo, 1993) [nec Straneo, 1951]: Lorenz, 2005b: 572 Blennidus pseudolaevis Allegro & Giachino, 2011b: 170

Type locality. Peru, Cajamarca, Perulillos, entre Celendín y Cajamarca.

Examined material. HT ♂ (CMa at MRSN) and PT ♀ (CSt) (complete TS).

Note. Straneo (1951) described Pachyabaris laevis from Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta ( Colombia), later attributing this species to the genus Sierrobius ( Straneo 1985) . The same author successively described Ogmopleura laevis Straneo, 1993 from the Andes of Peru. Since the synonymy of these three genera with Blennidus was stated ( Moret 1995), Blennidus laevis ( Straneo 1993) became a secondary homonym of Blennidus laevis ( Straneo 1951) and the new name Blennidus pseudolaevis was proposed ( Allegro & Giachino 2011b). This species belongs to the ‘ B. orbicollis species group’ together with three other species easily distinguished by the habitus and the distinctive morphology of aedeagus ( B. crassus , B. orbicollis and B. pinguis ) ( Allegro & Giachino 2011b).

Distribution. Blennidus pseudolaevis is recorded from Dept. Cajamarca (Northern Peru) ( Allegro & Giachino 2011b).

Figures

FIGURES 40 – 43. Habitus of Blennidus: pseudolaevis male HT (40); rectangulus HT (41); refleximargo HT (42); straneoi HT (43).

FIGURES 74 – 81. Pronotum of Blennidus: pascoensis male HT (74); phaenogonus male LT (75); pinguis male HT (76); procerus male HT (77); pseudolaevis male HT (78); rectangulus male HT (79); refleximargo male HT (80); straneoi male HT (81).

FIGURES 112 – 117. Aedeagus (left lateral and dorsal aspects) of Blennidus: pinguis HT (112); procerus HT (113); pseudolaevis HT (114); rectangulus HT (115); refleximargo HT (116); straneoi HT (117).