Blennidus (Agraphoderus) negrei ( Straneo, 1993 )

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 : 12

Blennidus (Agraphoderus) negrei ( Straneo, 1993)

( Figs. 31 , 69 , 105 )

Ogmopleura negrei Straneo, 1993: 397

Blennidus negrei ( Straneo, 1993) : Lorenz, 2005a: 263 Blennidus negrei ( Straneo, 1993) : Lorenz, 2005b: 672 Blennidus negrei ( Straneo, 1993) : Allegro & Giachino, 2011b: 173

Type locality. Peru, Cordillera Cumullca, 3600 m

Examined material. HT ♂ (CSt at MSNM); 1 ♂ (CAl)

Note. Species distinguished by a robust subapical inner spine on ♂ mesotibiae and by the morphology of aedeagus, which appears to relate it to B. bellesi , a species that lives in the same geographic area.

Distribution. The two recorded specimens are from the Andes of northern Peru, Dept. Cajamarca. Besides the HT (legit Weyroud 1947), this species is known from one specimen recently collected in Cajamarca, Cumbe Mayo (legit G. Allegro 2008).

Habitat. The recent capture of a specimen under a stone in Andean grassland at 3,750 m a.s.l. (Cumbe Mayo), as well as the data reported on the HT label, indicate a likely preference of this species for the high altitude grasslands.

Figures

FIGURES 28 – 31. Habitus of Blennidus: longiloba male HT (28); mateui male HT (29); mesotibialis male HT (30); negrei male HT (31).

FIGURES 66 – 73. Pronotum of Blennidus: longiloba male HT (66); mateui male HT (67); mesotibialis male HT (68); negrei male HT (69); nigritulus male HT (70); olivaceus male HT (71); orbicollis male PT (72); pachycerus male HT (73).

FIGURES 100 – 105. Aedeagus (left lateral and dorsal aspects) of Blennidus: jelskii LT (100); languens LT (101); longiloba HT (102); mateui HT (103); mesotibialis PT (104); negrei HT (105).