Blennidus (Agraphoderus) abramalagae 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 : 5

Blennidus (Agraphoderus) abramalagae Allegro & Giachino, 2011

( Figs. 13 , 51, 89)

Blennidus abramalagae Allegro & Giachino, 2011a: 301

Type locality. Peru, Cuzco, Abra Malaga, m 4400.

Examined material. HT ♂ (CGi); 2 PTT ♂ and 4 PTT ♀ (CAl, CGi, CSc) (complete TS).

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

Distribution. Blennidus abramalagae is only recorded from the Andean district of Cuzco (southern Peru).

Habitat. The collecting site of the known specimens (TS) is an Andean grassland at 4,200–4,400 m a.s.l.

Figures

FIGURES 12 – 15. Habitus of Blennidus: abditus male HT (12); abramalagae male HT (13); anxius male HT (14); aulacostigma male HT (15).