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

( Figs. 12 , 50, 88)

Blennidus abditus Giachino & Allegro, 2011: 28

Type locality. Peru, Dept. Huancavelica, Embranch.r.Pampas-Huancavelica, 3,800 m.

Examined material. HT ♂ (CMa at MRSN); 3 PTT ♂ (CMa, CGi, CAl) (complete TS).

Note. Species easily distinguished by the distinctive morphology of aedeagus (Giachino & Allegro 2011). The 4 specimens of the TS were found in CMa, two of them unidentified and two labelled as PTT within the TS of Ogmopleura minor Straneo, 1993 (= Blennidus rectangulus syn. nov.).

Distribution. Blennidus abditus is only recorded from Dept. of Huancavelica (Central Peru).

Habitat. The known specimens (TS) were collected at 3,800 m a.s.l., probably in an Andean grassland.

Figures

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