Blennidus (Agraphoderus) euphaenops ( Tschitschérine, 1898 ), Tschitscherine, 1898

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) euphaenops ( Tschitschérine, 1898)

( Figs. 22 , 60 , 96 )

Feronia euphaenops Tschitschérine, 1898: 150

Ogmopleura euphaenops ( Tschitschérine, 1898) : Straneo & Vereshagina, 1991: 202 Ogmopleura euphaenops ( Tschitschérine, 1898) : Straneo, 1993: 373 Blennidus euphaenops ( Tschitschérine, 1898) : Lorenz, 2005a: 263 Blennidus euphaenops ( Tschitschérine, 1898) : Lorenz, 2005b: 423

Type area. Peru.

Examined material. HT ♂ (CTs at ZIRA).

Note. This species is only known from the HT ♂. It is the only Blennidus species with two close setigerous punctures on the margin of anterior half of pronotum; the actual consistency of this character should be verified on more abundant material, as the presence of additional setae is possible on aberrant specimens. In fact, the CSt collection contains an unidentified specimen, likely referable to Blennidus languens ( Tschitschérine, 1898) , with two close setae on the right anterior margin of pronotum. As far as other features are concerned, B. euphaenops is rather similar to B. vereshaginae ( Straneo, 1993) .

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).