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

( Figs. 39 , 77 , 113 )

Blennidus procerus Allegro & Giachino, 2011a: 299

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

Examined material. HT ♂ (CGi); 26 PTT ♂ and 15 PTT ♀ (CAl, CCa, CGi, CMo, CMa, MSNM, BMNH, UASM) (complete TS).

Note. Species belonging to the ‘ B. jelskii species group’, which includes four other species ( B. jelskii , B. abramalagae , B. etontii , B. straneoi ) distinguished by the distinctive morphology of aedeagus and restricted to the Andes of southern Peru ( Allegro & Giachino, 2011a).

Distribution. At present this species is only recorded from the Andean district of Cuzco (southern Peru).

Habitat. According to the altitude data reported on the labels (4,400–4,450 m a.s.l.), Blennidus procerus seems to inhabit the Andean grasslands.

Figures

FIGURES 36 – 39. Habitus of Blennidus: pascoensis male HT (36); phaenogonus male LT (37); pinguis male HT (38); procerus male HT (39).

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).