Blennidus (Agraphoderus) huascarani Allegro, 2010

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 : 9-10

Blennidus (Agraphoderus) huascarani Allegro, 2010

( Figs. 24 , 62 , 98 )

Blennidus huascarani Allegro, 2010: 2

Blennidus huascarani: Giachino & Allegro, 2011: 24 Type locality. Peru, Ancash, Cordillera Blanca, Quebrada Putaca, Punta Olimpica Pass.

Examined material. HT ♂ (CAl), 22 PTT ♂ and 13 PTT ♀ (CAl, CCa, CGi, CSc, MNHNP, MRSN, MSNM, UASM).

Note. Species with peculiar morphology, distinguished by its depressed habitus, slender legs and very distinctive morphology of aedeagus; it seems rather isolated from all other Blennidus species from Peru.

Distribution. Only recorded from two sites of Cordillera Blanca: Punta Olímpica Pass and Laguna Wachucocha (=Huachucocha), near San Luis ( Allegro 2010).

Habitat. In the type locality (4,600 m a.s.l.) this species is commonly found in the coarse detritic sediments of a glacial area ( Allegro 2010).

Figures

FIGURES 24 – 27. Habitus of Blennidus: huascarani male HT (24); inca male LT (25); jelskii male LT (26); languens male LT (27).

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).