Blennidus (Agraphoderus) orbicollis ( Straneo, 1993 )

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 : 13-14

Blennidus (Agraphoderus) orbicollis ( Straneo, 1993)

( Figs. 34 , 72 , 108 )

Ogmopleura orbicollis Straneo, 1993: 392

Blennidus orbicollis ( Straneo, 1993) : Lorenz, 2005a: 263 Blennidus orbicollis ( Straneo, 1993) : Lorenz, 2005b: 709 Blennidus orbicollis ( Straneo, 1993) : Allegro & Giachino, 2011b: 170

Type area. Peru

Examined material. 1 PT ♂ and 1 PT ♀ (CSt at MSNM).

Note. This species belongs to the ‘ B. orbicollis species group’, which includes three species easily distinguished by the distinctive and very similar morphology of aedeagus ( Allegro & Giachino 2011b) as well as a further species ( B. crassus ) which is tentatively included in this group based on similar habitus, although its aedeagus is still unknown. The HT ♂ is deposited in Fundación Miguel Lillo, Tucumán ( Argentina).

Distribution. Even though the recorded specimens of B. orbicollis do not bear labels with precise locality data, it is very likely that this species, in analogy with the three others included in the same species group ( B. crassus , B. pingui s and B. pseudolaevis ), is restricted to northern Peru ( Allegro & Giachino 2011b).

Figures

FIGURES 32 – 35. Habitus of Blennidus: nigritulus male HT (32); olivaceus male HT (33); orbicollis male PT (34); pachycerus male HT (35).

FIGURES 66 – 73. Pronotum of Blennidus: longiloba male HT (66); mateui male HT (67); mesotibialis male HT (68); negrei male HT (69); nigritulus male HT (70); olivaceus male HT (71); orbicollis male PT (72); pachycerus male HT (73).

FIGURES 106 – 111. Aedeagus (left lateral and dorsal aspects) of Blennidus: nigritulus HT (106); olivaceus HT (107); orbicollis PT (108); pachycerus HT (109); pascoensis HT (110); phaenogonus LT (111).