Blennidus (Agraphoderus) pinguis Allegro & Giachino, 2011 (Figs. 38, 76, 112) Blennidus pinguis Allegro & Giachino, 2011b: 170 Type locality. Peru, Cajamarca, Michiquillay, m 4050. Examined material. HT ♂ (CGi); 10 PTT ♂ and 8 PTT ♀ (CGi, CAl, CCa, CMo, CMa, MSNM, BMNH) (complete TS); 4 ♂ and 3 ♀ (CMa). Note. Species belonging to the ‘ B. orbicollis species group’ (along with B. crassus, B. orbicollis and B. pseudolaevis) distinguished by the habitus as well as the distinctive and very similar morphology of aedeagus (Allegro & Giachino 2011b). Distribution. All the recorded specimens of B. pinguis (M. Etonti legit) are from the Dept. Cajamarca (northern Peru) (Allegro & Giachino 2011b). Habitat. The altitude data reported on the labels (4,050 m a.s.l.) suggest a preference of this species for the Andean grassland.

Published as part of 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), pp. 1-48 in Zootaxa 4000 (1) on page 15, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4000.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/289219