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.