The beetle family Carabidae of Costa Rica: The genera of the Cryptobatida group of subtribe Agrina, tribe Lebiini, with new species and notes on their way of life (Insecta: Coleoptera)
Author
Erwin, Terry L.
text
Zootaxa
2004
662
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.158702
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158702
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Onota
Chaudoir 1872
Onota
Chaudoir 1872
:165
.
Type
species:
Onota bicolor
Chaudoir 1872
:165
(designated by
Bousquet & Larochelle 1993
:280
).
Type
locality:
BRAZIL
, Santa Catarina.
Pseudolebia
Basilewsky, 1942
:162
. This is
not
a synonym of
Onota
Chaudoir
as cited in
Lorenz (1998:153)
. An adult of
Pseudolebia
Basilewsky
was clearly illustrated in Basilewsky's contribution and the
type
species occurs in
Madagascar
. Only the species epithet, “
bicolor
” of
Pseudolebia bicolor
Basilewsky
is something in common with the present species.
Diagnosis.
(cf.
Fig. 21
). Head and pronotum smooth, not punctate, pale in color markedly contrasting with dark elytra. Antennomere 4 multisetiferous from basal third to apex, in addition to apical ring setae. Pronotum with lateral margin moderately reflexed from base to apex. Elytron at basal third depressed, surface uneven, without trace of tubercles, laterally at apical third without callus. Male endophallus with flagellum; flagellum apex not barbed.
Dispersal potential.
The wings are fully developed, thus it is likely that these beetles are moderate to strong flyers.
Geographic distribution.
A widespread Nearctic and Neotropical genus known from Florida,
USA
, throughout Central
America
, south to
Brazil
and
Bolivia
, and east to
French Guiana
.
Notes.
Ten species are known to constitute this genus, most of which occur only in South
America
.