The Beetle Family Carabidae of Costa Rica: Twentynine new species of Agra Fabricius 1801 (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Lebiini, Agrina)
Author
Erwin, Terry L.
text
Zootaxa
2002
119
1
68
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.162803
f514e964-2196-461c-84ff-64243643bc81
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162803
Agra granodeoro
Erwin
,
new species
(
Figs. 19a, 19
b, 19c)
Holotype
.
Male,
COSTA RICA
:
Cartago, Turrialba, Chirripo, Grano de Oro
,
1120
m
,
09°
53
'N
83°38'W
, September, (P. Campos)(
INBio
:
CRI
000935857).
Diagnosis
. This is the smallest member of the palmata speciesgroup in
Costa Rica
and the only species with a narrow, tapered prothorax, black knees and tarsi.
Description
. Color and luster: Piceous. Legs rufotestaceous with black knees and tarsi. Antennomeres 12 and apex of 310 infuscated. Female unknown. Form: Head (
Fig. 19a
) behind eyes moderately long, sides tapered to abruptly obtuse angles. Pronotum widest at base, markedly narrowed just posterior to apical collar; disc sparsely punctate. Elytron with apex (
Fig. 19
b) markedly oblique, finely dentate suturally, sutural margin sinuate. Aedeagus (
Fig. 19
c) with two ostial membranes separated by a wide sclerotized bridge, endophallus without vestiture or armature; apex of phallus diamondshaped. Size: moderately large,
18.1 mm
in length,
4.4mm
in width.
Other specimens examined.
The male
Holotype
is the only specimen I saw.
Specific epithet.
The specific epithet,
granodeoro
,
is used as a noun in apposition, and refers in Spanish to a "golden seed," in reference to the brassy glint of the elytra and to the
type
locality.
FIGURE 19.
A. granodeoro
, male, dorsal aspect: a) head; b) apex of elytron; c) aedeagus, dorsal (top), ventral (middle), left lateral (bottom) aspects. Measures (mm): HL = 3.3; WE = 2.2; AL = 5.0.
Notes
. The
Holotype
is from the Cordillera Volcánica Central Conservation Area. An illustration of palmatagroup stylomere 2 is on the
Agra atriperna
web page.