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
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162803
Agra turrialba
Erwin
,
new species
(
Figs. 6a, 6
b, 6c, 6d)
Holotype
.
Male,
COSTA RICA
: Cartago,
Turrialba
,
600m
,
09º53'N
83º 38'W
, June (J. E. Wappes)(
USNM
: ADP58598).
Diagnosis.
This is the only species of the cajennensis speciesgroup in
Costa Rica
in which males have abdominal sternum IV elongate and medially lobed so that it covers partially sternum V; males also with hind femur deeply excavate and anteriomedially glabrous.
Description.
Color and luster: Piceous with bright rufous appendages, head rufinistic, femur slightly infuscated. Surface very shiny. Form: Mediumsized and narrow, females with slightly broader elytra. Head (
Fig. 6a
) behind eyes small and narrow, rounded in both sexes, shorter than prothorax. Prothorax moderately short and medially swollen, gradually constricted with sides convergent to anterior collar. Elytron (
Fig. 6
b) narrow and moderately convex; apex markedly oblique, lateral tooth prominent, sutural tooth elongate, markedly acute; interneurs each a series of linear foveae. Abdominal sternum VI (
Fig. 6
c) deeply roundnotched in male, Vnotched in female. Aedeagus (
Fig. 6
d) with markedly short ostium, apex simple lobe; phallus ventrally with a longitudinal depression. Size: medium, 14.6 to 17.0mm in length,
3.4 to 3.8mm
in width.
Other specimens examined.
Costa Rica
: 19
paratypes
,
8 male
,
7 females
, from the following Conservation Areas: Cordillera Volcánica Central, Guanacaste, Huetar Norte, Tortuguero.
Costa Rica
, Cartago, 1f, A.C. Amistad, Monumento Nacional Guayabo,
Turrialba,
1100m
, LN 217200,570300 #3202, September, (G. Fonseca) (
INBIO
: CRI002 039094), 1f, June, (G. Ekis)(USNM: ADP47280), 1f, February, (H.F. Howden & A. Howden)(UASM: ADP54795), 1f,
Turrialba
, 3.0 km SE,
CATIE
,
83°38'W
9°53'N
, December, (F.T. Hovore)(FTHC: ADP6381),
1m
, August, (D.W. Alsop)(CUNY: ADP58621),
1m
, June, (J.E. Wappes)(USNM: ADP58598),
1m
, June, (E. Giesbert) (FSCA: ADP
103115
),
1m
, Tuis,
732m
,
83°48'W
9°50'N
, (C.H. Lankester)(USNM: ADP10014), 1f, Tucurrique,
83°43'W
9°51'N
, (P. Schild & Burgdorf)(USNM: ADP10013); Guanacaste,
1m
, P.N. Guanacaste, Estacíon
Pitilla
, Santa Cecilia, 9.0 km S,
700m
, 85°25'40'W
10°59'26"N
, LN 330200,380200, November, (C. Moraga & P. Rios)(
INBIO
: CRI000
112744
),
1m
, vcn. Dos Rios, January, (E. Giesbert)(LACM: ADP58594); Heredia,
1m
, Estacíon La Selva, Puerto Viejo, 3.0 km S,
50150m
,
83°59'W
10°27'N
, April, (INBIOOET: CRI002268518), M/10/388, Bosque primario,
1m
, November, (INBIOOET: CRI002232086), FVK/32/09,
Virola koschnyi
, 1f, January, (INBIO OET: CRI002724110), at light, L/00/666, 1f, Puerto Viejo, 3.0 km S, Finca La Selva,
84°01'W
10°26'N
, June, (H.
A. Hespenheide
)(HAH: ADP76792),
1m
, April, (H.
A. Hespenheide
)(HAH: ADP5095); Limón, 1f, R.B. Hitoy Cerere, Estacíon Hitoy Cerere, Send. Espavel, 200M, LN 400750,570200, June, (W. Arana)(
INBIO
: INB0003167631).
Specific epithet.
The specific epithet,
turrialba
, is used as a noun in apposition based on the town
Turrialba
in Cartago Province, in reference to the
type
locality.
Notes.
This species is widespread in
Costa Rica
from sea level to 1100 meters altitude, in both dry and wet forest.