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
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.162803
f514e964-2196-461c-84ff-64243643bc81
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162803
Agra winnie
Erwin
,
new species
(
Figs. 2a, 2
b, 2c, 2d)
Holotype
.
Male,
COSTA RICA
: Guanacaste, Guanacaste National Park, Estacíon Santa Rosa,
300m
, LN 313000, 359800, (D.H. Janzen & W. Hallwachs)(
INBio
:
CRI
000590299).
Diagnosis.
Apex of elytron clearly prolonged (
Fig. 2
b) and legs piceous with black knees.
Description.
Color and luster: Piceocastaneous, head and knees piceous; head, prontoum, and elytra very shiny. Form: Head (
Fig. 2a
) behind eyes somewhat tapered in both sexes. Elytron (
Fig. 2
b) with apex moderately produced medially, lateral tooth small, sutural angle acute,
not
projected acutely; interneurs of biserite rows of punctulae. Middle tibia of male with dense brush of setae on medial margin AND metasternum pubescent, vestiture short; sternum VI (
Fig. 2
c) of male and female emarginate. Aedeagus (
Fig. 2
d) with ostium elongate; apex planariform. Stylomere 2 as in
Agra duplicata
(see
INBio
web site). Size: medium,
13.9 to 14.8mm
in length, 3.8 to 4.0mm in width.
Other specimens examined.
Costa Rica
:
1 female
paratype
Specimens examined: Guanacaste, 1f, P.N. Santa Rosa, Estacíon Santa Rosa,
300m
,
85°37'W
10°50'N
, LN 313000,359800, June, (D.H. Janzen & W. Hallwachs)(
INBIO
:
CRI
000590299), 1f, Estacíon Murcielago, Cuajiniquil, 8.0 km
SE
,
100m
,
85°42'W
10°04'N
, LN 320300,347200, July, (III curso Parataxonomos)(
INBIO
:
CRI
000927870). In addition, 2
paratypes
,
1 male
,
1 female
, from San
Salvador
,
El Salvador
.
Specific epithet.
The specific epithet,
winnie
, is a noun in apposition based on the given name of
Winnie
Hallwachs, cocollector of the
Holotype
.
Notes.
Members of this species are similar to the preceding, however,
Agra winnie
is the only species in
Costa Rica
whose adults have
all
of the following attributes: elytron with convex intervals, apex clearly prolonged, legs piceous with black knees, and head somewhat tapered behind eyes.