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 katewinsletae
Erwin
,
new species
(
Figs. 13a, 13
b, 13c, 13d, 13e)
Holotype
.
Male,
COSTA RICA
:
Puntarenas, Monteverde
,
1380
m
,
10
º 50'N
85º37'W
, April, (E. Giesbert)(
CAS
: ADP62293).
Diagnosis.
Metasternum and apical margin of elytra infuscated; elytra metallic green (basal) and ferruginous (apical). Elytral apex slightly lobed at middle. Male legs unmodified, similar to females. Abdominal sternum VI medially notched, lateral angle obtuse. Aedeagus with a central patch of membrane on the ventral surface.
Description.
Color and luster: Elytra with metallic green basal area. Surface very shiny. Sternum and apical margin of elytra infuscated. Form: Head (
Fig. 13a
) short behind eyes, quadrate, that of male slightly more tapered posteriorly, that of female more rounded. Prothorax short and robust, widest across basal margin, swollen medially; pronotum densely and coarsely punctulate overall, some punctures with short setae. Elytral apex (
Fig. 13
b) slightly lobed at middle. Male legs unmodified, similar to females. Apex of abdominal sternum VI with obtuse hind angles. Abdominal sternum VI (Fig. 153) with moderate Unotch in both sexes. Aedeagus (
Fig. 13
e) with ostium elongate, a central patch of membrane on the ventral surface, apex of phallus a simple lobe, parameres glabrous. Stylomere 2 (
Fig. 13
c). Size: small, 8.5 to 13.0mm in length,
2.64 to 3.72mm
in width.
Other specimens examined.
Costa Rica
: 25
paratypes
,
11 males
,
14 females
, from the following Conservation Areas: Arenal Tilarán, Guanacaste, La Amistad Pacifico.
Costa Rica
, Guanacaste,
3m
, 2f, P.N. Guanacaste, Estacíon Cacao, Volcán Cacao, SW slope,
10001400m
, 85°25'40'W
10°59'26"N
, LN 323300,375700, June, (II Curso Parataxonomia)(
INBIO
:
CRI
000226163,
CRI
000236120,
CRI
000236128,
CRI
000236139,
CRI
000236140,
CRI
000
250375
), 1f, March, (
INBIO
:
CRI
000693979),
1m
, April, (F.V. Araya)(
INBIO
:
CRI
000344002),
1m
, June, (C. Chavez)(
INBIO
:
CRI
000642704), 1f, May, (F.V. Araya)(
INBIO
:
CRI
000414096), 1f, November December, (R. Blanco & C. Chavez)(
INBIO
:
CRI
000145397),
1m
, 1f, Estacíon Cacao, Volcán Cacao, SW slope, Derrumbe,
10001400m
, 85°25'40'W
10°59'26"N
, LN 323700,376700, May, (III Curso Parataxonomia)(
INBIO
:
CRI
000409754,
CRI
000409763),
1m
, Estacíon
Pitilla
, Santa Cecilia, 9.0 km S,
700m
, 85°25'40'W
10°59'26"N
, LN 330200,380200, June, (P. Rios)(
INBIO
:
CRI
001355323), 1f, October, (C. Moraga)(
INBIO
:
CRI
001998022); Guanacaste,
1m
, P.N. Rincón de la Vieja, Estacíon Las Pailas,
800m
, LN 330200,380200, February, (K.E. Taylor)(
INBIO
:
CRI
000994379); Puntarenas, 1f, A.C. Arenal, R.B.
Monteverde
,
Monteverde
, San Luis,
10001350m
,
84°50'W
10°14'N
, LN 449250,250850, January, (Z. Fuentes)(
INBIO
:
CRI
001857723), 1f, January, (Z. Fuentes)(
INBIO
:
CRI
001 857723), 1f, Hotel El Bosque, April, (J. Cope)(J.C.C.: ADP93509), 1f, April, (J.C. Soloman)(
USNM
: ADP27694), 1f, nr, Pensión Georgina,
84°48'W
10°18'N
, July, (D.C. Rentz & K.R. Brodey)(GRUENW: ADP54540),
1m
, May, (F.T. Hovore)(
FTHC
: ADP70502), 1f, May, (F.T. Hovore)(
FTHC
: ADP70506),
1m
, P.N. Amistad, Estacíon Las Mellizas, Finca Cafrosa,
1300m
, May, (M. Ramirez & G. Mora)(
INBIO
:
CRI
000264684),
1m
, San Vito de Java, Las Cruces,
82°57'W
8°46'N
, March, (UMM: ADP89722).
Specific epithet.
The specific epithet,
katewinsletae
, is the Latinized genitive form of the combined name of the actress Kate Winslet, starlet of the movie Titanic. Her character did
not
go down with the ship, but we will
not
be able to say the same for this elegant canopy species, if all the rain forest is converted to pastures.
Notes.
This species is apparently similar to
Agra aurifera
Liebke
, but differs in that the venter of the latter is ferruginous and the pronotum continuously narrows from base to apex.