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
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68
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.162803
f514e964-2196-461c-84ff-64243643bc81
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162803
Agra delgadoi
Erwin
,
new species
(
Figs. 26a, 26
b, 26c, 26d)
Holotype
.
Male,
Panamá
,
Panamá
Province, Cerro
Campana
,
800m
,
08º40'N
79º56'W
, July, (H. Stockwell)(
USNM
: ADP59923).
Diagnosis.
This is the only species of
Agra
in
Costa Rica
with metallic purple nearly truncate elytra, and completely pale antennae.
Description.
Color and luster: Rufopiceous. Elytra metallic purple. Venter and appendages paler; antennomeres 411 testaceous. Surface shiny. Form: Head (
Fig. 26a
) of female behind eyes short, hind angles rounded. Pronotum and prosternum finely punctate, prothorax widest at middle. Elytron with apex (
Fig. 26
b) slightly oblique, lateral tooth small, sutural apex rounded,
not
projected acutely, apical margin very slightly emarginate. Aedeagus (
Fig. 26
d) with ostium short, apex rounded, shorter than wide; parameres unisetose. Size: small, 8.5 to 10.0mm in length,
2.30 to 2.66mm
in width.
Other specimens examined.
Three female
paratypes
.
Costa Rica
: Tortuguero and Cordillera Volcánica Central Conservation Areas.
Costa Rica
: Limón, Tortuguero National Park, Cerro Tortuguero, 0m
120m
, LN 285000,588000, April (R. Delgado)(
INBio
:
CRI
000242885); Cartago,
Turrialba
,
CATIE
,
600m
,
09º53'N
83º38'W
, May (H. & A. Howden)(
USNM
: ADP66237).
Panamá
,
Panamá
Province, Cerro
Campana
,
800m
,
08º40'N
79º56'W
, July, (H. Stockwell)(
USNM
: ADP68252).
Specific epithet.
The specific epithet,
delgadoi
,
is the Latinized genitive form of the family name of the collector of one of the secondary
type
specimens, parataxonomist, Roberto Delgado of Cartago,
Costa Rica
.