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 pitilla
Erwin
,
new species
(
Figs. 24a, 24
b, 24c, 24d)
Holotype
.
Male.
COSTA RICA
: Guanacaste, P.N. Guanacaste, Estacíon
Pitilla
, 9.0 km S Santa Cecilia,
700m
,
10°59'26”N
,
85°25'40”W
, January, (GNP Biodiversity Survey)(
INBio
:
CRI
001024216).
Diagnosis.
Black fore body with rufinistic elytral apex, the apical margin infuscated and markedly lobed at middle.
Hind
trochanter sparsely setiferous.
Description.
Color and luster: Black. Apical 2/3 of elytra rufinistic, margin of elytral apex, abdominal sternum VI, and tergum VI infuscated; tarsi and abdomen rufotestaceous. Form: Labrum flat. Head (
Fig. 24a
) markedly short behind eyes, quadrate in both sexes. Elytra with markedly and evenly punctulate interneurs, apex (
Fig. 24
b) slightly lobed between lateral and sutural angles. Metasternum of male densely pubescent; abdominal sterna each with long scattered setae. Apex of sternum VI (
Fig. 24
c) in male and female acutely angulate apicolaterally, caudal margin emarginate, slightly unotched in male, vnotched in female. Male middle tibia with small apicomedial brush. Aedeagus (
Fig. 24
d) ostium short, slightly left pleuropic; apex of phallus a simple diamondshaped lobe; left paramere unisetose, right paramere glabrous. Size: medium, 13.0 to
13.5 mm
in length, 3.1 o
3.7 mm
in width.
Other specimens examined.
Costa Rica
: 7
paratypes
,
5 males
,
2 females
, from the Guanacaste Conservation Area.
Costa Rica
, Alajuela, 1f, Dos Rios, 2.0 km W, N slope of Volcán de Rincon,
550m
,
10° 50' N
,
085° 22' W
, May (J.T. Doyen & P.A. Opler)(
UCB
: ADP80686); Guanacaste, 1f, Santa Cecilia, 9.0 km S,
700m
, 10° 59' 26 N, 85° 25' 40' W, LN 330200,380200, June (C. Moraga)(
INBio
:
CRI
002047455),
6 males
, P.N. Guanacaste, Estacíon
Pitilla
, April (P. Rios)(
INBio
:
CRI
001794228), March (P. Rios, C. Moraga & R. Blanco)(
INBio
:
CRI
000211428), December (C. Moraga)(
INBio
:
CRI
000637527), May (P. Rios & M.
Zumbado
) (
CRI
000269888), LN 330200, 380200 #3262, October (P. Rios)(
INBio
:
CRI
001997986), January (GNP Biodiversity Survey)(
INBio
:
CRI
00 1024216).
Specific epithet.
The specific epithet,
pitilla
,
is a noun in apposition based on the name of the
INBio
Field Station at which the
Holotype
was collected.
Notes.
All specimens are from the Guanacaste Conservation Area, 7 of them from Estacíon
Pitilla
.