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 1175­5326 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 .