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
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162803
Agra solanoi
Erwin
,
new species
(
Figs. 21a, 21
b, 21c, 21d)
Holotype
.
Male,
COSTA RICA
:
Limón, Tortuguero National Park, Cerro Tortuguero,
119m
,
10°34'N
83°32'W
, May, (J. Solano)(
INBio
:
CRI
000242786).
Diagnosis
. Males with dense, short vestiture on metasternum and long dense vestiture on abdominal sterna IIIV. Elytral apex spinose medially, markedly projected acutely laterally, with slight lobe between; interneurs striatiopunctate with regular unisetose foveae in intervals 2, 4, 6, and 8. Sternum VI of male with lateral angles acute.
Description
. Color and luster: Brunneous. Antennae rufotestaceous; slightly infuscated femora contrast with testaceous tibiae and tarsi. Form: Head (
Fig. 21a
) behind eyes short, markedly angulate posteriorly in male, slightly rounded in female. Prothorax robust, wider than head. Elytron (
Fig. 21
b) with apex slightly lobed medially, lateral tooth large, acute, sutural apex spinose. Males with dense, short vestiture on metasternum, long dense vestiture on abdominal sterna IIIV; middle tibia slightly clavate apicomedially. Sternum VI (
Fig. 21
c) deeply Vnotched in male, narrowly and shallowly Vnotched in female. Aedeagus (
Fig. 21
c) with ostium moderately long, left pleuropic, apex narrowly lobate, parameres setiferous. Size: medium, 14.6 to 17.0 mm in length,
2.4 to 2.8 mm
in width.
Other specimens examined.
Costa Rica
: 17
paratypes
,
10 males
,
7 females
, from the following Conservation Areas: Arenal Tilarán, Cordillera Volcanica Central, Guanacaste, Osa, Pacifico Central, and Tortuguero.
Costa Rica
, Cartago,
1m
,
Turrialba
,
83°38'W
9°53'N
, May, (H.F. Howden & A. Howden)(
UASM
: ADP85301),
1m
, January, (V.M. Kirk)(
UASM
: ADP21812),
1m
, January, (V.M. Kirk)(
UASM
: ADP21823),
1m
,
Turrialba,
1200m
,
83°38'W
9°53'N
, March, (W.R. Enns)(UMoC: ADP
100529
), 1f,
Turrialba
, 3.0 km
SE
,
CATIE
,
83°38'W
9°53'N
, June, (J.A. Chemsak, H. Katasura & A. & E. Michelbacher) (
UCB
: ADP70518); Guanacaste,
1m
, Tilarán,
800m
,
84°59'W
10°28'N
, (F. Nevermann)(WAR: ADP4224); Heredia, 1f, Estacíon La Selva, Puerto Viejo, 3.0 km S,
50 150m
,
83°59'W
10°27'N
, January, (D.L. Wagner)(
INBIO
:
CRI
002724432), at light,
1m
, June, (F.T. Hovore)(
FTHC
: ADP87130), 1f, June, (F.T. Hovore)(
FTHC
: ADP
100531
),
1m
, Puerto Viejo, 3.0 km S, Finca La Selva,
84°01'W
10°26'N
, April, (H.
A. Hespenheide
)(
HAH
: ADP5094); Limón, 1f, P.N. Tortuguero, Estacíon Cuatro Esquinas, 0m,
83°32'W
10°34'N
, LN 280000,590500, October, (J. Solano)(
INBIO
:
CRI
000296760),
1m
, Tortuguero, Cerro Tortuguero,
0100m
,
83°32'W
10°34'N
, LN 285000,588000, May, (J. Solano)(
INBIO
:
CRI
000242793),
1m
, October, (J. Solano)(
INBIO
:
CRI
000
032205
), 1f, June, (R. Delgado)(
INBIO
:
CRI
001363770), 1f, Puntarenas, A.C. Osa, Peninsula de Osa, Bosque Esquinas,
200m
, LS 301400,542200 #2816, May, (J.F.
Quesada
)(
INBIO
:
CRI
001862232),
1m
, P.N. Manuel Antonio, Quepos,
80m
,
84°09'W
9°24'N
, LS 370900,448800 #1181, April, (C. Cano)(
INBIO
:
CRI
001718849), 1f, Peninsula de Osa., Rancho Quemado,
200m
, LS 292500,511000, September, (F.
A. Quesada
)(
INBIO
:
CRI
001
190451
),
1m
,
Monteverde
,
84°48'W
10°18'N
, May, (F.T. Hovore)(
FTHC
: ADP70527).
Specific epithet.
The specific epithet,
solanoi
, is the Latinized genitive form of the family name of collector of the
Holotype
, parataxonomist José Solano of San Isidro del General, San José.
Notes
. This widespread species ranges from sea level to
1200m
altitude, in both wet and dry forests. Adults of this species are commonly attracted to lights.