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 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.