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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.66.684" ID-GBIF-Dataset="35e99d78-af9c-400e-b111-6abc6e1d9b1d" ID-PMC="PMC3088417" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-66-1" ID-Pensoft-UUID="AD1FFFAF9122FFEAFF8EEF3BE966F439" ID-PubMed="21594029" ID-Zenodo-Dep="576888" ID-ZooBank="176306EB63424E75AD76C4A82040A002" ModsDocAuthor="" ModsDocDate="2010" ModsDocID="1313-2970-66-1" ModsDocOrigin="ZooKeys 66" ModsDocTitle="Agra, arboreal beetles of Neotropical forests:pusilla group and piranha group systematics and notes on their ways of life (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini, Agrina)" checkinTime="1451250911506" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Erwin, Terry L." docDate="2010" docId="ED71D5DCFDCEA522FFFF0F53FBE14EE8" docLanguage="en" docName="ZooKeys 66: 1-28" docOrigin="ZooKeys 66" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.66.684" docTitle="Agra minasianus Erwin 2010, sp. n." docType="treatment" docUuid="B3072B22-36A7-415D-A2B6-E6FE05270DC0" docUuidSource="ZooBank" docVersion="6" id="AD1FFFAF9122FFEAFF8EEF3BE966F439" lastPageNumber="10" masterDocId="AD1FFFAF9122FFEAFF8EEF3BE966F439" masterDocTitle="Agra, arboreal beetles of Neotropical forests: pusilla group and piranha group systematics and notes on their ways of life (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini, Agrina)" masterLastPageNumber="28" masterPageNumber="1" pageNumber="9" updateTime="1668164297424" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>Agra, arboreal beetles of Neotropical forests: pusilla group and piranha group systematics and notes on their ways of life (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini, Agrina)</mods:title>
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<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Erwin, Terry L.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Washington DC</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:nameIdentifier type="email">erwint@si.edu</mods:nameIdentifier>
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<mods:title>ZooKeys</mods:title>
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<mods:date>2010</mods:date>
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<mods:detail type="volume">
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<mods:number>66</mods:number>
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<mods:start>1</mods:start>
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<mods:end>28</mods:end>
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<mods:url>http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.66.684</mods:url>
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<mods:classification>journal article</mods:classification>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.66.684</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="Pensoft-Pub">1313-2970-66-1</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="ZooBank">176306EB63424E75AD76C4A82040A002</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="Pensoft-UUID">AD1FFFAF9122FFEAFF8EEF3BE966F439</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="Zenodo-Dep">576888</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="159360640" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:B3072B22-36A7-415D-A2B6-E6FE05270DC0" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/ED71D5DCFDCEA522FFFF0F53FBE14EE8" lastPageId="9" lastPageNumber="10" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">
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<subSubSection pageId="8" pageNumber="9" type="nomenclature">
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="9">
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<taxonomicName LSID="ED71D5DC-FDCE-A522-FFFF-0F53FBE14EE8" authority="Erwin" authorityName="Erwin" authorityYear="2010" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Agra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Agra minasianus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minasianus" status="sp. n.">Agra minasianus Erwin</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="8" pageNumber="9">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 10. Distribution map of the species of the pusilla group. Names marked with a "? " do not have precise localities on the specimen label (s)." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/14829" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Fig. 10</figureCitation>
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="8" pageNumber="9" type="holotype">
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Holotype:</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="9">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Brazil:</emphasis>
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Minas Gerais, (Laferte)(MNHNP: ADP 060090, female).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="8" pageNumber="9" type="derivation of specific epithet">
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Derivation of specific epithet.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="9">
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The epithet "
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">minasianus</emphasis>
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" is a Latinized adjective meaning "derived from, or pertaining to" Minas Gerais, a State in Brazil, and the type area.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="8" pageNumber="9" type="proposed english vernacular name">
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Proposed English vernacular name.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Minas Elegant Canopy Beetle.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="8" pageNumber="9" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="9">With the attributes of the genus and species-group as described above and scape and legs bicolored, frons laterad, anterior to eye, unicarinate and smooth, prothorax moderately setiferous both laterally and ventrally, and elytra barely constricted at apical third, side margin slightly arcuate, apex moderately lobed medially, lobe obtusely dentate, smaller species.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection lastPageId="9" lastPageNumber="10" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Description.</paragraph>
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<paragraph lastPageId="9" lastPageNumber="10" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Size</emphasis>
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: Very small, ABL = 7.2 mm, SBL = 6.24 mm, TW = 1.5 mm.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Color:</emphasis>
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Head and prothorax black, legs and scape bicolored; flagellar antennomeres and mouthparts piceous.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Luster:</emphasis>
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Matte.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Head:</emphasis>
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Labrum moderately elongate and truncate apically, anterior margin slightly emarginate medially. Frons laterad, anterior to eye, un
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<pageBreakToken pageId="9" pageNumber="10" start="start">icarinate</pageBreakToken>
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and smooth. Gena rounded to constricted neck in females. Genae and occiput with sparse coarse punctures, some setiferous.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Prothorax:</emphasis>
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Slightly broader at basal third, constricted near base and flared basally; surface densely punctate, laterally and ventrally setiferous, pronotum apparently with six lateral setae as in other species of the group, but not present on holotype.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Pterothorax:</emphasis>
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Elytron markedly convex, intervals not costate, interneurs of rows of somewhat laterally ovate punctures, some in doubles, apex lobate, lobe well developed obtuse projection, apical dentation asymmetric, lateral and sutural apices slightly produced, each obtuse. Metasternum sparsely setiferous in female.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Legs:</emphasis>
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Normal.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Abdomen</emphasis>
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: Abdominal sterna III to VII of female moderately and bilaterally setiferous; sternum VII of female barely emarginate, corners rounded.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Male genitalia:</emphasis>
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Unknown.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Female ovipositor:</emphasis>
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Stylomere 2 as in
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Erwin" authorityYear="2010" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Agra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="notpusilla">Agra notpusilla</taxonomicName>
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(
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 7. Agra notpusilla Erwin, sp. n., female stylomeres (dorsal aspect) (ADP 058647)." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/14827" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="9" pageNumber="10" type="dispersal potential">
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<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Dispersal potential.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="10">These beetles are macropterous and are probably capable of flight; they are swift and agile runners.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="9" pageNumber="10" type="way of life">
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<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Way of life.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
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Adults of other
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Fabricius" authorityYear="1801" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Agra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Agra</taxonomicName>
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species are found in the canopy of rainforest trees; known larvae of this genus (
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<bibRefCitation author="Arndt, E" journalOrPublisher="The Coleopterists Bulletin" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" pagination="297 - 311" refId="B1" refString="Arndt, E, Kimse, S, Erwin, TL, 2001. Arboreal beetles of Neotropical forests: Agra Fabricius, larval descriptions with notes on natural history and behaviour (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini, Agrina). The Coleopterists Bulletin 55 (3): 297 - 311" title="Arboreal beetles of Neotropical forests: Agra Fabricius, larval descriptions with notes on natural history and behaviour (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini, Agrina)." volume="55" year="2001">Arndt et al. 2001</bibRefCitation>
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) are found under the bark of these trees, however they must also roam on the surface, as they have been collected by insecticidal fogging techniques in the very early morning before first light. The single specimen of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Erwin" authorityYear="2010" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Agra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minasianus">Agra minasianus</taxonomicName>
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has no associated data on its labels.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="9" pageNumber="10" type="other specimens examined">
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<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Other specimens examined.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="10">None.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="9" pageNumber="10" type="geographic distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Geographic distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
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(
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 10. Distribution map of the species of the pusilla group. Names marked with a "? " do not have precise localities on the specimen label (s)." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/14829" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Fig. 10</figureCitation>
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). This species is currently known from Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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</paragraph>
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