Agra rondonia, Erwin, 2000

Erwin, Terry L., 2000, Arboreal Beetles Of Neotropical Forests: Agra Fabricius, A Taxonomic Supplement For The Platyscelis Group With New Species And Distribution Records (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Lebiini, Agrina), The Coleopterists Bulletin 54 (1), pp. 90-119 : 112

025. Agra rondonia , new species

( Figs. 3g, 6g, 8d, 11)

Diagnosis. Head elongate, markedly tapered to neck ( Fig. 3g). Mentum with moderately elongate median tooth, moderately broad, truncate (as in Fig. 5H). Elytra ( Fig. 6g) brilliant metallic blue, legs and forebody bright ferrugineus. Male aedeagus with apex symmetric ( Fig. 8d).

Description. (See Table 1): Size: ABL = 17.50 mm; SBL = 17.63 mm; TW = 4.66 mm; LH = 3.84 mm; LP = 3.89 mm; LE = 9.90 mm.

Geographical Distribution ( Fig. 11). At present, this species is known only from the type locality in western Brazil .

Specimens Examined. Holotype male, BRAZIL, Rondonia, Ariquemes , 9 ° 56 ̍ S, 63 ° 03 ̍ W, 90 m, B. Silva, Aug­1980, SEABRA, * ADP 03140.

Etymology. The specific epithet, rondonia , is from the name of the Brazilian State where the now famous conflagrations of the 1980’s for the purpose of changing rain forest to ranch land for cattle have made short work of much of the species’ habitat.