Agra solisi Erwin

Erwin, Terry L., 2002, The Beetle Family Carabidae of Costa Rica: Twenty­nine new species of Agra Fabricius 1801 (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Lebiini, Agrina), Zootaxa 119, pp. 1-68 : 41-42

Agra solisi Erwin , new species

( Figs. 17a, 17 b, 17c, 17d)

Holotype. Male, COSTA RICA: Limón, Tortuguero National Park, Cerro Tortuguero, 119m, 10°34'N 83°32'W, May, (R. Delgado)( INBio : CRI 000­693068).

Diagnosis. Femora rufous and tibiae black. Labrum entire. Elytra with regular interneurs, 2, 4, and 6 with series of moderately impressed setigerous punctures; interneurs with regularly spaced and moderately cribriform punctulae; apex with more or less similar lateral and sutural acute dentiform projections.

Description. Color and luster: Black. femora rufous. Surface very shiny. Form: Labrum entire. Head ( Fig. 17a ) behind eye elongate, taper­rounded in both sexes. Prothorax subtubular, short, robust, sutures effaced, dorsal surface flattened and densely punctate. Elytron with apex ( Fig. 17 b) slightly oblique, with more or less similar­sized lateral and sutural acute dentiform projections, margin between dentiform projections moderately lobed; interneurs with regularly spaced and moderately cribriform punctulae and 2, 4, and 6 with series of moderately impressed setigerous punctures. Metasternum with scattered setae; abdominal sterna III­VI of male with patches of discal setae; Sternum VI ( Fig. 17 c) deeply v­notched in male, slightly emarginate in female. Aedeagus ( Fig. 17 d) with ostium elongate, apex a double scimitar, the distal with rounded sides, parameres glabrous. Size: medium, 16.0 to 17.0mm in length, 4.42 to 4.70mm in width.

Other specimens examined. Costa Rica: 3 paratypes, 1 male, 2 females, from the Tortuguero Conservation Area. Costa Rica, Limón, 1f, Tortuguero, P.N. Tortuguero, Cerro Tortuguero, 100m, 83°32'W, 10°34'N, LN 285000, 588000, April, (R. Aguilar & J. Solano)( INBIO : CRI 000­088728), 1f, 119m, 83°32'W, 10°34'N, LN 285000, 588000 #1698, May, (R. Delgado)( INBIO : CRI 001­693063), 1m, Estacíon Cuatro Esquinas, 0m, 83°32'W, 10°34'N, LN 280000, 590500, July, (E. Quesada )( INBIO : CRI 000­670951).

Specific epithet. The specific epithet, solisi , is the Latinized genitive form of the family name of Angel Solis, Curator of Beetles at the Instituto Nacíonal de Biodiversidad and collector of many interesting Agra specimens from Costa Rica.

Notes. Adults of this species are remarkably similar to those of Agra dable except the leg color and obliqueness of the elytral apex. An illustration of famula­group stylomere 2 is on the Agra fortuna web page.

Figures

FIGURE 17. A. solisi, male, dorsal aspect: a) head; b) apex of elytron; c) Sternum VI, male (top), female (bottom), ventral aspect; d) aedeagus, left lateral (top), ventral (middle), dorsal (bottom) aspects. Measures (mm): HL = 3.2; WE = 2.2; male SW = 4.2, female SW = 4.3; AL = 3.3.