Agra virgata Chevrolat, 1856

Erwin, Terry L., 2000, Arboreal Beetles Of Neotropical Forests: Taxonomic Supplement For The Agra Virgata And Ohausi Groups With A New Species And Additional Distribution Records (Coleoptera: Carabidae), The Coleopterists Bulletin 54 (2), pp. 251-262 : 256-257

04. Agra virgata Chevrolat

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Geographical Distribution ( Fig. 3 ). Previously, this species was known from its type locality in Cordova , México and from eastern Panama´ . Numerous new records from Costa Rica begin to fill the geographic gap. This species overlaps A. vate throughout most of its range, although they have not yet been collected at the same sites .

New Locality Records. Costa Rica, 2 females, Alajuela 2 km SW Dos Rios Finca San Gabriel , 600 m, 10 ° 50 ̍ N, 85 ° 22 ̍ W 5/1/89, ( GNP Biodiversity

Survey INBio)(INBIO), CRI001024218, CRI001024217, 1 female, Guanacaste, La Pacifica, nr. Cañas , 10 25 ̍ N, 85 07 ̍ W, 6/20/69 (F. T. Hovore)(F. T.H.C.), ADP 6430 , 1 male, 9 km S Santa Cecillia, P.N. Guanacaste, Estacíon Pitilla , 700 m, 10 ° 59 ̍ 26 ̎ N, 85 ° 25 ̍ 40 ̎ W, 5/1/89, ( GNP Biodiversity Survey INBio)( INBIO), CRI000009787 , 1 male, Mar­21–Apr­6­1993, (C. Moraga)( INBIO), CRI001391809 , 1 male, Limón, near Cariari Hacienda ‘‘ La Suerte,’’ 5/26/84, (F. T. Hovore) (F. T.H.C.), ADP 70507 , 1 male, Puntarenas, Quepos, P.N. Manuel Antonio , 80 m, 09 ° 24 ̍ N, 84 ° 09 ̍ W, 5/1/91, ( R. Zuñiga)( INBIO), CRI001364249 . Panama´ , 1 female, Canal Zone, Barro Colorado Island , 30 ° 09 ̍ 10 ̍ N, 79 ° 50 ̍ W, 5/4/78, ( R. Silberglied & A. Aiello)( USNM), ADP 81125 , 1 male, 3/4/78, (H. Wolda)( USNM), ADP 61836 , 1 female, Colón, north shore Gatun Lake , 09 ° 12 ̍ N, 79 ° 55 ̍ W, 5/20/90, (F. T. Hovore)( FTHC), ADP 6428 , 1 female, Panama´ , La Chorrea, 08 ° 53 ̍ N, 79 ° 47 ̍ W, May­, (Busck)( USNM), ADP 9642 .

Figures

Fig. 3. Geographical distribution map: Members of the virgata group. 1) Agra vate; 2) A. nola; 3) A. cadabra; 4) A. virgata; 5) A. chocha; 6) A. phainops; 7) A. imaginis; 8) A. ocellata; 9) A. inca; 10) A. mime.