Agra pitilla 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 : 53-54

Agra pitilla Erwin , new species

( Figs. 24a, 24 b, 24c, 24d)

Holotype. Male. COSTA RICA: Guanacaste, P.N. Guanacaste, Estacíon Pitilla , 9.0 km S Santa Cecilia, 700m, 10°59'26”N, 85°25'40”W, January, (GNP Biodiversity Survey)( INBio : CRI 001­024216).

Diagnosis. Black fore body with rufinistic elytral apex, the apical margin infuscated and markedly lobed at middle. Hind trochanter sparsely setiferous.

Description. Color and luster: Black. Apical 2/3 of elytra rufinistic, margin of elytral apex, abdominal sternum VI, and tergum VI infuscated; tarsi and abdomen rufotestaceous. Form: Labrum flat. Head ( Fig. 24a ) markedly short behind eyes, quadrate in both sexes. Elytra with markedly and evenly punctulate interneurs, apex ( Fig. 24 b) slightly lobed between lateral and sutural angles. Metasternum of male densely pubescent; abdominal sterna each with long scattered setae. Apex of sternum VI ( Fig. 24 c) in male and female acutely angulate apicolaterally, caudal margin emarginate, slightly u­notched in male, vnotched in female. Male middle tibia with small apicomedial brush. Aedeagus ( Fig. 24 d) ostium short, slightly left pleuropic; apex of phallus a simple diamond­shaped lobe; left paramere unisetose, right paramere glabrous. Size: medium, 13.0 to 13.5 mm in length, 3.1 o 3.7 mm in width.

Other specimens examined. Costa Rica: 7 paratypes, 5 males, 2 females, from the Guanacaste Conservation Area. Costa Rica, Alajuela, 1f, Dos Rios, 2.0 km W, N slope of Volcán de Rincon, 550m, 10° 50' N, 085° 22' W, May (J.T. Doyen & P.A. Opler)( UCB: ADP80686); Guanacaste, 1f, Santa Cecilia, 9.0 km S, 700m, 10° 59' 26 N, 85° 25' 40' W, LN 330200,380200, June (C. Moraga)( INBio : CRI 002047455), 6 males, P.N. Guanacaste, Estacíon Pitilla , April (P. Rios)( INBio : CRI 001794228), March (P. Rios, C. Moraga & R. Blanco)( INBio : CRI 000­211428), December (C. Moraga)( INBio : CRI 000­637527), May (P. Rios & M. Zumbado ) ( CRI 000­269888), LN 330200, 380200 #3262, October (P. Rios)( INBio : CRI 001­997986), January (GNP Biodiversity Survey)( INBio : CRI 00­ 1024216).

Specific epithet. The specific epithet, pitilla , is a noun in apposition based on the name of the INBio Field Station at which the Holotype was collected.

Notes. All specimens are from the Guanacaste Conservation Area, 7 of them from Estacíon Pitilla .

Figures

FIGURE 24. A. pitilla, male, dorsal aspect: a) head; b) apex of elytron; c) Sternum VI, male (top), female (bottom), ventral aspect; d) aedeagus, dorsal (top), ventral (middle), left lateral (bottom) aspects. Measures (mm): HL = 2.3; WE = 2.9; male SW = 4.2, female SW = 4.4; AL = 3.5.