Agra notcatie 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 : 50-51

Agra notcatie Erwin , new species

( Figs. 22a, 22 b, 22c, 22d)

Holotype. Male. COSTA RICA: Limón, Tortuguero National Park, Estacíon Cuatro Esquinas, sea level, 10°34'N 83°32'W, November, (R. Delgado)( INBio : CRI 000­298655).

Diagnosis. Femur concolorous. Elytron with sutural and lateral apices prolonged, spinose. Male middle not excavate nor densely setose in apical half; posterior tibia with apical excavation and dense brush. Elytral apex shallowly arcuate between lateral and apical apices. Abdominal sterna III­V with 2 bilateral patches of sparse setae.

Description. Color and luster: Somber colored beetles with pale antennae, slightly infuscated femora which contrast with the pale testaceous tibiae and tarsi.

Form: Head ( Fig. 22a ) behind eyes moderately elongate, rounded in both sexes. Male middle and posterior tibiae neither excavate nor densely setose in apical half. Elytron with apex ( Fig. 22 b) shallowly arcuate between lateral and apical apices; interneurs a series of large deep foveae. Male with sparse and scattered setae on metasternum and sparse patches of setae on abdominal sterna II, III, V and VI, only IV with two small bilateral tufts. Sternum VI (Fig, 22c) moderately V­notched, female shallowly V­notched. Aedeagus ( Fig. 22 d) with ostium moderately short, apex simple, cordiform, parameres glabrous. Size: medium, 16.3 to 18.1mm in length, 3.6 to 4.2mm in width.

Other specimens examined. Costa Rica: 7 paratypes, 2 males, 5 females from the following Conservation Area: Arenal Tilarán, Cordillera Volcanica Central, Tortuguero. I have seen one additional female from Panamá and labeled it as a paratype. Costa Rica, Alajuela, 1f, P.N. Arenal, Laguna Arenal, East side, Tunel del ICE, 10°27'58'N 84°44'46"W January, (D.H. Janzen)( INBIO : CRI 000­ 111882); Cartago, 1f, Turrialba , 3.0 km SE, CATIE , 83°38'W 9°53'N, June, (F.T. Hovore)( FTHC: ADP70509); Heredia, 1f, Estacíon La Selva, Puerto Viejo, 3.0 km S, 50­150m, 83°59'W 10°27'N, October, (INBIO­ OET: CRI 002­231750), FVK/19/16, Virola koschnyi , 1m, Puerto Viejo, 3.0 km S, Finca La Selva, 84°01'W 10° 26'N, May, (H. A. Hespenheide )( HAH: ADP5097), 1f, March, (H. A. Hespenheide )( HAH: ADP62308); Limón, 1m, P.N. Tortuguero, Estacíon Cuatro Esquinas, 0m, LN 280000, 590500, November, (R. Delgado)( INBIO : CRI 000­298655), 1f, P.N. Tortuguero, Tortuguero, Cerro Tortuguero, 0­120m, LN 285000, 588000, April, (J.

Solano)( INBIO : CRI 000­794066), 1m, Finca de E. Rojas, Sector Cerro Cocori, 150m, November, (E. Rojas)( INBIO : CRI 000­308104).

Specific epithet. The specific epithet, notcatie , is used as a noun in apposition based on the acronym of CATIE (see above), and in reference to the species described above, A. catie , which this is not , because of the attributes described above.

Notes. This species was collected on Virola koschnyi at La Selva Biological Station by the ALAS Project. Notcatie­subgroup stylomere 2 are similar to those of Agra castaneipes , see that web page. F. Hovore collected a female at combined “MV & UV lights” at CATIE .

Figures

FIGURE 22. A. notcatie, 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 = 3.0; WE = 1.8; male SW = 3.4, female SW = 4.0; AL = 3.4.