Agra delgadoi 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 : 58-59

Agra delgadoi Erwin , new species

( Figs. 26 a, 26 b, 26 c, 26 d)

Holotype. Male, Panamá, Panamá Province, Cerro Campana , 800m, 08º 40 'N 79 º 56 'W, July, (H. Stockwell)( USNM: ADP 59923).

Diagnosis. This is the only species of Agra in Costa Rica with metallic purple nearly truncate elytra, and completely pale antennae.

Description. Color and luster: Rufopiceous. Elytra metallic purple. Venter and appendages paler; antennomeres 4­11 testaceous. Surface shiny. Form: Head ( Fig. 26 a ) of female behind eyes short, hind angles rounded. Pronotum and prosternum finely punctate, prothorax widest at middle. Elytron with apex ( Fig. 26 b) slightly oblique, lateral tooth small, sutural apex rounded, not projected acutely, apical margin very slightly emarginate. Aedeagus ( Fig. 26 d) with ostium short, apex rounded, shorter than wide; parameres unisetose. Size: small, 8.5 to 10.0mm in length, 2.30 to 2.66mm in width.

Other specimens examined. Three female paratypes. Costa Rica: Tortuguero and Cordillera Volcánica Central Conservation Areas. Costa Rica: Limón, Tortuguero National Park, Cerro Tortuguero, 0m ­ 120m, LN 285000,588000, April (R. Delgado)( INBio : CRI 000242885); Cartago, Turrialba , CATIE , 600m, 09º 53 'N 83 º 38 'W, May (H. & A. Howden)( USNM: ADP 66237). Panamá, Panamá Province, Cerro Campana , 800m, 08º 40 'N 79 º 56 'W, July, (H. Stockwell)( USNM: ADP 68252).

Specific epithet. The specific epithet, delgadoi , is the Latinized genitive form of the family name of the collector of one of the secondary type specimens, parataxonomist, Roberto Delgado of Cartago, Costa Rica.

Figures

FIGURE 26. A. delgadoi, 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 = 1.6; WE = 1.2; SW = 2.1; AL = 2.6.