Agra solanoi 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 : 48-49

Agra solanoi Erwin , new species

( Figs. 21a, 21 b, 21c, 21d)

Holotype. Male, COSTA RICA: Limón, Tortuguero National Park, Cerro Tortuguero, 119m, 10°34'N 83°32'W, May, (J. Solano)( INBio : CRI 000­242786).

Diagnosis. Males with dense, short vestiture on metasternum and long dense vestiture on abdominal sterna III­V. Elytral apex spinose medially, markedly projected acutely laterally, with slight lobe between; interneurs striatio­punctate with regular unisetose foveae in intervals 2, 4, 6, and 8. Sternum VI of male with lateral angles acute.

Description. Color and luster: Brunneous. Antennae rufotestaceous; slightly infuscated femora contrast with testaceous tibiae and tarsi. Form: Head ( Fig. 21a ) behind eyes short, markedly angulate posteriorly in male, slightly rounded in female. Prothorax robust, wider than head. Elytron ( Fig. 21 b) with apex slightly lobed medially, lateral tooth large, acute, sutural apex spinose. Males with dense, short vestiture on metasternum, long dense vestiture on abdominal sterna III­V; middle tibia slightly clavate apico­medially. Sternum VI ( Fig. 21 c) deeply V­notched in male, narrowly and shallowly V­notched in female. Aedeagus ( Fig. 21 c) with ostium moderately long, left pleuropic, apex narrowly lobate, parameres setiferous. Size: medium, 14.6 to 17.0 mm in length, 2.4 to 2.8 mm in width.

Other specimens examined. Costa Rica: 17 paratypes, 10 males, 7 females, from the following Conservation Areas: Arenal Tilarán, Cordillera Volcanica Central, Guanacaste, Osa, Pacifico Central, and Tortuguero. Costa Rica, Cartago, 1m, Turrialba , 83°38'W 9°53'N, May, (H.F. Howden & A. Howden)( UASM: ADP85301), 1m, January, (V.M. Kirk)( UASM: ADP21812), 1m, January, (V.M. Kirk)( UASM: ADP21823), 1m, Turrialba, 1200m , 83°38'W 9°53'N, March, (W.R. Enns)(UMoC: ADP 100529), 1f, Turrialba , 3.0 km SE, CATIE , 83°38'W 9°53'N, June, (J.A. Chemsak, H. Katasura & A. & E. Michelbacher) ( UCB: ADP70518); Guanacaste, 1m, Tilarán, 800m, 84°59'W 10°28'N, (F. Nevermann)(WAR: ADP4224); Heredia, 1f, Estacíon La Selva, Puerto Viejo, 3.0 km S, 50­ 150m, 83°59'W 10°27'N, January, (D.L. Wagner)( INBIO : CRI 002­724432), at light, 1m, June, (F.T. Hovore)( FTHC: ADP87130), 1f, June, (F.T. Hovore)( FTHC: ADP 100531), 1m, Puerto Viejo, 3.0 km S, Finca La Selva, 84°01'W 10°26'N, April, (H. A. Hespenheide )( HAH: ADP5094); Limón, 1f, P.N. Tortuguero, Estacíon Cuatro Esquinas, 0m, 83°32'W 10°34'N, LN 280000,590500, October, (J. Solano)( INBIO : CRI 000­296760), 1m, Tortuguero, Cerro Tortuguero, 0­100m, 83°32'W 10°34'N, LN 285000,588000, May, (J. Solano)( INBIO : CRI 000­242793), 1m, October, (J. Solano)( INBIO : CRI 000­ 032205), 1f, June, (R. Delgado)( INBIO : CRI 001­363770), 1f, Puntarenas, A.C. Osa, Peninsula de Osa, Bosque Esquinas, 200m, LS 301400,542200 #2816, May, (J.F. Quesada )( INBIO : CRI 001­862232), 1m, P.N. Manuel Antonio, Quepos, 80m, 84°09'W 9°24'N, LS 370900,448800 #1181, April, (C. Cano)( INBIO : CRI 001­718849), 1f, Peninsula de Osa., Rancho Quemado, 200m, LS 292500,511000, September, (F. A. Quesada )( INBIO : CRI 001­ 190451), 1m, Monteverde , 84°48'W 10°18'N, May, (F.T. Hovore)( FTHC: ADP70527).

Specific epithet. The specific epithet, solanoi , is the Latinized genitive form of the family name of collector of the Holotype, parataxonomist José Solano of San Isidro del General, San José.

Notes. This widespread species ranges from sea level to 1200m altitude, in both wet and dry forests. Adults of this species are commonly attracted to lights.

Figures

FIGURE 21. A. solanoi, dorsal aspect: a) head, male, female; 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 = 2.8; male SW = 4.4, female SW = 4.6; AL = 4.5.