Agra sp.

Arndt, Erik, Kirmse, Susan & Erwin, Terry L., 2001, Arboreal Beetles Of Neotropical Forests: Agra Fabricius, Larval Descriptions With Notes On Natural History And Behaviour (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini, Agrina), The Coleopterists Bulletin 55 (3), pp. 297-311 : 307

Agra sp. (possibly lycisa ­group)

1 st Instar (one specimen from Erwin’s site, Fig. 11a and 11b )

Size. Head width, 0.2 mm; body length, 3.0 mm. As in larva of Agra peruana­ group, except the following: head capsule quadrate, nasale truncate with two small teeth, mandible ( Fig. 12 .) with retinaculum and lateral seta MN1, maxilla without fine setae on inner margin.

2 nd Instar (one specimen from Erwin’s site. Possibly not the same species as the 1 st instar.)

Size: Head width, 0.6 mm; body length, 6.0 mm; same character states as in 1 st instar larva of Agra lycisa ­group except the following: nasale prolonged, slightly emarginated apically, head capsule slightly tapered anteriorly, frontale wide and rounded posteriorly ( Fig. 12 ).

Figures

Figs. 11–12. 11a) Habitus, L2, Agra sp. (?lycisa­group), dorsal aspect; 11b) part of urogomphus indicated in Figure 11a; 12) head, L2, Agra sp. (?lycisa­group), dorsal aspect.