Agra nex, Erwin, 2000

Erwin, Terry L., 2000, Arboreal Beetles Of Neotropical Forests: Agra Fabricius, A Taxonomic Supplement For The Platyscelis Group With New Species And Distribution Records (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Lebiini, Agrina), The Coleopterists Bulletin 54 (1), pp. 90-119 : 112

026. Agra nex , new species

( Figs. 3h, 6h, 11)

Diagnosis. Head elongate and broadly rounded ( Fig. 3h). Mentum with median tooth moderately narrow, (as in Fig. 5B). Apex of elytron ( Fig. 6h) lobed at middle. Elytra brilliant metallic green; legs and forebody bright ferrugineus; knees infuscated.

Description. (See Table 1): Size: ABL = 19.00–23.00 mm; SBL = 17.26– 20.04 mm; TW = 4.56–5.72 mm; LH = 3.59–3.83 mm; LP = 3.68–4.51 mm; LE = 2.28–2.86 mm.

Geographical Distribution ( Fig. 11). This species is now know to occupy the forests along the shores of the upper Rio Solimoes in Brazil.

Specimens Examined. Holotype female, BRAZIL, Amazonas , 2 km N Itacoatiara­Manaus Highway, 11 km W of Itacoatiara, Canadian Fathers’ Pool, 03 ° 08 ̍ S, 58 ° 28 ̍ W, 90 m, E. G. & E. A. Munroe, 11­May­1972, CNC, * ADP 57283; 1 female, Amazonas, Fonte Boa, 02 ° 32 ̍ S 66 ° 01 ̍ W, 112 m, BMNH, ADP 03114.

Etymology. The epithet, nex , is from the Latin, necis, meaning violent death and refers to the fate of the animals and plants in and around the type locality as the Brazilian ranchers burn the forests to grow cattle.