Agra conhormigas, 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 : 106-108

009. Agra conhormigas , new species

( Figs. 3d, 6d, 8b, 10)

Diagnosis. Head small, tapered­ovoid to neck ( Fig. 3d). Mentum with median tooth moderately elongate, apically broad and truncate, entire, length about ½ that of lateral lobe (as in Fig. 5C). Pronotum with course, fine, microscuplture, surface matte­like. Legs ferrugineus, in contrast with piceous elytra and forebody; with infuscated knees. Elytral apex obliquely straight ( Fig. 6d). Size small, ABL = 15.5mm. Male aedeagus with asymmetric apex ( Fig. 8b).

Description. (See Table 1): Size: ABL = 15.50 mm; SBL = 15.26 mm; TW = 3.88 mm; LH = 3.41 mm; LP = 3.29 mm; LE = 8.65 mm.

Geographical Distribution ( Fig. 10). At present, this species is known only from the type locality in southeastern Peru´.

Specimens Examined. Holotype male, PERÚ, Madre de Dios, 30 air km SW Puerto Maldonado, Rio Tambopata Res. , 12 ° 50 ̍ S, 69 ° 20 ̍ W, T. L. Erwin, 28­Oct­1982, MUSM, * ADP 03120.

Notes. The type was collected by insecticidal foggings of a leguminous tree, numbered #72, in secondary forest along the Rio La Torre Trail.

Etymology. The name, conhormigas , is contracted Spanish meaning ‘‘with ants.’’ The type was among the specimens I collected by fogging a tree in 1982. That fogging also produced 48 species of ants and this was documented by E. O. Wilson (1987) who kindly studied my ant samples.

011. Agra limulus Erwin (1982b:199)

( Fig. 10)

Geographical Distribution, ( Fig. 10). Previously known only from Tarapoto, Perú, this species apparently inhabits the regional lowlands of the western Amazon Basin.

New Locality Record. 1 male, ECUADOR, Napo, Res. Ethnica Haorani, 1km S Onkone Gare Camp, Trans­Ent. Lot # 726, 00 ° 39 ̍ S, 76 ° 26 ̍ W, 220 m, T . L. Erwin et al., 12­Feb­1995, USNM, ADP 87417 .