Agra tingo, 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 : 103-104

003. Agra tingo new species

( Figs. 2e, 6a, 9)

Diagnosis. Head tapered­rounded ( Fig. 2e). Mentum with median tooth short and markedly bifid, length ⅓ or less than that of lateral lobe (as in Figs 5A&5N). Tarsomere 5 of posterior leg long and broadly triangulate (as in Fig. 2A) inserted into markedly emarginate tarsomere 4. Elytron ( Fig. 6a) with intervals flat or nearly so; punctures of interneurs fine and evenly spaced throughout length of elytron; elytral color dark green without coppery reflection. Legs black.

Description. (See Table 1): Size: ABL = 23.00 mm; SBL = 21.24 mm; TW = 6.06 mm; LH = 4.15 mm; LP = 4.29 mm; LE = 12.80mm.

Geographical Distribution ( Fig. 9). At present, this species is known only from the type locality in central Peru´.

Specimens Examined. Holotype female, PERÚ, Huánuco, 13 km S Tingo Maria, Tambillo, Chico Canyon , 09 ° 25 ̍ S 76 ° 23 ̍ W, 850 m, J.E. Eger, Apr­11­ 17­1987, FSCA, * ADP 04441.

Etymology. The specific epithet, tingo , is from the name of the famous collecting site in Peru´, Tingo Maria.