Agra schwarzeneggeri 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 : 46-47

Agra schwarzeneggeri Erwin , new species

( Figs. 20a, 20 b, 20c, 20d)

Holotype. Male, COSTA RICA: Cartago, Turrialba , 650m, 9º 53'N 83º38'W, February, (H. & A. Howden)( USNM: ADP64794).

Diagnosis. The male of this species has an enormously enlarged middle femur ( Fig. 19 c); females have elytra with brassy­green tint, black forebody and rufous antennomeres 3­11.

Description. Color and luster: Black. Elytra with brassy green reflections. Antennomeres 3­4 testaceous, infuscated apically, 5­11 testaceous. Form: Head ( Fig. 20a ) short behind eyes, that of male tapered and rounded behind, that of female quadrate, vertex dimpled. Prothorax widest at middle, markedly tapered anteriorly in male, somewhat "swollen" at middle in female. Middle leg with markedly enlarged femur ( Fig. 20 d). Elytra broad, not very convex, apex ( Fig. 20 b) medially dentate, interneurs 2,4,6,8 with very large setigerous foveae, interneurs of fine close­spaced punctures. Sternum VI ( Fig. 20 c) with deeply circular emargination in female, deeply v­notched in female. Aedeagus (see Notes). Size: medium, 14.0 to 17.0mm in length, 4.6 to 5.16mm in width.

Other specimens examined. Costa Rica: 3 paratypes, females, from the Cordillera Volcánica Central Conservation Area. Costa Rica, 1f, Cartago, Pavones 83°37'W 9°57'N, May, (F.T. Hovore)( FTHC: ADP70530), 1f, Turrialba , 3.0 km SEIICA/ CATIE , 83°38'W 9°53'N, April, (E. Giesbert)( FSCA: ADP4420), 1f, August, (D.R. Whitehead)( USNM: ADP61717), 1m, February, (H.F. Howden & A. Howden)( UASM: ADP54794).

Specific epithet. The specific epithet, schwarzeneggeri is the Latinized genitive form of the family name of the actor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, in reference to the markedly developed (biceps­like) middle femora of the males of this species reminiscent of the actor’s physic.

Notes. The genitalia of the dissected male is missing from the vial pinned beneath the specimen, thus has not been illustrated. The aedeagus of Agra perrinae (Straneo 1982) has a moderately long ostium, apex of phallus a simple diamond­shaped lobe which is markedly arched dorsally, parameres glabrous.

Figures

FIGURE 20. A. schwarzeneggeri, male, dorsal aspect: a) head; b) apex of elytron; c) Sternum VI, male (top), female (bottom), ventral aspect; d) middle leg, post­dorsal aspect. Measures (mm): HL = 2.7; WE = 2.3; male femur diameter = 1.1; male SW = 4.0, female SW = 4.6.

FIGURE 19. A. granodeoro, male, dorsal aspect: a) head; b) apex of elytron; c) aedeagus, dorsal (top), ventral (middle), left lateral (bottom) aspects. Measures (mm): HL = 3.3; WE = 2.2; AL = 5.0.