Agra lilu, 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 : 108-109

015. Agra lilu , new species

( Figs. 3e, 6e, 10)

Diagnosis. Head broadly ovoid to neck ( Fig. 3e). Mentum with median tooth narrow, apex narrowly bifid (as in Fig. 5I). Tibia of middle and posterior legs with lateral apex markedly produced (as in Fig. 6F). Elytron ( Fig. 6e) with punctulae of interneurs, on average, close­spaced, separated by less than their own diameter. Elytra dark olivaceous; head, prothorax and legs bright rufous.

Description. (See Table 1): Size: ABL = 15.50 mm; SBL = 14.62 mm; TW = 3.90 mm; LH = 2.94 mm; LP = 3.12 mm; LE = 8.56 mm.

Geographical Distribution ( Fig. 10). At present, this species is known only from the type locality in the mid­southern Amazon Basin of Brazil .

Specimens Examined. Holotype female, BRAZIL, Amazonas , Humaita´, 07 ° 32 ̍ S, 63 ° 02 ̍ W, 70 m, G.S. Andrade, Aug­1980, SEABRA, * ADP 03139.

Etymology. In the movie, The Fifth Element, the spectacular alien­reconstruct (after a near fatal crash to earth in her spaceship) was nicknamed ‘‘Lilu’’ by the protagonist, and to her this ‘‘red­headed’’ species is dedicated.