Agra azureipennis Erwin (1982b:208)

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 : 114-115

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1649/0010-065X(2000)054[0090:ABONFA]2.0.CO;2

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9A2787DD-6E4D-3F0C-40AB-FAEAFC2A9337

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Tatiana

scientific name

Agra azureipennis Erwin (1982b:208)
status

 

032. Agra azureipennis Erwin (1982b:208) View in CoL

( Fig. 12)

Geographical Distribution ( Fig. 12). The discovery at Pakitza of Agra azureipennis came as a great surprise because normally Agra species possess such small ranges. This species in now thought to be transamazon in distribution, but see Note below.

New Locality Records. 1 male, PERÚ, Madre de Dios, Pakitza , clearing, 11 ° 56 ̍ 47 ̎ S, 71 ° 17 ̍ W, 356 m, G. Servat, 5­Sep­1989, USNM BIOLAT /COLE­ 10895; 1 male, Venezuela, Amazonas, San Símon del Cocuy , 01 ° 08 ̍ N, 66 ° 50 ̍ W, 60 m, J. Sykora, Mar­13­25­1974, UCV, ADP 85381 .

Note. While virtually identical in male genitalia, form of elytra and prothorax, these two specimens have a slightly different head shape, the one from

Venezuela being slightly more angulate posteriorly. In addition, its areas of body and appendage infuscation are slightly more extensive. I do not regard these as differences significant enough to warrant recognizing them as separate species, however new collections may help refine that opinion.

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Genus

Agra

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