Agra yola Erwin, 2000

Erwin, Terry L., 2000, A New Genus And Species Of Lachnophorini And Two New Species Of Lebiini From Costa Rica (Coleoptera: Carabidae), The Coleopterists Bulletin 54 (3), pp. 279-283 : 282

Lebiini : Agrina Agra yola Erwin , new species ( Figs. 3a, 3b )

Type Series. Holotype female, COSTA RICA: Guanacaste Province, Estacíon Pitilla , 9 km S Santa Cecilia, 700 m, LN329650,378600 #4600, April (E. Alfaro)( INBio: CRI 002­140738 ).

Derivation of Name. The specific epithet, yola , is a noun in apposition based on the given name of Yolanda Camacho Garcia, Curator of Mollusca at INBio and sometime guide for me to the carabid habitats of Costa Rica.

Diagnosis. Head and pronotum markedly punctate; antenna markedly long for genus, scape elongate and robust, antennomeres robust ( Fig. 3b ). Mouthparts, antennae, forepart of the head, tibia, tarsomeres, coxae, and femoral apex testaceous; base of head and neck, femoral base and venter piceous; pronotum and elytra with piceous, elytra with deep blue metallic sheen.

Description. . Elytral interneurs markedly deep, punctulae slightly cribriform. Stylomere 2 ( Fig. 3a ) elongate, with three terminal seta, two of which are spinose. Size moderately large: 12.43 mm in length, 3.38 in width.

Specimens Examined. Known only from the type. Two undescribed species of this group are known from Panamá and another 8 undescribed ones from South America .

Notes. This species belongs to the fallax group of Agra whose range extends from Costa Rica to Bolivia along the east side of the Andes and east into Guyana. In addition to A. yola and the 10 undescribed species, this group includes A. fallax Liebke , A. punctulata Liebke , and A. cribriceps Straneo.

Figures

Fig. 3. Agra yola, a) dorsal aspect, stylomere 2; b) dorsal aspect, head with partial antenna.