Agra janzeni Erwin, new species
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Agra janzeni Erwin, new species
(Figs. 11a, 11 b, 11c)
Holotype. Female. COSTA RICA: Heredia, Estacíon La Selva, 10º27'N 083º59'W, October, (ALAS Project)(INBioOET: CRI 002233128).
Diagnosis. All black body with large, coarse, cribriform elytral punctulae; antennae, tibiae and tarsi pale, femora infuscated. Elytron with apex spiniform at both sutural and lateral corners.
Description. Color and luster: Piceous with rufous appendages, femora infuscated; surface very shiny. Form: Male unknown. Head (Fig. 11a) moderately long behind eyes, quadrate with slight taper to neck. Pronotum robust, not much tapered to anterior collar. Elytron (Fig. 11 b) short and broad, interneurs of large coarse cribriform punctulae, apex slightly oblique, lateral and sutural dentiform projections spiniform. Sternum VI (Fig. 11 c) emarginate with small tooth at middle. Size: medium, 15.5mm in length, 5.2mm in width.
Other specimens examined. The female Holotype is the only specimen I saw.
Specific epithet. The specific epithet, janzeni, is the Latinized genitive form of the family name of Daniel H. Janzen, collector of many interesting Agra specimens from Costa Rica.
Notes. See Erwin (2000a), for further information on this speciesgroup. The Holotype is from the Tortuguero Conservation Area.
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Published as part of Erwin, Terry L., 2002, The Beetle Family Carabidae of Costa Rica: Twentynine new species of Agra Fabricius 1801 (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Lebiini, Agrina), pp. 1-68 in Zootaxa 119 on page 33, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.162803Files
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Biodiversity
- Family
- Carabidae
- Genus
- Agra
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Erwin
- Species
- janzeni
- Taxonomic status
- sp. nov.
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Agra janzeni Erwin, 2002
References
- Erwin, T. L. (2000 a) Arboreal beetles of Neotropical forests: Agra Fabricius, the Novaurora Complex (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Lebiini: Agrina). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, No. 608, pp. i-iv, 1 - 33.