Arboreal beetles of neotropical forests: Agra Fabricius, a taxonomic supplement for the platyscelis group with new species and distribution records (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Lebiini, Agrina)
Coleopterists Bulletin
2000
Journal Article
54
1
90-119
Parque Nacional del Manu Pakitza taxonomy systematics Agra invertebrates insects beetles new species distributions Reserva Nacional Tambopata Madre de Dios Bibliography
The platyscelis group of the carabid genus Agra Fabricius, an equatorially centered lineage, consists of 30 species that have a composite range extending from the isthmus of Panama to French Guiana south into Brazil and Bolivia. The majority of species are found in the Amazon Basin. Structural features of both body and appendages are convergent with other carabid beetles that are known to dwell in ant nests, however, no life history of any Agra species is known. The following 12 specific taxa of the platyscelis group are described as new (type locality in parenthesis): A. tingo new species, (PERU, Huanuco, 13 km S Tingo Maria, Tambillo, Chico Canyon, 09 degrees 15'S, 76 degrees 23'W); A. biolat new species, (PERU, Madre de Dios, 30 air km SW Puerto Maldonado, Rio Tambopata Res., 12 degrees 50'S, 69 degrees 20'W); A. aeris new species, (PERU, Madre de Dios, BIOLAT Biodiversity Station, Pakitza, 11 degrees 56'S, 71 degrees 17'W); A. solimoes new species, (BRAZIL, Amazonas, Ten (Ega), 3 degrees 22'S, 64 degrees 42'W); A. servatorum new species, (PERU, Loreto, 1km SW Boca del Rio Samiria, Vigilante Post No. 1, 04 degrees 30'S, 74 degrees 18'W); A. conhormigas new species, (PERU, Madre de Dios, 30 air km SW Puerto Maldonado, Rio Tambopata Res.. 12 degrees 50'S, 69 degrees 20'W); A. lilu new species, (BRAZIL, Amazonas, Humaita, 07 degrees 32'S 63 degrees 02'W); A. lindae new species, (PERU, Madre de Dios, 30 air km SW Puerto Maldonado, Rio Tambopata Res., 12 degrees 50'S. 69 degrees 20'W); A. rondonia new species, (BRAZIL, Rondonia, Ariquemes, 9 degrees 56'S, 63 degrees 03'W); A. ner new species, (BRAZIL. Amazonas. 2km N Itacoatiara-Manaus Highway, 11 hn, W of Itacoatiara, Canadian Fathers' Pool, 03 degrees 08'S, 58 degrees 28'W); A. manu new species, (PERU, Madre de Dios, Manu Biosphere Res., Pakitza, 11 degrees 56'S, 71 degrees 17'W): A. dnr new species, (PANAMA, Canal Zone, Barro Colorado Is., 09 degrees 10'N, 79 degrees 50'W). The females of A. iquitosana Erwin and A. sasquatch Erwin, and the male of A. varzeicola Erwin are described and illustrated for the first time. A revised key and checklist are provided and distributions of all 33 species are dot-mapped. A general discussion for each of the new species, as well as for 12 additional species for which new locality records were found (A. klugii Brulle, A. limulus Erwin. A. varzeicola. A. iquitosana. A. tarapotana Erwin. A. titan Erwin. A. platyscelis (Chaudoir), A. caliga Erwin, A. feti Erwin, A. semiviridis (Straneo), A. sasquatch Erwin, and A. azureipennis Erwin) is included. Remarks on systematics and biogeography based on the newly described specimens are provided.