Agra manu, 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 : 112-113

027. Agra manu , new species

( Figs. 3i, 6i, 11)

Diagnosis. Head slightly tapered to neck, markedly elongate ( Fig. 3i). Mentum with median tooth narrow, apex narrowly bifid (as in Fig. 5J). Pronotum elongate and narrow. Elytron ( Fig. 6i) brilliant metallic blue, legs piceous, prothorax and head piceous.

Description. (See Table 1): Size: ABL = 20.50 mm; SBL = 19.79 mm; TW = 4.24 mm; LH = 4.26 mm; LP = 4.33 mm; LE = 11.20 mm.

Geographical Distribution ( Fig. 11). At present, this species is known only from the type locality in southeastern Peru´ .

Specimens Examined. Holotype female, PERÚ, Madre de Dios, Manu Biosphere Res., Pakitza , 11 ° 56 ̍ 47S, 71 ° 17 ̍ W, 350 m, M.G. Pogue, 9­Oct­1987, MUSM, * BIOLAT /COLE­00034.

Etymology. The epithet, manu , is from the Rio Manu, which passes to the west of the former BIOLAT Research Station at Pakitza.