Agra solimoes, 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 : 105-106

006. Agra solimoes , new species

( Figs. 2d, 5d, 7c, 9)

Diagnosis. Elytral color dark green without coppery reflection; femora dark, almost black. Elytron with intervals flat or nearly so; with sutural apex minutely acuminate (5d).

Description. (See Table 1): Size: ABL = 20.50 mm; SBL = 19.45 mm; TW = 5.72 mm; LH = 4.05 mm; LP = 4.45 mm; LE = 11.90 mm.

Geographical Distribution ( Fig. 9). At present, this species is known only from the type locality at Tefe´, on the upper Rio Solimoes.

Specimens Examined. Holotype male,, ( BRAZIL, Amazonas , Tefé (Ega), 3 ° 22 ̍ S, 64 ° 42 ̍ W, * ADP 3145 .

Notes. In the Liebke collection at WAR, this specimen was determined by Liebke and filed as A. platyscelis Bates.

Etymology. The name, solimoes , is that of the River, the Rio Solimoes of the western Amazon Basin, along which these beetles live

007. Agra klugii Brullé (1837:10)

( Fig. 9)

Geographical Distribution ( Fig. 9). Previously know only from Cochabamba, Bolivia, this species apparently is found regionally in the lowlands of the southwestern Amazon Basin.

New Locality Records. 1 male, PERÚ, Madre de Dios, Pakitza, Zone 2, 11 ° 56 ̍ 47 ̎ S, 71 ° 17 ̍ W, 356 m, T. L. Erwin & B. D. Farrell, 6­Sep­1988, canopy fogging of Pouteria sp. USNM, BIOLAT /COLE­17473 ; 1 female, same locality, 1 st quebr., 11 ° 56 ̍ 47 ̎ S, 71 ° 17 ̍ W, 356 m, T. L. Erwin, 15­Sep­1989, MUSM, BIOLAT /COLE­11645 ; 1 female, Madre de Dios, 30 air km SW Puerto Maldonado, Rio Tambopata Res. , 12 ° 50 ̍ S, 69 ° 20 ̍ W, T. L. Erwin et al., 7­Nov­83, USNM, ADP 93789, FOGGING­1809 .