Agra sp.

Arndt, Erik, Kirmse, Susan & Erwin, Terry L., 2001, Arboreal Beetles Of Neotropical Forests: Agra Fabricius, Larval Descriptions With Notes On Natural History And Behaviour (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini, Agrina), The Coleopterists Bulletin 55 (3), pp. 297-311 : 305-307

Agra sp. ( peruana ­group)

Same character states as in larva of Agra cajennensis ­group, except the following:

Size. Head width: 0.67 mm, length of body about 8 mm.

Habitus and colouration. Brown, markedly sclerotized.

Head. Head capsule slender and elongate ( Fig. 3 ). Frontale longer, posteriorly truncate, separated from parietale by distinct membranous region. Coronal suture lacking. Mandible obtuse ( Fig. 3 ). Antenna much shorter than halflength of mandible ( Fig. 5 ). Maxillary palpomeres shorter. Ultimate segments of both labial and maxillary palps with numerous long and fine sensorial foveae.

Abdomen. Terga without egg bursters. Urogomphi with more than 35 segments.

Microsculpture. Dorsal side of stipes and maxillary palpomere I smooth. Urogomphi with transverse microsculpture.

Chaetotaxy. Additional setae mainly absent. Urogomphi with numerous long setae, short setae lacking.

Figures

Figs. 2–3. Head capsule, L1, dorsal aspect. 2) Agra sp. (cajennensis­group). 3) Agra sp. (peruana­group).

Figs. 4–8. 4) Nasale and adnasale, dorsal aspect, L1, Agra sp. (cajennensis­group); 5) antenna, left, dorsal aspect, L1, Agra sp. (peruana­group); 6) labial palpus, dorsal aspect, L1. Agra sp. (cajennensis­group); 7) maxilla, right, dorsal aspect, L1. Agra sp. (peruana­group); 8) claws and pulvillus, dorso­oblique aspect, L1, Agra sp. (peruana­ group) (bifid tooth of claw not visible in dorso­oblique aspect).