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Arboreal beetles of neotropical forests : Agra Fabricius, the Novaurora complex : Coleoptera:Carabidae:Lebiini:Agrina / Terry L. Erwin

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Author:
Erwin, Terry L. 1940-  Search this
Smithsonian Institution  Search this
Physical description:
iii, 33 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 28 cm
Type:
Classification
Date:
2000
Notes:
Shipping list no.: 2000-0187-P.
Summary:
The rufoaenea and quararibea groups (section Rufoaenea); the famula, formicaria, and phaenicodera groups (section Erythropus); and the capitata, cyanea, dimidiata, neblina, novaurora, and poguei groups constituted the study group for this paper because they share cribriform elytral interneurs, an easily recognizable attribute for selecting specimens for study. They are referred to as the “Novaurora complex.” The pusilla group, which shares interneur structural features with the Novaurora complex but little else, also was included in the key to groups. All of the above are treated in the key and are tersely described at the group level. The following groups are herein revised.The novaurora group is a northern Amazon-Orinoco lineage comprising five species with a composite range extending from Ecuador to French Guiana and south into Brazil. Four specific taxa of the novaurora group are described as new (type locality in parentheses): alinahui (Ecuador: Napo Province, 20 km E Puerto Napo, Alinahui, 01°00′S, 077°25′W), orinocensis (Venezuela: Caño Marcareo, Orinoco Delta), novaurora (Ecuador: Napo province, 20 km E Puerto Napo, Alinahui, 01°00′S, 077°25′W), superba (Venezuela: T.F. Amazonas, confluence of Rio Negro and Rio Baria, 00°55′N, 066°10′W).The dimidiata group, predominantly northern Neotropical, comprises 16 species with a composite range extending from Mexico to northern Peru, and east to easternmost Venezuela. Thirteen specific taxa of the dimidiata group are described as new: bci (Panama: Barro Colorado Id., 09°10′N, 079°50′W), duckworthorum (Panama: Barro Colorado Id., 09°10′N, 079°50′W), eponine (Costa Rica: Puntarenas, Quepos, Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio, 09°24′N, 084°09′W), falcon (Venezuela: Falcón, Sanare, Finca Tillerias, 09°39′N, 069°45′W), hespenheide (Costa Rica: Heredia, La Selva, 10°26′N, 084°01′W), hovorei (Mexico: Vera Cruz, Estacion Biologica Los Tuxtlas, 18°27′S, 095°13′W), inbio (Costa Rica: Puntarenas, Mata de Limón, 09°55′54″N, 084°42′42″W), maracay (Venezuela: Maracay, 10°15′N, 067°36′W), paratax (Costa Rica: Puntarenas, Estacion Biologica Carara, E Quebrada Bonita, 09°46′25″N, 084°36′24″W), pichincha (Ecuador: Pichincha, Santo Domingo, Tinalandia, 00°18′S, 079°04′W), samiria (Peru: Loreto, Cocha Shinguito, 05°08′S, 074°45′W), tuxtlas (Mexico: Veracruz, Estacion Biologica Los Tuxtlas, near 18°27′S, 095°13′W), zapotal (Guatemala: Alta Verapaz, San Cristobal Verapaz, Quixal, 15°23′N, 090°24′W).The quararibea group is a southern and western Amazon-Pantanal lineage comprising five species with a composite range extending from the upper Xingu drainage of Brazil west into Peru and Ecuador. Four specific taxa of the quararibea group are described as new: magnifica (Peru: Madre de Dios, “Avispas” (Avispal), 12°59′S, 071°34′W), othello (Ecuador: Napo, 20 km E Puerto Napo, Alinahui, 01°04′S, 077°25′W), smurf (Brazil: Amazonas, Taperinha, Santarem, 02°32′S, 054°17′W), suprema (Brazil: Mato Grosso, Rosario Oeste, 14°50′S, 056°25′W).Distributions are dot-mapped and are discussed in general for each of the species in these three groups. Geographical ranges are given for all the groups of the Novaurora complex herein discussed.
Topic:
Ground beetles  Search this
Agra (Insects)  Search this
Call number:
QL596.C2 E712 2000
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_592828