Agra pitilla Erwin, new species

(Figs. 24a, 24 b, 24c, 24d)

Holotype. Male. COSTA RICA: Guanacaste, P.N. Guanacaste, Estacíon Pitilla, 9.0 km S Santa Cecilia, 700m, 10°59'26”N, 85°25'40”W, January, (GNP Biodiversity Survey)( INBio: CRI 001­024216).

Diagnosis. Black fore body with rufinistic elytral apex, the apical margin infuscated and markedly lobed at middle. Hind trochanter sparsely setiferous.

Description. Color and luster: Black. Apical 2/3 of elytra rufinistic, margin of elytral apex, abdominal sternum VI, and tergum VI infuscated; tarsi and abdomen rufotestaceous. Form: Labrum flat. Head (Fig. 24a) markedly short behind eyes, quadrate in both sexes. Elytra with markedly and evenly punctulate interneurs, apex (Fig. 24 b) slightly lobed between lateral and sutural angles. Metasternum of male densely pubescent; abdominal sterna each with long scattered setae. Apex of sternum VI (Fig. 24 c) in male and female acutely angulate apicolaterally, caudal margin emarginate, slightly u­notched in male, vnotched in female. Male middle tibia with small apicomedial brush. Aedeagus (Fig. 24 d) ostium short, slightly left pleuropic; apex of phallus a simple diamond­shaped lobe; left paramere unisetose, right paramere glabrous. Size: medium, 13.0 to 13.5 mm in length, 3.1 o 3.7 mm in width.

Other specimens examined. Costa Rica: 7 paratypes, 5 males, 2 females, from the Guanacaste Conservation Area. Costa Rica, Alajuela, 1f, Dos Rios, 2.0 km W, N slope of Volcán de Rincon, 550m, 10° 50' N, 085° 22' W, May (J.T. Doyen & P.A. Opler)(UCB: ADP80686); Guanacaste, 1f, Santa Cecilia, 9.0 km S, 700m, 10° 59' 26 N, 85° 25' 40' W, LN 330200,380200, June (C. Moraga)( INBio: CRI 002047455), 6 males, P.N. Guanacaste, Estacíon Pitilla, April (P. Rios)( INBio: CRI 001794228), March (P. Rios, C. Moraga & R. Blanco)( INBio: CRI 000­211428), December (C. Moraga)( INBio: CRI 000­637527), May (P. Rios & M. Zumbado) (CRI 000­269888), LN 330200, 380200 #3262, October (P. Rios)( INBio: CRI 001­997986), January (GNP Biodiversity Survey)( INBio: CRI 00­ 1024216).

Specific epithet. The specific epithet, pitilla, is a noun in apposition based on the name of the INBio Field Station at which the Holotype was collected.

Notes. All specimens are from the Guanacaste Conservation Area, 7 of them from Estacíon Pitilla .