taxonID	type	description	language	source
03D8F355FFE5940112878A26FEE990AA.taxon	description	(Figs. 1 – 7)	en	Duckett, Catherine N., Daza, Juan D. (2004): A New Species of Flea Beetle in the Genus Alagoasa Bechyné (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) from Highland Costa Rica. The Coleopterists Bulletin 58 (1): 84-96, DOI: 10.1649/608, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/608
03D8F355FFE5940112878A26FEE990AA.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from all other Oedionychine flea beetles by the unique combination of highly vaulted habitus, glassily shiny elytra (Fig. 2 a), eyes large (Fig. 2 b) and with extremely wide epipleura and apical segment of hind tarsomere swollen but not globose (Figs. 1 and 3) and dorsal surface of apical segment of maxilla palp bearing short row of tightly arranged setae (see Fig. 5 b).	en	Duckett, Catherine N., Daza, Juan D. (2004): A New Species of Flea Beetle in the Genus Alagoasa Bechyné (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) from Highland Costa Rica. The Coleopterists Bulletin 58 (1): 84-96, DOI: 10.1649/608, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/608
03D8F355FFE5940112878A26FEE990AA.taxon	description	Description. Body: robust, broadly ovate and convex (Figs. 1, 2 a, 3). Colo r: Body dark blood 86 of head, showing details of ommatidia, width of head 1.9 mm, intraorbital distance 0.66 mm. red when alive; in preserved specimens, color varies from stramineous to piceous, always very shiny (Fig. 2 a). Lateral margins of tibia, tarsi, and antennomeres II – XI piceous, basal portion of pedicle often lighter. Elytron may darken in its middle portion in dead specimens. Head: ovate, vertex glabrous with one long post-occular seta. Eye: oval, protruding and sub-hemispherical, bearing large ommatidia (Fig. 2 b) intraoccular distance equivalent to diameter of eye. Antennal calli subquadrate, weakly visible. Frontal carina triangular (Figs. 2 b and 3), pronounced, narrowing between antennal sockets, bearing 2 – 3 setae just under each antennal socket. Antenna: filiform, gracile (Figs. 1, 2 b, and 3), all segments bearing 2 – 5 long setae at apices, antennomeres I and II bearing fewer apical setae and few hairs, apical segments densely invested with short fine hairs. Clypeus: transverse, bearing 2 pairs long setae, below frontal carina. Labrum: slightly broader than long, apical margin gently rounded, bearing four long setae extending beyond apical margin (Fig. 4 a), and multiple pitcher-shaped sensilla or sensory pores. Epipharynx: with anterior edge bearing 7 or 8 short leaf-shaped setae (Fig. 4 c) each side, setae not extending beyond anterior edge, median fraction of anterior edge bearing 3 – 4 pairs short stout setae, broad apical medial groove present, bearing 4 campaniform sensilla each side just laterad of groove, medial area densely invested with microtrichea from just anterior of tormae to well inside pharynx, anterior angles of tormae each bearing circular group of short setae and campaniform sensillae, membranous area mesad and posterior to this group bearing 6 campaniform sensilla each side and 1 pair on midline (Fig. 4 c). Mandible: palmate bearing four dentae (Fig. 4 b) and a series of peglike sensilla on interior surface; mola flattened, surface bearing transverse ridges when unworn and 1 – 2 short setae at base; prostheca bearing short microtrichia (Fig. 4 b), exterior face glabrous. Maxilla (Figs. 5 a and 5 b): cardo bearing two setae at the antero-lateral edge; basistipes bearing two long and two short setae; palpus 4 - segmented, basal segment small bearing 1 campaniform sensilla and 5 sensory pores, 2 nd palpomere narrow at base, bearing one pair lateral setae and 2 peg-like sensilla and 4 minute sensory pores on ventral surface, large sensory pore on dorsal side, 3 rd segment with ventral surface bearing basal patch of 8 sensilla and 6 – 7 long setae (see Fig. 5 a), dorsal surface bearing 10 – 13 setae (Fig. 5 b), apical segment truncate cone, bearing 9 – 11 setae and 8 – 9 sensory pores, dorsal surface bearing short row of 8 – 9 tightly arranged small setae (Fig. 5 b); mediastipes with small patch of sensilla at base of galea; galea with 13 – 17 short stout setae, 9 peltate, and bearing 6 sensory pores, mediastipes bearing 3 – 5 short setae on mesal edge; lacinia heavily invested with thickened setae. Labium (Fig. 5 c): submentum broadly triangular bearing 16 – 18 long setae; mentum with transverse band of fine sensory pores, bearing 2 pairs long setae and 1 pair sensory pores each side, palpus 3 - segmented, basal segment bearing 3 large sensory pores and 2 – 3 small sensory pores on ventral surface, 2 nd palpomere bearing 4 setae and 2 sensory pores; apical segment bearing 2 setae and 4 – 5 sensilla, 2 apical peg-like; prementum bearing 1 pair very long setae between palpi also bearing 3 pairs long setae and 2 pairs short peg-like sensillae apically, these are surrounded by a sclerotized band bearing 2 – 3 sensory pores anteriorly just posterior to palp and many tightly packed stout hairs posteriorly. Hypopharynx densely invested with fine hairs (Fig. 5 c). Pronotum weakly convex, brilliantly shining, appearing impunctate below 403, pronotal margins wide, explanate, with edge rounded as if beaded, anterior pronotal angles produced forward, covering posterior 1 / 3 of eye with head retracted (Figs. 1 and 2 a), bearing one long seta slightly mesad; posterior angles bearing 1 long seta, posterior pronotal margin very weakly bisinuate. Scutellum triangular. Elytral surface shining, finely and densely punctate; humeral pronounced (Figs. 1 and 2 a) elytral margin broad (more than the length of antennomere III at widest point), slightly concave, more coarsely punctate than elytral disc, often transparent, 88 extending almost to elytral suture, posterior 1 / 4 th bearing evenly spaced setae. Epipleuron very broad, almost 23 antennomere III at widest point. Prosternum shining bearing fine hairs visible at higher magnifications (. 253), prosternal process extending to anterior 1 / 2 of Mesosternum, bearing a sharp longitudinal keel its entire length (Fig. 3). Mesosternum slightly concave, posterior margin deeply emarginate to receive central portion of metasternum (see Fig. 3). Metasternum shining, appearing glabrous but lightly invested with fine hairs, slightly convex, anterior medial margin produced anteriorly and ventrally forming a bulbous protuberance. Leg robust, meta-femur incrassate, as wide as length of tarsomeres I – III, first tarsomeres larger on pro- and mesothoracic legs, very pronounced in male; claw appendiculate. Male. Male abdominal sternum VII: bi-sinuate posteriorly, (Fig. 3), widest at center, median internal apodeme clearly visible, appearing as a suture extending from the anterior of sternum VII. Male genitalia with base of Y-shaped tegmen very short. Median lobe (Figs. 6 a – c): robust, broad, with paired lateral, distinct auricles at the basal 1 / 3 rd of the structure; basal foramen elongate, narrow, extending apically almost to auricles of median lobe; dorsal orifice of median lobe bearing a weakly concave dorsal median process, an oblique dorsal lateral process, and two pairs of free apical sclerites, one lateral concave and one apical-medial; ventral lip weakly triangular (Fig. 6 c); endophallus bearing two small sinuate sclerites ventrally near midline. The wider base of the dorsal median process articulates with the primary tube of the median lobe apparently from within the tube, apex of process bearing median carina. Oblique dorsal process, irregular, near triangular in shape, parallelling ventral lip. Dorsal lateral sclerite deeply concave, highly sclerotized and visibly thicker than oblique dorsal process. Apical medial sclerites irregularly triangular in dorsal view, bilobed in lateral view with endophallus slightly everted (Figs. 6 a – c). Female. Tergum VIII (Fig. 7 d): bearing many long setae. Sternite VIII (tignum of Konstantinov 1998 a, b): broad apically, narrowing subapically to long narrow base, apical margin medially invaginated (Fig. 7 b). Gonocoxae (vaginal palpi of Konstantinov 1998 a, b): narrowly conical, weakly sinuate, basally obliquely truncate, each bearing 7 – 8 setae apically and 4 sensory pores (Fig. 7 a). Spermatheca: with receptacle almost tubular with virtually no narrowing from head of the receptacle to the pump; pump curved, bearing a broadly spatulate sinuous flange (Fig. 7 c), large in proportion to receptacle; proximal spermathecal duct long, well sclerotized, coiled multiple times in tight and loose loops ending just before junction of gland valve and distal spermathecal duct; distal spermathecal duct sclerotized, more than 6.53 as long as receptacle, smooth, looping to fit in abdomen; gland valve cup-shaped approximately 33 as wide as distal spermathecal duct. 90 Morphometrics. Adult females length 7.2 – 10.15 mm (mean ¼ 8.91 6 0.59), width 5.15 – 8.15 mm (mean ¼ 6.56 6 0.44), n ¼ 131; Adult males length 6.7 – 8.85 (mean ¼ 7.7 6 0.57), width 4.95 – 6.8 (mean ¼ 5.77 6 0.38), n ¼ 40. Size differences among males and females are not allometric (see Fig. 8).	en	Duckett, Catherine N., Daza, Juan D. (2004): A New Species of Flea Beetle in the Genus Alagoasa Bechyné (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) from Highland Costa Rica. The Coleopterists Bulletin 58 (1): 84-96, DOI: 10.1649/608, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/608
03D8F355FFE5940112878A26FEE990AA.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Known from the highlands of Costa Rica, between 700 and 1,800 m.	en	Duckett, Catherine N., Daza, Juan D. (2004): A New Species of Flea Beetle in the Genus Alagoasa Bechyné (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) from Highland Costa Rica. The Coleopterists Bulletin 58 (1): 84-96, DOI: 10.1649/608, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/608
03D8F355FFE5940112878A26FEE990AA.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype. Male, Costa Rica, Guanacaste. Province, Estación. Cacao, 1,000 – 1,400 m, SW side, Volcán Cacao, R. Blanco and C. Chávez. ‘‘ 323300, 375700, ’’ CRI 000145300. (INBIO). Allotype. Female, ‘‘ Costa Rica: Monteverde V- 22, 1985 B. L. and M. V., light. A. J. Gilbert’ ’ (USNM). Paratypes. COSTA RICA. Prov. Alajuela, Úpala Bijagua, Albergue Heliconias, Send. Lag. Danto, 1,100 m, 15 Apr. – 20 May 2000, A. López, Malise, L-N _ 423760 298100 # 58552, CRI 0003302498; Finca San Gabriel, 2 Km. SW 2 Ríos, 600 m. May 1989, GNP Biodiv. Survey UTM 318800, 383500, CRI 001004773. Prov. Cartago: El Llano, Embalse NR Tapanti, 1,500 m, 22 Sep. 1990. B. C. Ratcliffe. (UNSM); 2 specimens, Ref. Nac. Tapanti N 429, W 83 469, Elev. 4,2009, 20 – 21 May 1995, B. Ratcliffe and M. Jameson (UNSM); Quebrada Segunda, Ref. Nac. Fauna Silv., P. N. Tapanti, 1,150 m, Jan. 1992 G. Mora and F. Quesada, L-N 194000 _ 559800, CRI 000529566 (CASC), CRI 000529568, CRI 000529608; Quebrada Segunda, Ref. Nac. Fauna Silv., P. N. Tapanti, 1,250 m Mar. 1992, R. Vargas, L-N 194000, 560000, CRI 000883231, CRI 000883232, CRI 000883233, CRI 000895076, CRI 000895079; Quebrada Segunda, Ref. Nac. Fauna Silv., P. N. Tapanti, Mar. 1992, G. Mora, L-N 194000, 560000, CRI 000746941; May 1992, G. Mora, L-N 194000, 560000, CRI 000950309; 1,250 m, Aug. 1992, G. Mora, L N 194000 _ 559800, CRI 000806958 (CASC), CRI 000806959; Nov. 1992, G. Mora, L-N 194000 _ 560000, CRI 000985078, CRI 000985177; Quebrada Segunda, Ref. Nac. Fauna Silv., P. N. Tapanti, 18 – 28 Feb. 1993, F. A. Quesada, L-N 194000 _ 560000, CRI 001211079, CRI 001211080, CRI 001211081, CRI 001211083, CRI 001211085, CRI 001211086, CRI 001211101; Quebrada Segunda, Ref. Nac. Fauna Silv., P. N. Tapanti, Feb. 1993. G. Mora. L-N 194000 _ 560000, CRI 0; Apr. 1993. G. Mora, L N 194000 _ 560000 # 1994, CRI 001293688, CRI 001293689; Quebrada Segunda, Ref. Nac. Fauna Silv., P. N. Tapanti, Oct. 1993, 1,300 m, G. Mora, L N 194000 _ 559800, CRI 001129033; Quebrada Segunda, Ref. Nac. Fauna Silv., P. N. Tapanti, 1,150 m Jan. 1994, G. Mora, L N 194000 _ 559800 # 2578, CRI 001830985; Quebrada 92 Segunda, Ref. Nac. Fauna Silv., P. N. Tapanti, 1,650 m Feb. 1994. G. Mora, L N 185900 _ 563360 # 2785, CRI 001750530 (USNM), CRI 001750531, CRI 001750533, CRI 001913823; Quebrada Segunda, Ref. Nac. Fauna Silv., P. N. Tapanti, 1,150 m Mar. 1994. G. Mora, L N 194000 _ 559800 # 2681, CRI 001733740; La Represa, 1,650 m 23 Mar. 1994, G. Mora, A. Solis, E. Ulate, L N 185900 _ 563360 # 2783, CRI 001964125; La Catarata, 1,700 m Jul. 1994, G. Mora, L N 190900 _ 560300 # 3011, CRI 002048370; Quebrada Segunda, Ref. Nac. Fauna Silv., P. N. Tapanti, 1,300 m Apr. 1994. G. Mora, L N 194000 _ 559800 # 2813, CRI 001767998; R. Grande de Orosi, desde Puente R. Dos Amigos hasta la Represa, 1,800 m, Feb. 1995, R. Delgado. L _ N _ 186600 _ 562000 # 4416, CRI 002242857, CRI 002242858; R. Grande de Orosi, desde Puente R. Dos Amigos hasta la Represa, 1,400 – 1,800 m, Mar. 1995. R. Delgado. L _ N _ 186600 _ 562000 # 4418, CRI 002253229, CRI 002253246, CRI 002255341, CRI 002255343, CRI 002255347, CRI 002255349; La Represa, 1,800 m Apr. 1995, R. Delgado, de Luz L _ N _ 185900 _ 563300 # 4825, CRI 002190488. Prov. Guanacaste: Finca La Luz. 1,000 m. W. side Volcán Cacao: 3 – 8 Aug. 1986, D. H. Janzen and W. Hallwachs, CRI 0002611964, CRI 002609920, CRI 002609940, CRI 002609943, CRI 002609944, CRI 002611963; Estac. Mengo, La Cruz, A. C. G. Parque Nal. Gte., Ladera SW Volcán Cacao, 1,100 m 26 Jun. 1987. Janzen. Manual (Red. Libre) L- N _ 330200 _ 375700 # 52580188, CRI 0003353851; Liberia, Bosque Primario 1,000 m 11 – 13 Jun. 1987. Janzen. Manual (Red. Libre) L-N _ 322740 _ 375198 # 52598, CRI 0003354845; Derrumbe, 1,400 m, W side Volcán Cacao. 5 Jun. 1988, Janzen and Hallwachs, CRI 001004497, CRI 001004498; Estac. Pitilla, 700 m, 9 km S Santa Cecilia, Jul. 1988, GNP Biodiversity Survey, W 885 259400, N 108599260, CRI 001004772; Estac. Pitilla, 700 m, 9 km S Santa Cecilia, Nov. 1988, GNP Biodiversity Survey, L-N 330200 _ 380200. CRI 0001098; SW. side Volcán Cacao, 1,100 m, Feb. 1989, GNP Biodiversity Survey W 858259100, N 108559430, CRI 001004556, CRI 001004697; Estac. Pitilla, 700 m, 9 km S Santa Cecilia, May 1,989, GNP Biodiversity Survey, L-N 330200 _ 380200, CRI 001004534; Estac. Cacao, 1,000 – 1,400 m, SW side Volcán Cacao, Sep. 1989, Blanco and C. Chaves, L N 323300 _ 375700, CRI 001004552, CRI 001004590, CRI 001004591, CRI 001004592; Estac. Cacao, 1,000 – 1,400 m, SW side Volcán Cacao, Oct. 1989, URCG R. Blanco and C. Chaves, L-N 323300 _ 375700, CRI 00029850; Estac. Cacao, 1,000 – 1,400 m, SW side Volcán Cacao, Oct. – Dec. 1989, B. Guadamuz ,, L-N 323300 _ 375700, CRI 000445956; Estac. Cacao, 1,000 – 1,400 m, SW side Volcán Cacao, Nov. – Dec. 1989, URCG R. Blanco and C. Chaves, L-N 323300 _ 375700, CRI 000145302, CRI 000145303, CRI 000148192, CRI 000148193, CRI 000148208 (CNDC), CRI 000148213, CRI 000148230; Estac. Pitilla, 700 m, 9 km S Santa Cecilia, Dec. 1989, C. Moraga and P. Rios, L-N 330200 _ 380200, CRI 000166551; Estac. Pitilla, 700 m, 9 km S Santa Cecilia, Apr. 1990, P. Rios, L-N 330200 _ 380200, CRI 000615342; Estac. Cacao, 1,000 – 1,400 m, SW side Volcán Cacao, Jun. 1990, ‘‘ II curso Parataxon. ’’ L-N 323300 _ 375700, CRI 000225438, CRI 000225728 (UVC), CRI 000225731, CRI 000226123, CRI 000226169; Estac. Cacao, 1,000 – 1,400 m, SW side Volcán Cacao, Nov. – Dec. 1990, A. Guadamuz, L-N 323300 _ 375700, CRI 000298096; Estac. Cacao, 1,000 – 1,400 m, SW side Volcán Cacao, Elfín Rainforest 91, May 1991,? L-N 323300 _ 375700, CRI 000515860; Estac. Cacao, 1,000 – 1,400 m, SW side Volcán Cacao, May 1991 C. Chaves, L-N 323300 _ 375700, CRI 000563775 CRI, 000563776, CRI 000563779 (CNDC), CRI 000563780, CRI 000563781, CRI 000563782, CRI 000570963; Río San Lorenzo, 1,050 m, Tierras Morenas, R. F. Cord. Guanacaste, Jun. 1991, C. Alvarado, L-N 287800 _ 427600, CRI 000668680; Estac. Pitilla, 700 m, 9 km S Santa Cecilia, Set. 1991, C. Moraga, L-N 330200 _ 380200, CRI 000460635; 2 – 15 May 1992, C. Moraga, L-N 330200 _ 380200, CRI 000405398, CRI 000405399, CRI 000405422, CRI 000405439; Estac. Cacao, 1,000 – 1,400 m, SW side Volcán Cacao, 11 Sep. – 11 Oct. 1991, D. García, L-N 323300 375700, CRI 000349710 (UVC); Río San Lorenzo, 1,050 m, Tierras Morenas, R. F. Cord. Guanacaste, Dec. 1991, C. Alvarado, L-N 287800 _ 427600, CRI 000354360; Río San Lorenzo, 1,050 m, Tierras Morenas, 23 Mar. – 21 Apr. 1992, M. Segura, L-N 287800 _ 427600, CRI 000414935; Río San Lorenzo, 1,050 m, Tierras Morenas, R. F. Cord. Guanacaste, Jan. 1992, C. Alvarado, L-N 287800 _ 427600, CRI 000557243; Sector Las Palmas, 5.5 km. SSW Volcán Rincón de la Vieja, 1,400 m 11 Jun. 1994, D. García, L-N 307943 _ 389422 # 3045, CRI 002384792; Derrumbe, Estac. Cacao, W. side Volcán Cacao, 1,400 m: 21 – 29 May 1992, III curso Parataxon., L-N 323700 _ 376700, CRI 000409736, CRI 000409739, CRI 000409740, CRI 000409741, CRI 000409742, CRI 000409743, CRI 000409744, CRI 000423485 (BMNH), CRI 000423486, CRI 000423487 (MCZC), CRI 000423539, CRI 000423556, CRI 000423557, CRI 000423558, CRI 000423559, CRI 000423560, CRI 000423561, CRI 000423562, CRI 000423563, CRI 000423564, CRI 000423565, CRI 000423566, CRI 000423567, CRI 000866580, CRI 000866581, CRI 000866582, CRI 000866583, CRI 000866584, CRI 000866585, CRI 000866586, CRI 000866587, CRI 000866588, CRI 000866589, CRI 000866590, CRI 000866591, CRI 000866592, CRI 000866593, CRI 000866594, CRI 000866595, CRI 000866596, CRI 000866597, CRI 000866598, CRI 000866599; Estac. Cacao, W. side Volcán Cacao, 1,000 – 1,400 m, 21 – 29 May 1992, Z. Fuentes, L-N 323300 _ 375700, CRI 000714077 (MCZC); Estac. Cacao, W. side Volcán Cacao, 1,000 – 1,400 m, 21 – 29 May 1992, K. Taylor, L-N 323300 _ 375700, CRI 000858733, CRI 000858735; Estac. Cacao, SW side Volcán Cacao, 800 – 1,600 m, 12 – 17 Jul. 1993, G. Carballo, L S 323300 _ 375700 # 2213, CRI 001824309; Estac. Pitilla, 700 m, 9 km S Santa Cecilia, Jul. 1994, C. Moraga, L-N 330200 _ 380200, # 3158, CRI 002001124; Estac. Pitilla, 700 m, 9 km S Santa Cecilia, Jul. 1994, P. Rios, L-N 330200 _ 380200, # 3140, CRI 002048689 (USNM); Estac. Cacao, SW side Volcán Cacao, 800 – 1,600 m, 1,100 – 1,650 m, 8 – 18 Feb. 1995, R. Villalobos, L _ N _ 323100 _ 375800 # 4443, CRI 002183509; Estac. Cacao, SW side Volcán Cacao, 1,100 m, 7 – 18 Feb. 1995, E. Alfaro, L _ N _ 323100 _ 375800 # 4591, CRI 002183999; Estac. Pitilla, 800 – 1,100 m, 9 km S Santa Cecilia, Sector Orosilito, 3 – 24 Apr. 1995, E. Alfaro, L-N 328650 378600 # 4600, CRI 002140693, CRI 002140695, CRI 002140696, CRI 002140697, CRI 002140698; Estac. Pitilla, 800 – 1,100 m, 9 km S Santa Cecilia, Sector Orosilito, 7 Apr. 1995, M. Moraga, de Luz, L-N 328650 378600 # 4722, CRI 002199928, CRI 002199929; Coopelares, Sector Las Pailas, 1,600 m 24 Jun. – 10 Jul. 1995, K. Taylor, L-N _ 311400 _ 389400 # 6199, CRI 002426704; Estac. Cacao, SW side Volcán Cacao, 1,000 – 1,400 m, 30 Aug. 1995, C. Moraga, de Luz L-N _ 323100 _ 375800 # 6410, CRI 002357068; Hda. Santa María, 750 m, Set. 1996, D. Briceño, F. A. Quesada, A. Solís, E. Araya and C. Moraga, L-N _ 304700 _ 393300 # 8347, CRI 002556934; Estac. Cacao, SW side Volcán Cacao, 1,150 – 1,250, Jun. 1996. Faldas C. Moraga, I. Villegas, CRI 002422770, CRI 002422771; Estac. Pitilla, 700 m, 9 km S Santa Cecilia, Jun. 1996, P. Rios. de Luz, L-N 329950 _ 380450, # 8268, CRI 002470618. Prov. Heredia, Transecto, Braulio Carrillo N. P. 1,100 – 1,500 m, Oct. 1989, R. Aguilar and M. Zumbado, CRI 000131924. Prov. Puntarenas, Estac. La Casona, Res. Biol. Monteverde, 1,250 m, Nov. 1990, E. Bello, L-N 253250 _ 449700, 94 CRI 000307119 (BMNH); Estac. La Casona, Res. Biol. Monteverde, 1,520 m, Jun. 1991, N. Obando, L-N 253250 _ 449700 # 1714, CRI 001694118; Estac. La Casona, Res. Biol. Monteverde, 1,520 m, Aug. 1991, N. Obando, L N 253250, 449700, CRI 001357714; Estac. La Casona, Res. Biol. Monteverde, 1,520 m, Dec. 1992, N. Obando L-N 253250, 449700, CRI 000895984; CRI 000978893; 1,520 m, 11 – 31 Mar. 1996, K. Martínez, de Luz L _ N _ 253900 _ 449300 # 7640, CRI 002422354. Prov. San José, Estac. Santa Elena, Pérez Zeledón, 1,650 m, 21 – 29 Jul. 1999, J. Rodríguez. Manual L-S _ 373000 _ 507500 # 57318, CRI 0003165565. Other material examined: PANAMA. Chiriqui Pr. Reserva La Fortuna Quijada del Diablo 4 km. N. Hornito 2 Aug. 1997 A. R. Gillogly. (TAMU) NICARAGUA: Zelaya Cerro Saslaya Camp 3,950 m, Apr. 1999, J. M. Maes and B. Hernández, UTM- 713150 / 152 1450. (SEAN)	en	Duckett, Catherine N., Daza, Juan D. (2004): A New Species of Flea Beetle in the Genus Alagoasa Bechyné (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) from Highland Costa Rica. The Coleopterists Bulletin 58 (1): 84-96, DOI: 10.1649/608, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/608
03D8F355FFE5940112878A26FEE990AA.taxon	etymology	Etymology. From the Latin aurora for dawn alluding to the nocturnal habits, red color and commemorative for Aurora Lauzardo who is equally brilliant and also possesses a unique combination of characteristics. Gender is feminine.	en	Duckett, Catherine N., Daza, Juan D. (2004): A New Species of Flea Beetle in the Genus Alagoasa Bechyné (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) from Highland Costa Rica. The Coleopterists Bulletin 58 (1): 84-96, DOI: 10.1649/608, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/608
03D8F355FFE5940112878A26FEE990AA.taxon	biology_ecology	Biology. Alagoasa aurora is biologically interesting because of it is frequently collected at light, (see label data, E. G. Riley pers. comm.) Nocturnal habits are unusual for so brightly colored a beetle. Host plant and immature stages are unknown.	en	Duckett, Catherine N., Daza, Juan D. (2004): A New Species of Flea Beetle in the Genus Alagoasa Bechyné (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) from Highland Costa Rica. The Coleopterists Bulletin 58 (1): 84-96, DOI: 10.1649/608, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/608
03D8F355FFE5940112878A26FEE990AA.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Another closely related species has been collected at La Fortuna reserve in Panama´. This undescribed species is very similar to Alagoasa aurora with the exception of much larger eyes, each eye being 3 / 8 of the width of the head and bearing extremely large facets, in the very lightly colored pronotal margins by the iridescent greenish tinge to the body coloration. Additionally the specimen collected in Nicaragua (see other material) is significantly different from the norm that we consider to be Alagoasa aurora; we suspect that it is a different species. It differs in having opaque and lusterless elytra, femoral apices and tibia picieous, spermatheca with pump narrow and pronounced in comparison with the receptacle and gonocoxae with base more than 43 as broad as in A. aurora. DNA. DNA sequences were submitted to Gen-bank from a specimen collected at 1,070 m above La Selva. The sequences bear accession numbers AF 545066, D 2 gene, large subunit (28 S) ribosomal fragment, and AF 545065, mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase I fragment.	en	Duckett, Catherine N., Daza, Juan D. (2004): A New Species of Flea Beetle in the Genus Alagoasa Bechyné (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) from Highland Costa Rica. The Coleopterists Bulletin 58 (1): 84-96, DOI: 10.1649/608, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/608
