Agra dable

Agra dable is a species of carabid beetle. The holotype was collected in Costa Rica and first described to science in 2002.[1]

Agra dable
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Agra
Species:
A. dable
Binomial name
Agra dable
Erwin, 2002[1]

Description

Agra dable measure 14.5–18.0 mm in length and 4.28–4.70 mm in width. They are coloured black and shiny, with the tips of the mandibles red. They are very similar to Agra solisi.[1]

Etymology

Terry L. Erwin, who described the species, explained that the specific epithet of the binomial nomenclature is dable because "dable, is part of the Spanish word, agradable, meaning "pleasing."[1]

Other species in the genus Agra named by Erwin include Agra liv, named after Liv Tyler, and Agra schwarzeneggeri, named after Arnold Schwarzenegger.[2]

References

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