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Agra superba

RECOGNITION.—Head spotted. Elytra brilliant metallic green. Legs reddish, with contrasting black knees. Head laterad behind eye evenly rounded to neck.

Size: ABL= 20.05–20.32 mm; SBL= 18.47–18.67 mm; TW=4.75–5.21 mm; LH=3.82–3.87 mm; LP=4.53–4.67 mm; LE=10.12–10.13 mm.

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION (Figure 96).—Northern and eastern Amazon Basin in the Rio Negro and Rio Tapajos drainage systems.

SPECIMENS EXAMINED.—Holotype: , VENEZUELA, Amazonas: confluence of Rio Negro and Rio Baria, 00°55′N, 066° 10′W, Mar-Apr (Padilla) (ZSM), ADP 04326*.

Paratype: BRAZIL, Para: Fordlandia, 03°47′S, 055°29′W, 1 , Feb (Pereira and Machado) (USNM), ADP 69362.
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Erwin, Terry L. 2000. "Arboreal beetles of Neotropical forests : Agra Fabricius, the Novaurora complex: Coleoptera:Carabidae:Lebiini:Calleidina." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-33. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.608