A peer-reviewed open-access journal ZooKeysNeotropical 742: 57–90 (2018)Thoasia Liebke, 1939 and Straneotia Mateu, 1961 of the Cryptobatida group... 57 doi: 10.3897/zookeys.742.22900 RESEARCH ARTICLE http://zookeys.pensoft.net Launched to accelerate biodiversity research Neotropical Thoasia Liebke, 1939 and Straneotia Mateu, 1961 of the Cryptobatida group, subtribe Agrina: Taxonomic revisions with notes on their ways of life (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini) Terry L. Erwin1, Charlotte Aldebron1 1 Hyper-diversity Group, Department of Entomology, MRC-187, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, Washington D.C. 20013-7012, U.S.A. Corresponding author: Terry L. Erwin (
[email protected]) Academic editor: L. Penev | Received 11 December 2017 | Accepted 12 February 2018 | Published 12 March 2018 http://zoobank.org/E50E81C2-8E7A-419A-8705-ECD367A6D7B5 Citation: Erwin TL, Aldebron C (2018) Neotropical Thoasia Liebke, 1939 and Straneotia Mateu, 1961 of the Cryptobatida group, subtribe Agrina: Taxonomic revisions with notes on their ways of life (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini). ZooKeys 742: 57–90. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.742.22900 Abstract Thoasia Liebke, 1939 and Straneotia Mateu, 1961 of the Cryptobatida group, subtribe Agrina, Lebiini, living in the Neotropics are diagnosed, described, and illustrated. Occurrences of known species ranges are limited to the northern and western Amazon Basin and Guyana Shield. The following species are described as new: Thoasia surinamensis Erwin & Aldebron, sp. n., Suriname, Thoasia pterosmaragdosAlde - bron & Erwin, sp. n., French Guiana, Thoasia manu Erwin & Aldebron, sp. n., Ecuador, Perú; Straneotia cylindroceps Erwin & Aldebron, sp. n., French Guiana, Straneotia confundis Aldebron & Erwin, sp.