Axina ochra Opitz, new species

Figures 34, 71, 112.

Type material. Holotype. Male. Type locality: BOLIVIA: Santa Cruz, El Refugio Los Volcanes, Elev. 3,363’, X/1- 10/08, Morris & Wappes (FSCA) . Paratype. One specimen. Bolivia: Departamento de Santa Cruz, 3.7 km SSE Buena Vista, Hotel Flora & Fauna, 14-19-X- 2000, 430 m, tropical transition forest, M. C. Thomas (FSCA).

Diagnosis. The completely yellow dorsum will distinguish these beetles from congeners.

Description. Size. Length 8.0 mm; width 2.0 mm. Form. As in Fig. 112. Color. Yellow, except antennae, tibiae, and tarsi black. Head. Cranium finely punctate, frons about as wide as length of antennal pedicel; EW/FW 45/15. Thorax. Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 tumescences, concave at middle; PW/PL 95/120; elytra, asetiferous punctures substriate, punctures extend to elytron middle, width of interstitial spaces variable; EL/EW 360/65. Abdomen. Aedeagus (Fig. 34), phallobasic lobes very short, narrowly separated; margin of phallic plates serrate, phallic apex extended; phallobasic apodeme abbreviated.

Variation. Size. Length 7.0–8.0 mm; width 1.5–2.0 mm. Other than body size, the available specimens are quite homogeneous.

Natural history. Specimens were collected in Bolivia during October, at 430 and 1,025 m.

Distribution (for map see Fig. 71). This species is known from Bolivia.

Etymology. The specific epithet, ochra, is a Greek name derived from ochros (= pale yellow). I refer to the predominant color of these beetles.

analis species group

The female members of this group are characterized by showing a trilobed pygidium. There are six species in this group whose geographical distribution involves Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay.