Axina adelosa Opitz, new species

Figures 43, 69, 82.

Type material. Holotype. Male. Type locality: São Paulo (Cantareira), Brazil, Feb, B. Pohl (WFBM) . Paratypes. 5 specimens. Brazil: Estado do Bahia, Villa Victoria,?-?-1890, Ch. Pujol (MNHN, 1; WOPC, 1) ; Itapetinga,?- XI-1967, F. M. Oliveira (WOPC, 1) ; Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Petropolis, collection date not noted, F. Sahlberg (SDEI, 1) . Paraguay:?-?-188?, Drake (SDEI, 1) .

Diagnosis. There are two faintly visible brown fasciae on the elytral disc. This characteristic will distinguish the members of this species from congeners.

Description. Size. Length 9.0 mm; width 2.2 mm. Form. As in Fig. 82. Color. Testaceous, except each elytron with 3 faintly visible light brown markings, one at humeral angle, one at elytron middle, and one preapical. Head. Cranium finely punctate, frons slightly wider than length of antennal pedicel; EW/FW 45/15. Thorax. Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 tumescences, concave at middle; PW/PL 100/140; elytra with few asetiferous punctures concentrated in basal half near sutural margin, one stria adjacent to sutural margin extended from elytron middle to elytral base; EL/EW 385/70. Abdomen. Aedeagus (Fig. 43), phallobasic lobes long, widely separated; phallic plates with one spine at apical 1/3; phallobasic apodeme abbreviated.

Variation. Size. Length 9.0–10.0 mm; width 2.2–2.3 mm. Except for body size, the available specimens are quite homogeneous.

Natural history. The holotype was collected in Brazil during February and November.

Distribution (for map see Fig. 69). This species occurs in Brazil and Paraguay.

Etymology. The specific epithet, adelosa, is a Greek adjective that stems from adelos (= obscure). I refer to the dimly visible light brown markings on the elytral disc.