Axina macilenta Opitz, new species

Figures 70, 85.

Type material. Holotype. Female. Type locality: Mineiro Goyaz, BRÉSIL. A second label reads: 202. A third label reads: MUSEUM PARIS, BRÉSIL, GOYAS: MINEIRO, H. DONCKIER, 1912 (MNHN).

Diagnosis. The atypical narrow body form, as depicted in Fig. 85, will distinguish the members of this species from congeners.

Description. Size. Length 12.0 mm; width 2.2 mm. Form. As in Fig. 85. Color. Cranium castaneous; antenna testaceous; thorax, legs, and abdomen flavotestaceous; elytra bicolorous, mostly flavotestaceous, each elytron with basal and subapical broad dark brown fascia. Head. Cranium finely punctate, frons about as wide as length of antennal pedicel; EW/FW 50/15. Thorax. Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 tumescences, concave at middle; PW/ PL 110/140; elytra, few asetiferous punctures concentrated in middle of disc proximal to sutural margin EL/EW 500/80. Abdomen. Pygidium scutiform.

Distribution (for map see Fig. 70). This species is known from Brazil.

Etymology. The specific epithet, macilenta, is a Latin adjective derived from macer (= thin). I refer to the narrow body form of this beetle.