Axina latilinea Opitz, new species

Figures 61, 70, 90.

Type material. Holotype. Female. Type locality: PROV. DE SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO, BORDS DU RIO SAL- ADO, ENV.D’ICAÑO. MISTOL PASO, E. R. WAGNER 1909 (Argentina). A second label reads: OCTOBER (MNHN).

Diagnosis. The wide castaneous and flavotestaceous fasciae on the elytral disc, as depicted in Fig. 90, will distinguish the members of this species from congeners.

Description. Size. Length 10.5 mm; width 2.7 mm. Form. As in Fig. 90. Color. Cranium, thorax, and legs black; antenna testaceous; elytra bicolorous, each elytron with 3 castaneous and 2 flavotestaceous fasciae, elytral apex flavotestaceous. Head. Cranium coarsely punctate, frons wider than length of antennal pedicel; EW/FW 50/30. Thorax. Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 tumescences, concave at middle; PW/PL 130/160; elytra, asetiferous punctures concentrated in middle of disc, one striae proximal to sutural margin; EL/EW 420/90. Abdomen. Pygidium scutiform, posterior margin with acumination at middle (Fig. 61).

Natural history. The holotype was collected in October.

Distribution (For a map see Fig. 70). This species is known from Argentina.

Etymology. The specific epithet, latilinea, is a Latin compound name derived from the prefix lati - (= wide) and linea (= line). I refer to the broad fascia on the elytral disc.