Axina piperata Opitz, new species

Figures 62, 73, 104.

Type material. Holotype. Female. Type locality: S. Antonio da Barra, Pr. De Bahia, 11-XII-1888, Gounelle (Brazil) (MNHN).

Diagnosis. The encircled brown asetiferous punctures, which are diffused throughout the elytral disc against a pale ground color, will distinguish the holotype specimen from those of congener species.

Description. Size. Length 10.0 mm; width 2.5 mm. Form. As in Fig. 104. Color. Cranium brown; antenna testaceous; prothorax bicolorous, mostly brown, with pale streaks in middle of disc; pterothorax brown; elytra bicolorous, mostly flavotestaceous, with light brown tinge at humerus, elytron middle, and near elytral apex; asetiferous punctures encircled in brown; legs bicolorous, distal ½ of femora and proximal ½ of tibiae brown, remainder of legs flavotestaceous; abdomen flavotestaceous. Head. Cranium finely punctate, frons about as wide as length of antennal pedicel; EW/FW 50/15. Thorax. Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 paralateral spheroid tumescences, disc narrowly concave near middle; PW/PL 110/160; elytra, asetiferous punctures scattered, punctures extend posteriorly to elytral 3/4, interstitial spaces very wide; EL/EW 440/90. Abdomen. Female pygidium with a reflexed flap (Fig. 62).

Distribution (for map see Fig. 73). This species is known from Brazil.

Etymology. The specific epithet, piperata, is a Latin name that stems from piper (= pepper). I refer to the sprinkled-like appearance of the brown elytral asetiferous punctures.