Axina rio Opitz, new species

Figures 35, 71, 108.

Type material. Holotype. Male. Type locality: Rio Jan. Fry ( Brazil, Rio de Janeiro) (BMNH) . Paratype: One specimen. Brazil: Estado do Minas Gerais, Caraca,?-?-1885, Gounelle (MNHN).

Diagnosis. In specimens of A. rio the elytral disc shows a distinct angular midelytral fascia, which is not the case in similar specimens of A. chiasta .

Description. Size. Length 14.0 mm; width 3.2 mm. Form. As in Fig. 108. Color. Cranium bicolorous, frons castaneous, remainder black; antenna testaceous; thorax light castaneous; elytra bicolorous, mostly testaceous, humerus black, disc with 2 angular fasciae, one at middle and one broader before apex, midelytral fascia does not reach sutural margin, preapical fascia reaches sutural margin; legs bicolorous, distal ½ of femora and proximal 1/3 black, remainder of legs testaceous; abdomen testaceous. Head. Cranium coarsely punctate, frons about as wide as length of antennal pedicel; EW/FW 60/20. Thorax. Pronotum coarsely punctate at sides, finely punctate in middle, with 2 tumescences, slightly concave at middle; PW/PL 140/170; elytra, asetiferous punctures scattered, punctures extend to elytral apical 3/4, width of interstitial spaces variable; EL/EW 600/100. Abdomen. Aedeagus (Fig. 35), phallobasic lobes short, broad and slightly bent distally; phallic plates minutely serrate subapically; phallobasic apodeme abbreviated.

Variation. The two available specimens are quite homogeneous.

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

Etymology. The specific epithet, rio, is a noun in apposition and refers to the type locality.