Omophoita magniguttis Bechyné, 1955a

(Figs 8, 15, 22, 26)

References: Bechyné 1958a: 677; Seeno et al. 1976: 32 ( Homophoeta); Bechyné 1957b: 19; ( Homophoeta aequinoctialis magniguttis) Scherer 1960: 257; Bechyné & Bechyné,1971: 296.

Type: Omophoita magniguttis: Bechyné 1955a: 5 . Brazil, Rio de Janeiro , Muri, Wittmer, W., I–III 1952. Deposit institution: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland .

Length: 6,25–7,16 mm.

Head: dark brown to black. Large pale macula extending to the vertex, rounded. Two pale maculae visible at the lower portion of the frons. Mouthparts: labrum with fourteen setae. Antennae: black.

Prothorax: pronotum yellowish. Metathorax and mesothorax: light brownish. Elytra: elytral integument reddish-brown. Ten total pale maculae visible; six triangular-shaped maculae on the upper median portion of the elytral, arranged radially in a circle, and two macules in the posterior portion of elytra, with an oval aspect, two small maculae at the anterior humeral region. Scutellum: triangular, posterior portion rounded. Legs: femurs brownish, tibiae and tarsi black.

Abdomen: light brownish. Male Aedeagus Median lobe (Fig. 22): Ventral sclerite not visible in dorsal view. Apical hood rounded; dorsal median process visible; proximal portion of the dorsal median process wider than the apex; with two broad and parallel projections at the apex, semi-triangular, base of the projections wider than the apex. Dorsal lateral sclerite visible, subtrapezoid, poorly defined. Oblique dorsal process ventrally curved; apex visible in dorsal view, rounded. Female Tignum (Fig. 26): base wider than the apex; hood-like structure in the median portion present (Fig. 4); median portion sclerotized; median portion distal with the same width of the apex of the distal portion; distal portion with wide apex, lateral margins divergent.

Specimens studied: BRAZIL: Paraná: Ponta Grossa, Almeida, M. C. 21.X.2007 1 ♁ (LabGev-UEPG); Grossa, Almeida, M. C. 21.X.2007 1 ♀ (LabGev-UEPG) .

Observed distribution in the Southern Brazil: Paraná ( Antonina, Ponta Grossa) (Fig. 31).