Cregya entrerios OPITZ nov.sp. (Figs 48a, 139, 361)

Holotype: ♂. Type locality: ARGENTINA, I.1990, Prov. Entre Rios, Dept. Colon, Liebig (RGCG).

D i a g n o s i s: The three-pronged testaceous marking near the the base of the elytral sutural margin will distinguish the members of this species from congeners.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 5.0 mm; width 1.3 mm. Form: As in Fig. 361. Color: Cranial dorsum dark brown, venter light brown; antenna, legs, and abdomen testaceous; prothorax mostly brown, pronotum with two paralateral black vittae, venter yellow; pterothorax dark brown; elytra bicolorous, disc mostly dark brown, epipleural margin broadly testaceous to elytral apex, sutural margin broadly testaceous to elytral apex, anteriorly testaceous sutural margin transforms to three-pronged testaceous marking. Head: Cranium coarsely punctate; antenna (Fig. 48a) capitate, funicular antennomeres shorter towards capitulum, capitular antennomeres 8 and 9 triangular, antennomere 10 ovoid; eyes large, coarsely facetted, eye narrower than frons (EW/FW 20/30). Thorax: Pronotum (Fig. 139) quadrate (PW/PL 70/70), disc coarsely punctate, lateral tubercle well developed; elytra sculptured with 9 striae of asetiferous punctures that dissipate near elytral apex (EL/EW 200/45). Abdomen: Pygidium scutiform; aedeagus examined, then lost.

N a t u r a l H i s t o r y: The holotype was collected during January.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: This species is known from Argentina.

E t y m o l o g y: The trivial name, entrerios, is a noun in apposition and refers to the type locality.