Axina megaspina Opitz, new species

Figures 30, 72, 122.

Type material. Holotype. Male. Type locality: BOLIVIA, S. Cruz Dept. 20 km N Camiri Rd to Eyti, 8-9-XII. 2015, Wappes & Kuckartz (FSCA). A second label reads: & Skillman, 6–8 km E Hwy 9 El 1250 m, 19°52 ′ S 63°29 ′ W.

Diagnosis. The prothoracic femur is bicolorous in the members of this species; it is unicolorous in superficially similar specimens of A. fasciata .

Description. Size. Length 10.2 mm; width 2.3 mm. Form. As in Fig. 122. Color. Cranium black; antenna testaceous; prothorax bicolorous, venter and middle of disc testaceous; pterothorax mostly testaceous, infuscated anteriorly; elytra bicolorous, mostly testaceous, epipleural margin broadly black, black region extends mesally at humerus, elytral middle and prepapically broadly extended across sutural margin near apex; legs bicolorous, distal ½ of femora and proximal region of tibiae black, remainder of legs testaceous. Head. Cranium finely punctate, frons wider than length of antennal pedicel; EW/FW 40/25. Thorax. Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 tumescences, concave at middle; PW/PL 115/150; elytra, asetiferous punctures subseriate, punctures extend to elytral ½, interstitial spaces wide; EL/EW 480/90. Abdomen. Aedeagus (Fig. 30), phallobase with large spine near lobes; phallobasic lobes slightly diverging; edges of phallic plates minutely serrate; phallobasic apodeme abbreviated.

Natural history. The holotype was collected in December at 1,250 m.

Distribution (for map see Fig. 72). This species is known from Bolivia.

Etymology. The specific epithet, magaspina, is a compound name that stems from the Greek megas (= large) and the Latin spina (= spine). I refer to the very large spine at the base of the phallobasic lobes.