Cregya maura OPITZ nov.sp. (Figs 91, 115, 323)

Holotype: ♀. Type locality: BRAZIL: Manaus, AM. INPA/ Smithsonian fst, 2°25'S 59°50'W, R. K. Didham. Ii.1994. A second label reads: Canopy fog Frst Edge transect, 420 metres 2/65 (BMNH).

D i a g n o s i s: The body dorsum of this very small (3 mm) beetle is entirely black. This characteristic will distinguish the members of this species from congeners.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 3.0 mm; width 1.0 mm. Form: As in Fig. 323. Color: Cranium and prothoracic venter yellow; antenna black. pronotum, pterothorax, elytra, and abdomen black; legs bicolorous, femora and tibiae yellow, tarsi brown. Head: Cranium finely punctate; antenna (Fig. 91) capitate, funicular antennomeres shorter towards capitulum, capitular antennomeres 8 and 9 triangular, antennomere 10 ovoid; eyes large, coarsely facetted, eye broader than frons (EW/FW 18/15). Thorax: Pronotum (Fig. 115) quadrate (PW/PL 50/50), disc coarsely punctate, lateral tubercle well developed; elytra sculptured with 9 striae of asetiferous punctures that dissipate at elytral distal 2/3 rd (EL/EW 220/65). Abdomen: Pygidium scutiform.

N a t u r a l H i s t o r y: The holotype was collected by fogging tree canopy, in February at 420 m.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: ThisspeciesisknownfromBrazil.

E t y m o l o g y: The trivial name, maura, is a Greek adjective that stems from mauras (= dark); with reference to the dark body color of this beetle.