Labasiella santa, nov.sp.

Labasiella santa OPITZ nov.sp. (Figs 7, 34, 70, 86)

Holotype: ♂. BOLIVIA, Santa Cruz, Above Achira, Rd. to Floripondo 1900 m, 10 December, 2011. A second label reads: 18°09'S 63°47'W, Wappes, Bonaso & R. Morris (MNKM). Paratype: 1 specimen from the same locality as the holotype (ACMT).

Diagnosis: Within Labasiella a narrow angular midelytral fascia is found in L. latus, L. santa, L. tocumanensis, and L. varipennis, but L. santa specimens differ by having very small elytral punctures.

Description: Size: Length 6.0 mm; width 2.0 mm. Form: As in Fig. 86. Integument: Cranium and thorax dark castaneous, lower frons and gula light castaneous; antenna and mouthparts testaceous, except mandibles brown; legs mostly testaceous, femora with brown annula at distal limit, basal half of tibiae brown; elytra bicolored, black basal margin and black basal half of epipleural margin contiguous with black narrow angular fascia, two small black streaks near basal margin, a broad black angular fascia behind elytral middle, remainder of elytral disc yellow. Head: Cranium coarsely punctate, antennal funicular antennomeres subfiliform (Fig. 7), capitulum lax, antennomeres 9 and 10 triangular, antennomere 11 globose; eyes small, frons wide (EW/FW 15/40); last maxillary and labial palpomere subsecuriform. Thorax: Pronotum (Fig. 34) with angular tubercle at sides, disc coarsely punctate, with 6 small knobs; elytral asetiferous punctures arranged into 10 punctiform striae, punctures binodal, punctures extends to elytral apex, epipleural margin serrulate near elytral apex. Abdomen: Pygidium scutiform.

Variation: The paratype has a broad central light castaneous line on the pronotal disc.

Distribution (Fig. 70): This species is known from Bolivia.

Etymology: The trivial name, santa, constitutes a noun in apposition and refers to the type locality.