Paranisopodus amoenus Monné & Monné 2017, sp. nov.

Paranisopodus amoenus sp. nov.

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Description. Female. Integument reddish-brown, distal half of elytra dark brown.

Pubescence grayish, apical half of elytra covered with reddish-brown pubescence.

Lower eye lobes subequal to height of genae; upper eye lobes widely separated on vertex by 4 times width of lobe. Antennae surpassing elytral apices by about five antennomeres, scape slightly dilated at apical extremity.

Prothorax with obtuse tubercle slightly postmedian, apex projected in minute spine; pronotum with obtuse and raised tubercles, one in middle of basal half and another on each side of anterior half; punctuation of pronotum restricted to basal row of punctures and few punctures near anterior border and on sides of disk. Prosternal process narrowed in middle, width equal to 1/2 of procoxal cavity. Mesosternal process equal to 3/4 width of mesocoxal cavity. Elytra parallel from base to apical third, extremities semicircularly truncate, outer angle acute, not projected in spine. Humeri rounded, slightly projected anteriorly. Basal crest not protuberant, without hairs on top. Elytral surface densely and uniformly punctate; with two or three rounded granules in beginning of apical third. Metafemora pedunculate, slightly dilated in distal third. Protibiae recurved in apical extremity; mesotibiae without teeth; metafemora not surpassing apex of elytra; metatarsomere I 1.5 times length of II+III together.

Distal margin of urotergite V rounded; urosternite V semicircularly emarginate at distal margin.

Measurements (mm), female. Total length, 10.0; prothorax length, 1.7; prothorax width, 3.8; elytral length, 7.4; humeral width, 4.2.

Etymology. The specific epithet amoenus, from the Latin, means pleasant, delightful.

Type material. Holotype. Female, Bolivia, Santa Cruz: La Hoyada, above Agua Clara, 19.XI.2003, Morris, Nearns & Wappes leg. (MNKM).

Comments. P. amoenus sp. nov. is similar to P. peruanus Monné & Monné, 2007 and P. araguaensis Monné & Monné, 2007. It is distinguished by the characters described in the key.