Platynoptera ochreata OPITZ, nov.sp.

(Figs. 81, 168, 173)

Holotype: ♀. Costa Rica: Puntarenas Prov. nr. Buenos Aires, 18-VI-1976, D.H. Habeck (WFBM).

Diagnosis: This is the only member of Platynoptera whose elytral disc is entirely flavotestaceous.

Description: Size: Length 13.0 mm; width 4.0 mm. Form: As in Fig. 168. Color: Cranium mostly black, frons and vertex with narrow flavotestaceous streak, clypeus flavotestaceous; pronotum bicolorous, lower sides infuscated, disc with two linear infuscations; elytra flavotestaceous, slightly infuscated at base of sutural margin. Head: Antennal capitulum long (Fig. 81), basal capitular antennomere longer than combined length of funicular antennomeres; antennal carina very prominent; EW/FW 20/15. Thorax: Pronotal anterior margin not projected at middle, side margin of disc with shallow tubercle; PW/PL 70/80; elytral moderately explanate at sides, disc with 3 carina; EL/EW 340/95. Abdomen: Female pygidium not incised at distal margin.

Natural history: The holotype was collected in June.

Distribution (Fig. 173): Known only from the type locality.

Etymology: The trivial name, ochreata Greek stems from ochros (= pale yellow). I refer to the color of the elytral disc.