Tomaspisinella (Meretricula) punctatissima (Stål), comb.nov.

Lepyronia punctatissima Stål, 1862: 15 .

Balsa punctatissima: Lallemand 1912: 54 .

Balsana punctatissima: Metcalf [and Wade] 1962: 192.

Diagnosis. Resembling T. olivieri, but with aedeagal processes.

Description. Crown black; rest of body and tegmina dark brown except for pale, oblique stripes across bases of tegmina, a few small, discal pale spots, and pale tegminal tips. Head in profile with frons angulate. Male pygofer low, 2× as long as high; subgenital plates with simple hooked tips; theca with bulbous base, weakly curved shaft armed with 2 pairs of slender, retrorse processes arising from sides of gonopore and extending a quarter length of shaft (Fig. 30 A–B). Length: male 3.9 mm, female 3.8 mm.

Types. Lectotype male, here designated, BRAZIL: ( Westerman); bearing Stål's handwritten identification tag . Paralectotype female, [BRAZIL]: Rio [de] Jan [eiro]. Both types in NRSE .