Meet the newest mem ber of “The Simpsons” family — Ricardo Bomba, aka “La Bomba.”

This chiseled, suave South American ladykiller, who works with Homer as a safety inspector in Springfield’s nuclear power plant, will make his “Simpsons” debut Jan. 31 in an episode called “Million Dollar Maybe.”

Ricardo is the brainchild of Peggy Black of Orange, Conn., who last fall won ” ‘The Simpsons’ Character Contest,” in which fans were invited to create a new character for the 20-year-old Fox ‘toon.

Black, a hospital manager, has been a fan of “The Simpsons” since they premiered on the old “Tracy Ullman Show.”

“I had the perfect image — that this should be a suave, debonair ladies-man type of guy. It’s just something that popped into my head,” Black said. “I knew his name and what he would look like.”

Black won a trip to LA, where she met with “Simpsons” producers and fleshed out Ricardo, who’ll be voiced by series regular Hank Azaria (Moe the Bartender and Apu, among others).

“When the animator came over to me and showed me what he’d drawn, it was amazing,” Black said. “Ricardo was exactly like I imagined him to be.”