Theognete peckorum Anderson, 2010

Anderson, Robert S., 2010, A taxonomic monograph of the Middle American leaf-litter inhabiting weevil genus Theognete Champion (Coleoptera: Curculionidae; Molytinae; Lymantini) 2458, Zootaxa 2458 (1), pp. 1-127 : 55-56

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2458.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7E42061C-9D11-49C5-8737-CEED0864E699
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5325803
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1AEA1686-AE74-4286-AA0D-80430C9DAB39
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:1AEA1686-AE74-4286-AA0D-80430C9DAB39
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Theognete peckorum Anderson
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

51. Theognete peckorum Anderson , new species ( Figures 142 View FIGURES 133–143 , 177 View FIGURES 175–177 , 212 View FIGURES 204–227 )

Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 2.81–3.03mm; female, 3.32–3.48mm. Width, male, 1.46–1.63mm; female, 1.69–1.83mm. As for T. braunae but pronotum with punctures regularly spaced, large and moderately deep; elytra not as inflated; strial regions with scales present but minute. Posterolateral area of elytra with distinct pilose crease. Basal margin of elytra at humeri with rounded swelling or tooth. Mesosternum with deep, pilose pit-like impression. Aedeagus as in Fig. 177 View FIGURES 175–177 .

Geographical distribution. México (Oaxaca).

Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest leaf litter at elevations of from 1200– 1325m.

Derivation of specific name. Named after Jarmila Kukalova-Peck and Stewart B. Peck of Ottawa, Canada.

Material examined. 15♂, 11♀♀ ( CMNC, CMNC, MCZC, MZLU) . Holotype ♂ ( CMNC) : MÉXICO: Oaxaca. 17mi. SW. Valle Nacional , 3700', 24.VI.83, R. Anderson, cloud forest / HOLOTYPE ♂, Theognete peckorum sp. nov., R. S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: MÉXICO. Oaxaca. Valle Nacional (15 mi. S.), 4000', 21.V.1971, S. Peck, leaf litter (3♂, 2♀♀ CMNC) . Valle Nacional (15.1 mi. S.), 4300', 11– 18.VIII.1973, berlese cloud forest litter (1♂ MCZC) . Valle Nacional (17 mi. S.), 3700', 24.VI.1983, S. & J. Peck, cloud forest litter (1♂ CMNC) . Valle Nacional (26 km. S.), 25.VI.–2.VIII.1983, S. & J. Peck, montane tropical forest (1♀ CMNC) . Valle Nacional (23 km. S.), 1250m, 13.XI.1989, R. Baranowski, sifting litter in tropical montane forest (1♂ MZLU) . Valle Nacional (24–26 km. S.), 1300m, 14.IX.1990, R. Baranowski, sifting litter in cloud forest (2♂, 3♀♀ CMNC) (3♂, 5♀♀ MZLU) . Valle Nacional (25 km. S.), 1300m, 12.IX.1994, R. Baranowski, sifting litter in cloud forest (1♂ CMNC) (1♂, 1♀ MZLU) .