Theognete fossor 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 : 69

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2458.1.1
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persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2F65DE5C-25EA-4320-B5FF-8570B33543BE
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:2F65DE5C-25EA-4320-B5FF-8570B33543BE
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Theognete fossor Anderson
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

71. Theognete fossor Anderson , new species ( Figures 12 View FIGURES 8–13 , 236 View FIGURES 236–246 , 254 View FIGURES 254–256 , 271 View FIGURES 271–287 )

Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 2.61–2.98mm; female, 3.06–3.20mm. Width, male, 1.38–1.80mm; female, 1.74–2.02mm. Pronotum and elytra with dorsal vestiture of dense, long, erect, clavate scales recurved at extreme apex, appearing bristly. Elytra globular, striae not punctate or impressed; basal margin in humeral region lacking tooth. Aedeagus as in Fig. 254 View FIGURES 254–256 .

Geographic distributional. México (Oaxaca).

Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest and oak forest leaf litter at elevations of from 1900–2125m.

Derivation of specific name. Noun in apposition; named after the Latin fossor , meaning digger, in reference to the habits of species of this genus.

Material examined. 19♂, 18♀♀ ( CMNC, CWOB, ECOS, MZLU) . Holotype ♂ ( CMNC) : MÉXICO: Oaxaca. 47.5 km. S. W. Valle Nacional, KM 100.5, 2125m, 26.VII.1992, 92-032, R.S. Anderson, wet oak forest leaf litter berlese / HOLOTYPE ♂, Theognete fossor sp. nov., R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: MÉXICO. Oaxaca. Valle Nacional (12 mi. S.), 7000’, 22.V.1971, S. Peck, Ber 205, leaf litter (1♀ CMNC) . Valle Nacional (30.1 mi. S. W.) , 6600', 24. VI 1983, R. Anderson, wet oak forest litter (1♀ CMNC) . Valle Nacional (40 km. S. W.) , 1900m, 26.VII.1992, R. Anderson, oak forest leaf litter berlese (3♂ CMNC) . Valle Nacional (47.5 km. S. W.) , 2125m, 26.VII.1992, R. Anderson, wet oak forest leaf litter berlese (14♂, 16♀♀ CMNC, CWOB, ECOS) . Valle Nacional (43 km. S.), 2000m, 7.IX.1986, R. Baranowski, sifting litter cloud forest (1♂ MZLU) .