Theognete terrestris 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 : 69-70

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2458.1.1

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persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/807126F5-9050-4CC1-B9B4-239CA8B64D25

taxon LSID

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Felipe

scientific name

Theognete terrestris Anderson
status

sp. nov.

72. Theognete terrestris Anderson , new species ( Figures 239 View FIGURES 236–246 , 257 View FIGURES 257–259 , 274 View FIGURES 271–287 , 324–327 View FIGURES 316–331 )

Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 3.20–3.51mm; female, 3.12–3.24mm. Width, male, 1.80–2.02mm; female, 1.71–1.85mm. As for T. fossor but scrobes broadly visible in dorsal view; scales shorter, suberect, plumose, recurved, on pronotal disk concentrated in paramedian and anterolateral tufts; elytra with strial regions with linearly arranged, distinct, plumose scales. Aedeagus as in Fig. 257 View FIGURES 257–259 .

Geographical distribution. México (Oaxaca).

Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of transition cloud forest, cloud forest and wet oak forest leaf litter at elevations from 1300–1900m.

Derivation of specific name. Named from the Latin terrestris , meaning of the earth, in reference to the ground-dwelling habits of Theognete .

Material examined. 7♂, 5♀♀ ( CMNC, CWOB, ECOS, MZLU) . Holotype ♂ ( CMNC) : MÉXICO: Oaxaca. 32 km. S. W. Valle Nacional, KM 85, 1650m, 26.VII.1992, 92-030, R.S. Anderson, trans/cloud forest leaf litter berlese / HOLOTYPE ♂, Theognete terrestris sp. nov., R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: MÉXICO. Oaxaca. La Esperanza (5 mi. S. W.) , 4. VII. 1982, M.A. Ivie (1♀ CWOB) . Valle Nacional (22 mi. S.), 5800', 3. VI. 1983, L. O'Brien & G.B. Marshall, berlese sifted cloud forest litter (1♂ CWOB) . Valle Nacional (32 km. S. W.) , 1650m, 26.VII.1992, R. Anderson, transition/cloud forest leaf litter berlese (4♂, 5♀♀ CMNC, ECOS) . Valle Nacional (40 km. S. W.) , 1900m, 26.VII.1992, R. Anderson, oak forest leaf litter berlese (2♂, 1♀ CMNC) . Valle Nacional (24–26 km. S.), 1300m, 14.IX.1990, R. Baranowski, sifting litter in cloud forest (2♀♀ MZLU, CMNC) .

Chorological relationships. Sympatric with T. humilis , T. lutulenta , T. lalibertei , T. weiri , T. dansereaui , T. romanoi , T. peckorum , T. howdenorum and T. fossor .

MZLU

Lund University

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Theognete

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