Theognete corderoi Anderson, 2010
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2458.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7E42061C-9D11-49C5-8737-CEED0864E699 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5325861 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B9307526-FE1F-4999-BFCD-D7D9E8071E17 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:act:B9307526-FE1F-4999-BFCD-D7D9E8071E17 |
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Felipe |
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scientific name |
Theognete corderoi Anderson |
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sp. nov. |
82. Theognete corderoi Anderson , new species ( Figures 248 View FIGURES 247–253 , 265 View FIGURES 263–265 , 282 View FIGURES 271–287 )
Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 3.71–3.89mm; female, 3.82–4.22mm. Width, male, 2.38–2.42mm; female, 2.42–2.75mm. Antennal scrobes broadly visible in dorsal view. Pronotum and elytra with scales long, erect, plumose and shaggy; on pronotum condensed in anterolotreal angles and in paramedian tufts; elytral strial regions with fine, hair-like, non-plumose scales; posteroloteral area of elytra with 3–6 shallow punctures; basal margin of elytra not toothed at humeri. Aedeagus as in Fig. 265 View FIGURES 263–265 .
Geographical distribution. Honduras (Comayagua).
Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of mixed liquidambar, oak and cloud forest leaf litter at an elevation of 2000m and of wet oak-pine forest litter at an elevation of 1950m.
Derivation of specific name. Named after Roberto Cordero of the Escuela Agricola Panamericana (El Zamorano) in Honduras.
Material examined. 2♂, 2♀♀ ( CMNC). Holotype ♂ ( CMNC): HONDURAS: Comayagua. Montana Comayagua, 18.0 km. E. Comayagua, 20.VIII.1994 -216E, 2000m, R. Anderson, oak/cloud/liquidambar forest litter berlese / HOLOTYPE ♂, Theognete corderoi sp. nov., R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: HONDURAS. Comayagua. Comayagua (18km.E.), Montana Comayagua, 2000m, 20.VIII.1994 -216, R. Anderson, oak/cloud/liquidambar forest litter berlese (1♂, 1♀ CMNC). Comayagua (18km.ENE.), Montana Comayagua, 1950m, 20.VIII.1994, S.&J. Peck, 94-52, wet oak/pine forest litter berlese (1♀ CMNC) .
Chorological relationships. Sympatric with Theognete boaseae .
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