Theognete barringerorum 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 : 60

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.5325823

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/92A3C7EB-9B27-4E27-84E0-8D747191DD0D

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:92A3C7EB-9B27-4E27-84E0-8D747191DD0D

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Theognete barringerorum Anderson
status

sp. nov.

60. Theognete barringerorum Anderson , new species ( Figures 168 View FIGURES 165–168 , 203 View FIGURES 202–203 , 235 View FIGURES 228–235 )

Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 2.86–3.29mm; female, 3.20–3.63mm. Width, male, 1.79–2.04mm; female, 1.96–21.3mm. As for T. backorum except pronotum with punctures smaller and shallower, scales not as dense, not distinctly plumose. Elytra with intervals with scales more arched, appressed to suberect; scales of strial regions very small and fine. Posterolateral area of elytra with series of 3–4 subcontiguous punctures. Aedeagus as in Fig. 203 View FIGURES 202–203 .

Geographical distribution. México (Chiapas).

Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of wet valley-side montane forest leaf litter at 1650m.

Derivation of specific name. Through their support of the Nature Discovery Fund at the Canadian Museum of Nature, this species is named after Minor and Mollie Barringer of Cambridge, Massachusetts, as a gift from their many children and grandchildren.

Material examined. 11♂, 11♀♀ ( CMNC, ECOS, UNAM). Holotype ♂ ( UNAM): MÉXICO: Chiapas. Municipio Tenejapa, Yashanal , 16º49’06.7” N, 92º26’33.6” W, 1650m, 21.VII.2003, R. Anderson, valley side wet montane forest litter, 2003-113 GoogleMaps / HOLOTYPE ♂ Theognete barringerorum sp. nov. R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: MÉXICO. Chiapas. Municipio Tenejapa, Yashanal, 16º49’06.7” N, 92º26’33.6” W, 1650m, 21.VII.2003, R. Anderson, valley side wet montane forest litter (7♂, 9♀♀ CMNC, ECOS). Municipio Tenejapa, Ojo de Agua , Yashanal, 4.III.1994, R. Jones. (3♂, 2♀♀ CMNC, ECOS) GoogleMaps .

Chorological relationships. Sympatric with T. cortesi , T. scopulus and T. evelynae .

UNAM

Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Theognete

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