Theognete evelynae 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

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.5325797
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/24994730-C889-44FE-86D0-D20F360FA8E0
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:24994730-C889-44FE-86D0-D20F360FA8E0
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Theognete evelynae Anderson
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

50. Theognete evelynae Anderson , new species ( Figures 167 View FIGURES 165–168 , 202 View FIGURES 202–203 , 234 View FIGURES 228–235 )

Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 3.03–3.72mm; female, 3.29–3.55mm. Width, male, 1.87–2.38mm; female, 2.13–2.21mm. As for T. campbelli except pronotum more strongly cordate. Aedeagus as in Fig. 202 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 his support of the Nature Discovery Fund at the Canadian Museum of Nature, this species is named after Evelyn Marie Gillespie of Comox, British Columbia, Canada, as a gift from Bruce Curtis.

Material examined. 51♂, 13♀♀ ( CMNC, CWOB, 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 evelynae 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 (48♂, 12♀♀ CMNC, CWOB, ECOS, UNAM). Municipio Tenejapa, below paraje Yashanal, 20.VIII.1991, R. Jones. (3♂, 2♀♀, ECOS) GoogleMaps .

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