Theognete lalannei 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 : 47

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.5325773

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B5A907CA-E7E0-445C-AC1E-06BB52E9022C

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:B5A907CA-E7E0-445C-AC1E-06BB52E9022C

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Felipe

scientific name

Theognete lalannei Anderson
status

sp. nov.

40. Theognete lalannei Anderson , new species ( Figures 150 View FIGURES 144–154 , 185 View FIGURES 184–186 , 220 View FIGURES 204–227 )

Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 3.29–3.98mm; female, 3.63–4.07mm. Width, male, 1.87–2.38mm; female, 2.13–2.47mm. As for T. tzotzil except pronotum subcordate, punctures distinct, deep, scales distinctly plumose and not as erect, especially in paramedian concentrations. Elytral strial regions with scales minute and hair-like. Mesosternum with deep, pilose, pit-like impression. Aedeagus as in Fig. 185 View FIGURES 184–186 .

Geographical distribution. Honduras (Cortes, Ocotepeque) and El Salvador (Santa Ana, Chalatenango) .

Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest leaf litter at elevations from 2100– 2650m.

Derivation of specific name. Through their support of the Nature Discovery Fund at the Canadian Museum of Nature, this species is named after Marc Louis Lalanne of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, as a gift from the Lalanne family.

Material examined. 63♂, 40♀♀ ( CMNC, CWOB, EAPZ, USNM, UVGC) . Holotype ♂ ( CMNC) : HONDURAS: Ocotepeque. Guisayote , 20.5 km. E. Ocotepeque, 2170m, 16.VI.1994 -119, R. Anderson, cloud for. litt . / HOLOTYPE ♂, Theognete lalannei sp. nov., R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: EL SALVADOR. Chalatenango. San Ignacio (13.1 km.N.), El Pital , 2650m, 28.VIII.1994 -226, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter berlese (23♂, 8♀♀ CMNC, CWOB, EAPZ, USNM, UVGC) . Santa Ana. Metapan (21.7 km. N.E.), Cerro Montecristo , 2100m, 29.VIII.1994 -228, R. Anderson, hardwood forest litter berlese (6♂, 4♀♀ CMNC) . Metapan (21.7 km. N.E.), Cerro Montecristo , 2100m, 29.VIII.1994 -229, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter berlese (11♂, 13♀♀ CMNC) . HONDURAS. Cortes. P.N. Cusuco, Cofradia (18.7km N.), Buenos Aires (5.4km W.) , Cerro Jilinco , 1960m, 26.VIII.1994 -223A, R. Anderson, pine/cloud forest litter berlese (3♂ CMNC) . Lempira. P.N. Celaque, nr. Gracias, Campamento Naranjo , 14°32.7' N 88°39.7' W, 2500m, 12–13.V.2002, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter, 2002–020 (1♂, 1♀ CMNC) GoogleMaps . P.N. Celaque, nr. Gracias, above camp. Don Tomas , 14°32.7' N 88°39.7' W, 2250m, 12–13.V.2002, R. Anderson, mixed oak forest litter, 2002- 021 (1♀ CMNC) GoogleMaps . Ocotepeque. Ocotepeque (20.5 km. E.), Guisayote , 2170m, 13.VI.1994 -114, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter (7♂, 4♀♀ CMNC) . Ocotepeque (20.5 km. E.), Guisayote , 2170m, 14.VI.1994 -115, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter (3♂, 2♀♀ CMNC) . Ocotepeque (20.5 km. E.), Guisayote , 2170m, 15.VI.1994 - 117, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter (1♂ CMNC) . Ocotepeque (20.5 km. E.), Guisayote , 2170m, 16.VI.1994 - 119, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter (7♂, 7♀♀ CMNC) .

Chorological relationships. Sympatric with T. pragudemi and T. jeanae .

EAPZ

Escuela Agricola Panamericana

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

UVGC

Collecion de Artropodos

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Theognete

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