Theognete bothynometopon 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 : 32-33

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2458.1.1
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persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D77B5F3-0F0F-4D5F-A8AD-ADD114031655
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:5D77B5F3-0F0F-4D5F-A8AD-ADD114031655
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Theognete bothynometopon Anderson
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

21. Theognete bothynometopon Anderson , new species ( Figures 1 View FIGURE 1 , 7 View FIGURES 2–7 , 90 View FIGURES 89–94 , 100 View FIGURES 99–101 , 109 View FIGURES 108–116 , 316–319 View FIGURES 316–331 )

Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 4.10–4.95mm; female, 3.93–5.23mm. Width, male, 2.42–2.75mm; female, 1.97–2.81mm. Head with deep excavation behind eyes extended onto vertex, excavation separated into two halves by median raised carina or ridge; head not noticeably constricted behind eyes in lateral view. Pronotum elongate, with raised, variously developed median carina extended throughout middle of length but not extended to apex or base, carina sometimes low and irregular or absent; with prominent anterodorsal tubercles, each tufted with recurved suberect to erect scales; surface with coarse deep punctures. Front coxae widely separated by about the width of a coxa. Elytra with numerous low tubercles, each tufted with long erect recurved scales. Aedeagus as in Fig. 100 View FIGURES 99–101 .

Geographical distribution. México (Oaxaca).

Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of oak forest and oak-pine forest leaf litter at elevations ranging from 2200–2925m.

Derivation of specific name. Noun in apposition; named from the Greek bothynos, meaning hole, and metopon, meaning brow or forehead, in reference to the large pits on the posterior part of the head.

Material examined. 32♂, 22♀♀ ( BMNH, CMNC, CWOB, ECOS, MZLU) . Holotype ♂ ( CMNC) : MÉXICO: Oaxaca. 89.5km S. W. Valle Nacional, KM 142.5, 2430m, 28.VII.1992 -040, R.S. Anderson, wet alder/oak/pine for. leaf litt. berlese / HOLOTYPE ♂, Theognete bothynometopon sp. nov., R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: MÉXICO. Oaxaca. Llano de las Flores , 2713m, 17.VII.1987, R. Anderson, wet oak pine forest, 87–25,29 (8♂, 4♀♀ BMNH, CMNC, ECOS) . Oaxaca (17km. N.), 2200m, 14.IX.1986, R. Baranowski, sifting litter mixed pine forest (1♂ MZLU) . Oaxaca (20 km N.) 9500', 7.VI.1971, S. Peck, oak litter, BER210 (3♀♀ CMNC) . Oaxaca (78 km. N.), 2800m, 21.XI.1989, R. Baranowski, sifting litter in wet pine-oak forest (1♂ MZLU) . Oaxaca (79 km. N., Hwy. 175), 2900m, 2.X.1990, R. Baranowski, sifting litter wet mixed pine forest (1♂, 1♀ MZLU) . Valle Nacional (37 mi. S.), 8500', 24.V.1971, S. Peck, oak litter, BER206 (1♀ CMNC) . Valle Nacional (37 mi. S. Hwy 175), 9600', 3.VI.1983, C. W. & L. O'Brien & G.B. Marshall, berlese sifted oak cloud forest litter (9♂, 4♀♀ CWOB) . Valle Nacional (64.5 km. S. W.) , 2600m, 28.VII.1992, R. Anderson, oak forest leaf litter berlese (2♂ CMNC) . Valle Nacional (89.5 km. S. W.) , 2430m, 28.VII.1992, R. Anderson, wet alder/oak/pine forest leaf litter berlese (3♂, 2♀♀ CMNC) . Valle Nacional (66 km. S.), 2800m, 2.X.1990, R. Baranowski, sifting litter in pine-oak forest (1♂, 4♀♀ MZLU) . Valle Nacional (68 km. S.), 2800m, 17.IX.1990, R. Baranowski, sifting litter in mixed pine forest (1♂ MZLU) . Valle Nacional (70 km. S.), 2600m, 3.X.1986, R. Baranowski, sifting litter pine-oak forest (1♂ MZLU) . Valle Nacional (70 km. S.), 2500m, 10.IX.1986, R. Baranowski, sifting litter pine-oak forest (1♀ MZLU) . Valle Nacional (70 km. S.), 2700m, 29.IX.1990, R. Baranowski, sifting litter in mixed pine forest (1♂, 2♀♀ MZLU) . Valle Nacional (74 km. S.), 2900m, 21.XI.1989, R. Baranowski, sifting litter in pine-oak forest (1♀ MZLU) . Valle Nacional (84 km. S.), 2850m, 4.IX.1990, R. Baranowski, sifting litter pine-oak boreal forest (1♂ MZLU) . Oaxaca (80 km. N), 2900m, 8.IX.1994, R. Baranowski, sifting litter mixed pine forest (1♂ CMNC) .