Theognete caviventris 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 : 24-25

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2458.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5325711
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A680B8AE-E9BF-4266-B5DC-EDADD493A40E
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:A680B8AE-E9BF-4266-B5DC-EDADD493A40E
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Theognete caviventris Anderson
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

12. Theognete caviventris Anderson , new species ( Figures 6 View FIGURES 2–7 , 59 View FIGURES 59–63 , 64 View FIGURES 64–67 , 68 View FIGURES 68–72 )

Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 4.05–4.61mm; female, 3.99–4.66mm. Width, male, 2.25–2.70mm; female, 2.02–2.53mm. As for T. denticulata except elytra with disk convex, not flattened, and with striae not impressed; abdomen with ventrite 1 sloping anteriad but not impressed or tuberculate, ventrite 5 with pair of large basal punctures and median row of 4 smaller punctures, the middle 2 confluent and appearing as a transverse impression, no apical excavation; hind tibiae without teeth. Aedeagus as in Fig. 64 View FIGURES 64–67 .

Geographical distribution. México (Hidalgo, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí), the most extensive range of any Theognete species .

Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest and mixed oak forest leaf litter at elevations ranging from 1050–1700m; one specimen taken on wood chips of cut oak.

Derivation of specific name. Named from the Latin cavu, meaning hole, and venter, meaning belly, in reference to the deeply excavated mesosternum and metasternum.

Material examined. 32♂, 26♀♀ ( CMNC, CWOB, ECOS, FMNH, MCZC, USNM) . Holotype ♂ ( CMNC) : MÉXICO: Hidalgo. 1189m, 55 km N.E. Jacala, 4.VI.87, R. Anderson, berlese cloud forest litter / HOLOTYPE ♂, Theognete caviventris sp. nov., R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: MÉXICO. Unspecified locality, Orchid plants, 3-3.52, 52-2721 (1♂ USNM) . Hidalgo. Chapalhuacán (6.7 mi. W.) , c. 1700m, 16.VII.1969, S. & J. Peck, cloud forest litter, BER170 (1♀ CWOB) . Chapalhuacán (4 mi. S. W.) , 3500', 5.VII.1976, A. Newton, berlese cloud forest leaf litter (1♀ MCZC) . Chapalhuacán (6.6 mi. S. W.) , 3900', 5. VII. 1976, A. Newton, berlese cloud forest leaf litter (4♂, 3♀♀ MCZC) . Jacala (55 km N.E.), 1189m, 4.VI.1987, R. Anderson, berlese cloud forest litter (2♂, 3♀♀ CMNC, ECOS) . Tlanchinol (2.8 mi. N.), 5200', 9–11.VII.1973, A. Newton, berlese cloud forest leaf litter (2♂, 3♀♀ MCZC) . 9–14.VII.1973, A. Newton, on wood chips of cut oak tree (1♀ MCZC) . Tlanchinol (2.4 mi. N. Hwy 105), 5000', 9.V.1983, C. W. & L. O'Brien & G.B. Marshall, berlese sifted cloud forest litter (1♀ CWOB) . Tlanchinol (2.7 mi. N. Hwy 105), 5000', 14.VI.1983, C. W. & L. O'Brien & G.B. Marshall, berlese sifted cloud forest litter (2♀♀ CWOB) . 15.VI.1983, C. W. & L. O'Brien & G.B. Marshall, berlese sifted cloud forest litter (2♂, 3♀♀ CWOB) . 16.VI.1983, C. W. & L. O'Brien & G.B. Marshall, berlese sifted cloud forest litter (1♂ CWOB) . 17.VI.1983, C. W. & L. O'Brien & G.B. Marshall, berlese sifted cloud forest litter (2♂ CWOB) . Tlanchinol (2.4 mi. N.E.), 4500', 14.VI.1983, S. & J. Peck, cloud forest litter (2♂, 1♀ CMNC) . Tlanchinol (43 km S. W. Huejutla ), 1490m, 1.VIII.1983, S. & J. Peck, cloud forest litter (5♂, 2♀♀ CMNC) . Puebla. Huauchinango (4.4 mi. S. W.) , 1700m, 25–28.VII.1969, Leg. S. & J. Peck, moss ravine oak forest malt syrup bait trap, #523-4 (1♀ FMNH) . Xicotepec de Juarez (1.2 mi. N.), 3500', 17.VI.1983, R. Anderson, cloud/ mixed oak forest (5♂, 1♀ CMNC, ECOS) . Querétaro. Municipio Pinal de Amoles, Huasquilico , 21°9.6'N 99°34.39'W, 1760m, 24.IX.2004, R. Jones, leaf litter (1♂ CMNC) GoogleMaps . San Luis Potosí. Xilitla (14 mi. W.) , 4800', 29.VI.1973, A. Newton, leaf and log litter non-coniferous Liquidambar forest (3♂, 2♀♀ MCZC) . Xilitla (20 km W.) , 1600m, 12.VI.1983, S. & J. Peck, cloud forest litter (2♂, 1♀ CMNC) .