Theognete tomneyeae 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 : 82

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.5325883
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E88799-FFED-FFB1-2CA9-FF4F49571DB6
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Theognete tomneyeae Anderson
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

91. Theognete tomneyeae Anderson , new species ( Figures 294 View FIGURES 288–297 , 303 View FIGURES 301–303 , 312 View FIGURES 307–315 )

Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 3.20–3.37mm; female, 3.43–3.71mm. Width, male, 1.91–2.19mm; female, 2.14–2.47mm. Pronotum impunctate, scales dense, erect, plumose, shaggy, clumped along lateral margins and in paramedian tufts. Elytra with scales erect, dense, plumose, shaggy, clumped; sutural stria slightly impressed, not punctate; globular in form, not much longer than pronotum. Abdominal ventrite 5 with large basal excavation. Aedeagus as in Fig. 303 View FIGURES 301–303 .

Geographical distribution. México (Oaxaca).

Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of mixed oak forest leaf litter at elevations from 2100– 2250m.

Derivation of specific name. Through their support of the Nature Discovery Fund at the Canadian Museum of Nature, this species is named after Sara E. Tomney of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada as a gift from her grandparents Kenneth and Audrey Armstrong.

Material examined. 3♂, 6♀♀ ( CMNC, MZLU). Holotype ♂ ( MZLU): MÉXICO: Oaxaca. 25 km. E. Teotitlán del Camino, 2200m, 25.IX.1990, R. Baranowski / Sifting litter mixed oak forest / HOLOTYPE ♂, Theognete tomneyeae sp. nov., R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: MÉXICO. Oaxaca. Teotitlán del Camino (25 km. E.), 2200m, 24.IX.1990, R. Baranowski, sifting litter mixed oak forest (1♂, 1♀ CMNC, MZLU); same data as before except: 25.IX.1990 (3♀ CMNC, MZLU). Teotitlán del Camino (26 km. E.), 2250m, 26.IX.1990, R. Baranowski, sifting litter mixed oak forest (2♀ CMNC, MZLU). Teotitlán del Camino (36 km. E.), 2100m, 25.IX.1990, R. Baranowski, sifting litter under shrubs mixed oak forest (1♂ MZLU) .

Chorological relationships. Sympatric with T. elongata , T. cristata , T. stefurinoi and T. baranowskii .