Theognete grimblyae 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 : 83

93. Theognete grimblyae Anderson , new species ( Figures 297 , 306 , 315 )

Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 2.94–3.20mm; female, 2.68–3.55mm. Width, male, 1.70–1.79mm; female, 1.62–2.04mm. As for T. hesmos but pronotum less strongly cordate, without trace of median carina or swelling. Elytra with scales suberect to erect, fine, simple, slightly recurved at apex. Aedeagus as in Fig. 306 .

Geographical distribution. México (Querétaro).

Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest leaf litter at elevations ranging from 1620–1790m.

Derivation of specific name. Through his support of the Nature Discovery Fund at the Canadian Museum of Nature, named after Susan Grimbly of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, as a gift from Ian Pearson.

Material examined. 64♂, 56♀♀ ( BMNH, CMNC, CWOB, ECOS, UAQM, USNM) . Holotype ♂ ( CMNC) : MÉXICO: Querétaro. Municipio Pinal de Amoles, Huasquilico , 21°9.5'N 99°33'W, 1790m, 26.II.1999, R. Jones, Hojarasca / HOLOTYPE ♂ Theognete grimblyae sp. nov. R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: MÉXICO. Querétaro. Municipio Pinal de Amoles, Huasquilico , 21°9.5'N 99°33'W, 1790m, 26.II.1999, R. Jones, Hojarasca (5♂, 7♀♀ CMNC, ECOS) . Municipio Pinal de Amoles, Huasquilico , 21°9.5'N 99°33'W, 1750m, 24.IX.2004, R. Jones, Hojarasca (4♂, 7♀♀ CMNC, ECOS) . Municipio Pinal de Amoles , Camino a Sn. Pedro Ecanela, 400 mts de la carretera a Jalpan, J.L. Cozar 14-IX-97 (1♀ CMNC) . Municipio Pinal de Amoles, Huasquilico , 21°9.6'N 99°34.39'W, 1760m, 24.IX.2004, R. Jones, leaf litter (8♂, 4♀♀ CMNC, UAQM) . Municipio Pinal de Amoles, Huasquilico , 21°9.6'N 99°34.39'W, 1760m, 26.III.2000, R. Jones, leaf litter (2♂ UAQM) . Municipio Pinal de Amoles, San Pedro Escanela , 21°07.297N, 99°31.478W, 1620m, J.L. Cozar, mixed oak forest litter (12♂, 12♀♀ CMNC, CWOB, ECOS) . Municipio Pinal de Amoles, San Pedro Escanela , 21°07.297N, 99°31.478W, 1620m, P.J. Horsley, mixed oak forest litter (3♀♀ CMNC) . Municipio Pinal de Amoles, Cruz de Palo (near Pinal de Amoles ), 2450m, 21º08.095N, 99º38.021W, 28.VII.2006, J.L. Cozar, oak-pine forest litter (1♂ CMNC) . Municipio Pinal de Amoles, San Pedro Escanela , 21°07.297'N 99°31.478'W, 1620m, 29.VII.2006, R.S. Andeson, mixed oak forest litter, 2006-26 (8♂, 9♀♀ CMNC, ECOS) . Municipio Pinal de Amoles, 2.5 km E. Huasquilico , 21°10.564'N 99°34.393'W, 1675m, 29.VII.2006, R.S. Andeson, mixed hardwood forest litter, 2006-28 (1♂ CMNC) . Municipio Pinal de Amoles, Huasquilico , 21°07.297'N 99°34.454'W, 1750m, 28.VII.2006, R.S. Andeson, hardwood forest litter, 2006-23 (21♂, 13♀♀ BMNH, CMNC, CWOB, ECOS, USNM) . Municipio San Joachin, 2 km N. W. San Joachin , 20°55.133'N 99°34.479'W, 2390m, 27.VII.2006, R.S. Andeson, alder litter, 2006-22 (1♂ CMNC) .

Chorological relationships. Sympatric with T. tuberosa .

Figures

FIGURES 288–297. Habitus, dorsal view, Theognete hesmos species group. 288. T. hesmos. 289. T. michaudi. 290. T. cristata. 291. T. lakarms. 292. T. harbini. 293. T. draco. 294. T. tomneyeae. 295. T. reprela. 296. T. minuta. 297. T. grimblyae.

FIGURES 304–306. Aedeagus, dorsal and lateral view, Theognete hesmos species group. 304. T. reprela. 305. T.minuta. 306. T. grimblyae.

FIGURES 307–315. Abdominal ventrite 5, male, ventral view, Theognete hesmos species group. 307. T. hesmos. 308. T. michaudi. 309. T. cristata. 310. T. lakarms. 311. T. harbini. 312. T. tomneyeae. 313. T. reprela. 314. T. minuta. 315. T. grimblyae.