Theognete hesmos 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 : 78-79

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2458.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7E42061C-9D11-49C5-8737-CEED0864E699

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F5E35F93-E4C7-4950-9325-BDDDCB561ED0

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:F5E35F93-E4C7-4950-9325-BDDDCB561ED0

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Theognete hesmos Anderson
status

sp. nov.

85. Theognete hesmos Anderson , new species ( Figures 16 View FIGURES 14–18 , 24 View FIGURES 19–24 , 288 View FIGURES 288–297 , 298 View FIGURES 298–300 , 307 View FIGURES 307–315 , 328–331 View FIGURES 316–331 )

Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 3.06–3.65mm; female, 2.84–3.91mm. Width, male, 1.69–1.97mm; female, 1.57–2.14mm. Pronotum strongly cordate, punctures large and deep, some specimens with irregular, weak, median ridge; scales simple, short, appressed to suberect. Procoxae moderately separated. Prosternum with subapical constriction with very large, deep punctures. Elytra with scales short, simple, suberect and recurved,

not plumose; posterolateral region with series of three large punctures. Ventrite 5 with punctures moderately large, towards apex in middle confluent and appearing as transverse impression. Metasternum with lateral punctures behind metacoxae very small and shallow. Aedeagus as in Fig. 298 View FIGURES 298–300 .

Geographical distribution. México (Hidalgo).

Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest leaf litter at elevations from 1475– 1825m.

Derivation of specific name. Noun in apposition: named from the Greek hesmos , meaning swarm or flock, in reference to the great abundance of this species in samples from near Tlanchinol.

Material examined. 157♂, 123♀♀ ( BMNH, CMNC, CWOB, ECOS, MCZC, MZLU, UAQM, USNM) . Holotype ♂ ( CMNC) : MÉXICO: Hidalgo. Tlanchinol, 43 km S. W. Huejutla , 1.VIII.1983, S. & J. Peck, 1490m, cloud for. litter / HOLOTYPE ♂, Theognete hesmos sp. nov., R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: MÉXICO. Hidalgo. Santa Mónica (1 mi. S.), 6000', 7–12.VII.1973, A. Newton, berlese Liquidambar forest litter (1♂ MCZC) . Tlanchinol (2.4 mi. N.E.), 4500', 14.VI.1983, S. & J. Peck, cloud forest litter (10♂, 6♀♀ CMNC, UAQM) . Tlanchinol (2.5 mi. N.), 5200', 6–11.VII.1973 A. Newton, berlese cloud forest leaf litter (2♂, 2♀♀ MCZC) . Tlanchinol (2.8 mi. N.), 5200', 9–11.VII.1973, A. Newton, berlese cloud forest leaf litter (7♂, 6♀♀ MCZC) . Tlanchinol (2.5–3.5 mi. N.), 5000–5200', 6–11.VII.1973, A. Newton, on wood chips of cut oaks (8♂, 16♀♀ ECOS, MCZC) . Tlanchinol (2.7 mi. N. Hwy 105), 5000', 9.V.1983, C. W. & L. O'Brien & G.B. Marshall, berlese sifted cloud forest litter (2♂, 1♀ CWOB) . Tlanchinol (2.7 mi. N. Hwy 105), 5000', 10.V.1983, C. W. & L. O'Brien & G.B. Marshall, from dead branch on ground (10♂, 9♀♀ CWOB) . 14.VI.1983, C. W. & L. O'Brien & G.B. Marshall, berlese sifted cloud forest litter (13♂, 4♀♀ CWOB) . 15.VI.1983, C. W. & L. O'Brien & G.B. Marshall, berlese sifted cloud forest litter (53♂, 38♀♀ CWOB) . Tlanchinol (2 mi. N. Hwy 105), 5000', 16.VI.1983, C. W. & L. O'Brien & G.B. Marshall, berlese sifted cloud forest litter (1♂, 1♀ CWOB) . Tlanchinol (2.4 mi. N. Hwy 105), 5000', 16.VI.1983, C. W. & L. O'Brien & G.B. Marshall, berlese sifted cloud forest litter (11♂, 8♀♀ CWOB) . Tlanchinol (2.7 mi. N. Hwy 105), 5000', 17.VI.1983, C. W. & L. O'Brien & G.B. Marshall, berlese sifted cloud forest litter (22♂, 12♀♀ CMNC, CWOB) . Tlanchinol (20 km N.E.), 13.VI.1983, M. Kaulbars (1♂ CMNC) . Tlanchinol (43 km S. W. Huejutla ), 1500m, 14.VI.1983, S. & J. Peck, cloud forest litter (1♂ CMNC) . Tlanchinol (43 km S. W. Huejutla ), 1490m, 1.VIII.1983, S. & J. Peck, cloud forest litter (12♂, 16♀♀ BMNH, CMNC, ECOS, UAQM, USNM) . Tlanchinol ( Hwy. 105), 2000m, 25.VI.1986, M. Sörensson, B. Mårtensson (1♂ MZLU) .

Chorological relationships. Sympatric with T. minuta , T. harbini , T. gracilis and T. caviventris .

MZLU

Lund University

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Theognete

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