Theognete reprela 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 : 80-81

88. Theognete reprela Anderson , new species ( Figures 17 , 295 , 304 , 313 )

Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 2.84–3.15mm. Width, male, 1.46–1.63mm. Eyes small (smallest in genus). Funicle with 6 articles. Pronotum impunctate, scales of pronotum and elytra fine, simple, suberect to erect, recurved, not plumose. Posterolateral area of elytra impunctate. Metasternum with pair of subcontiguous median punctures. Aedeagus as in Fig. 304 . Females unknown.

Geographical distribution. México (Veracruz).

Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest leaf litter at elevations from 1125– 1275m.

Derivation of specific name. Noun in apposition: through his support of the Nature Discovery Fund at the Canadian Museum of Nature, named after Reine Préville Laurent of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, as a gift from Mario Lalanne.

Material examined. 8♂ ( CMNC, ECOS, MCZC). Holotype ♂ ( CMNC): MÉXICO: Veracruz. 4.3 mi. E. Huatusco, 3400', 21.VI.83, R. Anderson, cloud forest / HOLOTYPE ♂, Theognete reprela sp. nov., R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: MÉXICO. Veracruz. Huatusco (4.3 mi. E.), 3400', 21.VI.1983, R. Anderson, cloud forest (2♂ CMNC). Huatusco (4.4 mi. N.), 4200', 29.VII.–3.VIII.1973, A. Newton, cloud forest leaf and log litter (4♂ ECOS, MCZC). Coscomatepec (3.1 mi. N.E.), 3700', 21.VI.1983, R. Anderson, cloud forest (1♂ CMNC) .

Chorological relationships. Sympatric with T. azteca , T. kaulbarsi and T. lakarms .

Figures

FIGURES 14–18. Thoracic sterna, ventral view, Theognete species. 14. T. weiri. 15. T. boaseae. 16. T. hesmos. 17. T. reprela. 18. T. lakarms.

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.