Theognete romanoi 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 : 73-74

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.5325853

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B5E2DD87-F2D0-4C74-BBEB-A437607DEE34

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:B5E2DD87-F2D0-4C74-BBEB-A437607DEE34

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scientific name

Theognete romanoi Anderson
status

sp. nov.

78. Theognete romanoi Anderson , new species ( Figures 237 View FIGURES 236–246 , 255 View FIGURES 254–256 , 272 View FIGURES 271–287 )

Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 2.98–3.09mm. Width, male, 1.57–1.63mm. As for T. kaulbarsi but pronotum with punctures shallower and smaller and elytra with posterolateral area with series of 3 punctures. Aedeagus as in Fig. 255 View FIGURES 254–256 .

Geographical distribution. México (Oaxaca).

Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest leaf litter at elevations from 1300– 1575m.

Derivation of specific name. Through her support of the Nature Discovery Fund at the Canadian Museum of Nature, this species is named after Nick Romano of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, as a gift from Stacey Elisa Tidman.

Material examined. 3♂ ( CMNC, MZLU). Holotype ♂ ( MZLU): MÉXICO: Oaxaca. 24–26 km. S. Valle Nacional, 1300m, 14.IX.1990, leg. R. Baranowski / sifting litter in cloud forest / HOLOTYPE ♂, Theognete chanbalum sp. nov., R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: MÉXICO. Oaxaca. Valle Nacional (18.7 mi. S.), 5200', 11–18.VIII.1973, A. Newton (1♂ MCZC). Valle Nacional (24–26 km. S.), 1300m, 14.IX.1990, R. Baranowski, sifting litter in cloud forest (1♂ CMNC) .

Chorological relationships. Sympatric with T. lutulenta , T. broadheadae , T. peckorum , T. howdenorum , T. humilis , T. dansereaui and T. terrestris .

MZLU

Lund University

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Theognete

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