Theognete lalibertei 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 : 70

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2458.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5325843
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BF1DDA60-07C5-4B0E-B517-013F9F2BFD2C
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:BF1DDA60-07C5-4B0E-B517-013F9F2BFD2C
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Theognete lalibertei Anderson
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

73. Theognete lalibertei Anderson , new species ( Figures 247 View FIGURES 247–253 , 264 View FIGURES 263–265 , 281 View FIGURES 271–287 )

Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 3.77–4.16mm; female, 3.77–4.55mm. Width, male, 2.14–2.42mm; female, 2.25–2.75mm. As for T. terrestris but scales of elytra clumped into tufts in anteroloteral area. Aedeagus as in Fig. 264 View FIGURES 263–265 .

Geographical distribution. México (Oaxaca).

Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest and oak forest leaf litter at elevations from 2125–2925m.

Derivation of specific name. Through their support of the Nature Discovery Fund at the Canadian Museum of Nature, this species is named in memory of Claude Laliberté of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, as a gift from Mario and Hortense Lalanne.

Material examined. 6♂, 8♀♀ ( CMNC, CNCI, CWOB, ECOS, MCZC, MZLU) . Holotype ♂ ( CMNC) : MÉXICO: Oaxaca. 47.5 km. S. W. Valle Nacional, KM 100.5, 2125m, 26.VII.1992, 92-032, R.S. Anderson, wet oak forest leaf litter berlese / HOLOTYPE ♂, Theognete lalibertei sp. nov., R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: MÉXICO. Oaxaca. Ixtlán de Juárez (27.3 mi. N.), 9200', 10–18.VIII.1973, A. Newton, berlese oak forest litter (2♂, 2♀♀ CWOB, MCZC) . Valle Nacional (37 mi. S.), 8500', 24.V.1971, S. Peck, oak litter, BER206 (3♀♀ CMNC, CNCI) . Valle Nacional (37 mi S. Hwy 105), 9600', 28.V.1983, C. & L. O'Brien & G.B. Marshall, berlese sifted oak cloud forest litter (1♀ CWOB) . Valle Nacional (47.5 km. S. W.) , 2125m, 26.VII.1992, R. Anderson, wet oak forest leaf litter berlese (3♂, 2♀♀ CMNC, ECOS) . Valle Nacional (40 km. S.), 2000m, 17.IX.1990, R. Baranowski, sifting litter cloud forest (1♂ MZLU) . Valle Nacional (57 km. S.), 2600m, 29.IX.1990, R. Baranowski, sifting litter wet mixed pine forest (1♂; MZLU) .