Theognete dansereaui 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 : 70-71

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2458.1.1
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persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/32A103D5-13BE-443F-8772-D9C858BC22F1
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:32A103D5-13BE-443F-8772-D9C858BC22F1
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Theognete dansereaui Anderson
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

74. Theognete dansereaui Anderson , new species ( Figures 238 View FIGURES 236–246 , 256 View FIGURES 254–256 , 273 View FIGURES 271–287 )

Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 2.98mm; female, 3.20–3.26mm. Width, male, 1.69mm; female, 1.74–1.80mm. Antennal scrobes broadly visible in dorsal view. Procoxae widely separated, with deep pilose pit in front of intercoxal space. Pronotal punctures fine and shallow, vestiture short and sparse. Elytra with very sparse, scattered, short, erect, clavate scales; strial regions with very fine, appressed hairs; basal margin in humeral region with rounded tooth. Tergite VIII in female emarginate in middle. Aedeagus as in Fig. 256 View FIGURES 254–256 .

Geographical distribution. México (Oaxaca).

Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest leaf litter at elevations from 1125– 1325m.

Derivation of specific name. Through his support of the Nature Discovery Fund at the Canadian

Museum of Nature, this species is named after Pierre Dansereau of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, as a gift from Mario Lalanne.

Material examined. 2♂, 3♀♀ ( CMNC, MCZC, MZLU) . Holotype ♂ ( MZLU) : MÉXICO: Oaxaca. 24–26 km. S. Valle Nacional , 1300m, 14.IX.1990, leg. R. Baranowski / sifting litter in cloud forest / HOLO- TYPE ♂, Theognete dansereaui sp. nov., R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted . Paratypes: MÉXICO. Oaxaca. Valle Nacional (23 km. S. W.) , 1300m, 26.VII.1992, R. Anderson, cloud forest leaf litter berlese (1♂ CMNC) . Valle Nacional (17 mi. S. W.) , 3700', 24.VI.1983, R. Anderson, cloud forest (1♀ CMNC) . Valle Nacional (24– 26 km. S.), 1300m, 14.IX.1990, R. Baranowski, sifting litter in cloud forest (1♀ MZLU) . Valle Nacional (15.1 mi S.), 4300', 11–18.VIII.1973, berlese cloud forest leaf litter (1♀ CMNC) .

Chorological relationships. Sympatric with T. desautelsi , T. peckorum , T. howdenorum , T. humilis and T. lutulenta .