Theognete desautelsi 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 : 71

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2458.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5325849
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/201C29F4-1B2B-4F23-B5E4-077DEC720818
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treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Theognete desautelsi Anderson
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

75. Theognete desautelsi Anderson , new species ( Figures 250 View FIGURES 247–253 , 267 View FIGURES 266–268 , 284 View FIGURES 271–287 )

Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 2.56–3.09mm; female, 2.78–3.43mm. Width, male, 1.52–1.85mm; female, 1.57–1.88mm. Prosternum swollen transversely in front of coxae, swelling not to very slightly produced posteriad between coxae, deeply impressed and pit-like posteriorly under swelling. Pronotum in male transverse and inflated, not distinctly punctate, shining, with scales sparse, broad, appressed, uniformly distributed on disk. Elytra with scales linearly arranged, sparse, suberect, recurved, otherwise similar to those of pronotum. Elytral stiae not impressed or punctate; posterolateral area with 2 large pilose punctures; basal margin in humeral area with tooth. Aedeagus as in Fig. 267 View FIGURES 266–268 .

Geographical distribution. México (Oaxaca).

Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest leaf litter at elevations of 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 Dr. Pierre Desautels of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, as a gift from Mario Lalanne.

Material examined. 28♂, 22♀♀ ( CMNC, CNCI, CWOB, ECOS, MCZC, MZLU, USNM) . Holotype ♂ ( CMNC) : MÉXICO: Oaxaca. 23 km. S. W. Valle Nacional , 1300m, 26.VII.1992, R. Anderson, cloud forest leaf litter berlese / HOLOTYPE ♂, Theognete desautelsi sp. nov., R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: MÉXICO. Oaxaca. Valle Nacional (15 mi. S.), 2000', 19.V.1971, S. Peck, leaf litter, Ber 203 (1♀ CMNC) . Valle Nacional (15 mi. S.), 4000', 21.V.1971, S. Peck, Ber 204, leaf litter (20♂, 16♀♀ CMNC, CNCI, CWOB, ECOS, USNM) . Valle Nacional (15 mi. S.), 7000', 22.V.1971, S. Peck, Ber 205, leaf litter (2♀ CMNC) . Valle Nacional (15.1 mi. S.), 4300', 11–18.VIII.1973, berlese cloud forest leaf litter (1♂ MCZC) . Valle Nacional (15 mi. S.), 3700', 24.VI.1983, S. & J. Peck, cloud forest litter (1♂, 1♀ CMNC) . Valle Nacional (23 km. S.), 1250m, 21.XI.1989, R. Baranowski, sifting litter in tropical montane forest (2♂ MZLU) . Valle Nacional (23 km. S.), 1250m, 13.XI.1989, R. Baranowski, sifting litter in tropical montane forest (1♂, 1♀ MZLU) . Valle Nacional (23 km. S.), 1200m, 14.IX.1990, R. Baranowski, sifting litter in tropical montane forest (1♂, 1♀ MZLU) . Valle Nacional (23 km. S.), 1200–1250m, 12.IX.1994, R. Baranowski, sifting litter in cloud forest (1♂ MZLU) .