Theognete kaulbarsi 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 : 67-68

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.5325833

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E88799-FFFE-FFA3-2CAE-FA4248461F40

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scientific name

Theognete kaulbarsi Anderson
status

sp. nov.

68. Theognete kaulbarsi Anderson , new species ( Figures 242 View FIGURES 236–246 , 260 View FIGURES 260–262 , 277 View FIGURES 271–287 )

Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 2.95–3.09mm; female, 3.51mm. Width, male, 1.69–1.80mm; female, 1.80mm. Pronotum weakly cordate, dorsally distinctly punctate, punctures large and deep; scales concentrated along lateral regions, appressed, distinctly plumose. Elytra with scales linearly arranged, appressed, not plumose; sutural stria shallowly impressed and shallowly, finely punctate; basal margin in humeral region with tooth; posterolateral region with pilose crease. Aedeagus as in Fig. 260 View FIGURES 260–262 .

Geographical distribution. México (Veracruz).

Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest leaf litter at elevations from 1025– 1175m.

Derivation of specific name. Named after Michael Kaulbars of Ottawa, Canada.

Material examined. 10♂, 1♀ ( CMNC, ECOS). Holotype ♂ ( CMNC): MÉXICO: Veracruz. 4.3 mi. E. Huatusco, 3400', 21.VI.83, R. Anderson, cloud forest / HOLOTYPE ♂, Theognete kaulbarsi sp. nov., R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: MÉXICO. Veracruz. Coscomatepec (3.1 mi. N.E.), 3700', 21.VI.1983, R. Anderson, cloud forest (1♂, 1♀ CMNC). Huatusco (4.3 mi. E.), 3400', 21.VI.1983, R. Anderson, cloud forest (8♂ CMNC, ECOS) .

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

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Theognete

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