Theognete globosa 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 : 68-69

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.5325839

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4BFC4421-F2ED-4987-A4D4-01662EC8E69A

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:4BFC4421-F2ED-4987-A4D4-01662EC8E69A

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Theognete globosa Anderson
status

sp. nov.

70. Theognete globosa Anderson , new species ( Figures 246 View FIGURES 236–246 , 263 View FIGURES 263–265 , 280 View FIGURES 271–287 )

Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 2.75–3.32mm; female, 3.15–3.54mm. Width, male, 1.69–2.02mm; female, 1.97–2.14mm. As for T. baranowskii except elytral striae not punctate or impressed. Aedeagus as in Fig. 263 View FIGURES 263–265 .

Geographical distribution. México (Oaxaca).

Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of oak cloud forest, wet oak forest and mixed montane forest leaf litter at elevations from 2000–2350m.

Derivation of specific name. Named from the Latin globosus, meaning sperical, in reference to the dorsal habitus of the species.

Material examined. 19♂, 17♀♀ ( CMNC, CWOB, ECOS, MZLU) . Holotype ♂ ( CMNC) : MÉXICO: Oaxaca. 30.1 mi. S. W. Valle Nacional , 6600', 24.VI.1983, R. Anderson, wet oak for. litter / HOLOTYPE ♂, Theognete globosa sp. nov., R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: MÉXICO. Oaxaca. Valle Nacional (32 mi. S.), 7000', 22.V.1971, S. Peck, leaf litter, BER205 (11♂, 6♀♀ CMNC, ECOS) . Valle Nacional (33 mi. S.), 7800', 16.V.1983, C. & L. O'Brien & G.B. Marshall, berlese sifted oak cloud forest litter (1♀ CWOB) . Valle Nacional (30.1 mi. S. W.) , 6600', 24.VI.1983, R. Anderson, wet oak forest litter (4♂, 5♀♀ CMNC) . Valle Nacional (47.5 km. S. W.) , 2125m, 26.VII.1992, R. Anderson, wet oak forest leaf litter berlese (2♂, 5♀♀ CMNC) . Valle Nacional (55 km. S.), 2350m, 21.XI.1989, R. Baranowski, sifting litter in mixed montane forest (1♂ MZLU) .

Chorological relationships. Sympatric with T. weiri , T. fossor , T. lalibertei and T. draco .

MZLU

Lund University

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Theognete

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