Theognete coleadesi 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 : 62-63

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.5325829

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E88799-FF81-FFDE-2CA0-F97248671CA0

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scientific name

Theognete coleadesi Anderson
status

sp. nov.

64. Theognete coleadesi Anderson , new species ( Figures 163 View FIGURES 155–164 , 198 View FIGURES 198–199 , 231 View FIGURES 228–235 )

Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 3.77–4.44mm; female, 4.33–4.61mm. Width, male, 2.08–2.30mm; female, 2.30–2.42mm. As for T. huitepec except scales more erect on pronotum and elytra, rostrum in male with scrobes broadly visible in dorsal view. Elytra with basal margin with low, rounded, humeral tooth. Mesosternum with deep, pilose, pit-like impression. Male with middle tibia distinctly broader along inner margin in middle, setae along inner margin longer and coarser at point of expansion. Aedeagus as in Fig. 198 View FIGURES 198–199 .

Geographical distribution. Honduras (Santa Bárbara).

Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest leaf litter at an elevation of 1850– 1870m.

Derivation of specific name. Through its support of the Nature Discovery Fund at the Canadian Museum of Nature, this species is named after Colin Eades of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, as a gift upon his retirement from the Board of Trustees of the Canadian Museum of Nature.

Material examined. 9♂, 5♀♀ ( CMNC, EAPZ) . Holotype ♂ ( CMNC) : HONDURAS: Santa Bárbara. 11.5km S. & 5.6km W. Penas Blancas, Cerro Santa Bárbara, 1870m, 24.VIII.1994 -220 H, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter berlese / HOLOTYPE ♂, Theognete coleadesi sp. nov., R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: HONDURAS. Santa Bárbara. Penas Blancas (11.5km.S. & 5.6km. W.) , Cerro Santa Bárbara, 1870m, 24.VIII.1994 -220, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter berlese (1♂, 5♀♀ CMNC, EAPZ) . Penas Blancas (11.5km.S. & 5.6km. W.) , Cerro Santa Bárbara, 1870m, 20.VI.1994 -127, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter berlese (2♂ CMNC) . Penas Blancas (15km S.E.), Cerro Santa Bárbara, 1850m, 24.VIII.1994, S.&J. Peck, cloud forest litter berlese (6♂, 1♀ CMNC, EAPZ) .

Chorological relationships. Sympatric with Theognete maturini and T. ashei .

EAPZ

Escuela Agricola Panamericana

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Theognete

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