Theognete schusteri 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 : 57

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2458.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7E42061C-9D11-49C5-8737-CEED0864E699
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E88799-FF84-FFD8-2CA3-FCE7492C1BBE
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Theognete schusteri Anderson
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

54. Theognete schusteri Anderson , new species ( Figures 138 View FIGURES 133–143 , 173 View FIGURES 172–174 , 208 View FIGURES 204–227 )

Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 3.43–3.91mm; female, 3.93–4.22mm. Width, male, 2.14–2.42mm; female, 2.30–2.53mm. As for T. braunae but pronotum with punctures larger and deeper, scales much longer, overlapping on at least some elytral intervals, flanks with oblique sulci. Mesosternum with deep, pilose pit-like impression. Aedeagus as in Fig. 173 View FIGURES 172–174 .

Geographical distribution. Guatemala (Sacatepequez).

Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of disturbed mesic hardwood forest leaf litter at an elevation of 1760m.

Derivation of specific name. Named after Jack C. Schuster, coleopterist at the Universidad del Valle in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

Material examined. 8♂, 6♀♀ ( CMNC, UVGC). Holotype ♂ ( CMNC): GUATEMALA: Sacatepequez. 4.5km S. W . San Miguel Duenas , 1760m, 12.VI.1991, R. Anderson, mesic hardwood forest litter, 91-61 / HOLOTYPE ♂, Theognete schusteri sp. nov., R. S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: GUATE- MALA. Sacatepequez. San Miguel Duenas (4.5 km S. W.), 1760m, 12.VI. 1991, R. Anderson, mesic hardwood forest litter, 91-61 (7♂, 6♀♀ CMNC, UVGC) .

Chorological relationships. Not known to be sympatric with any other species of Theognete .