Theognete hortenseae Anderson, 2010
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2458.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7E42061C-9D11-49C5-8737-CEED0864E699 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B62AE427-FF50-4547-B164-E707CD7451B0 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:act:B62AE427-FF50-4547-B164-E707CD7451B0 |
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Felipe |
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scientific name |
Theognete hortenseae Anderson |
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sp. nov. |
55. Theognete hortenseae Anderson , new species ( Figures 151 View FIGURES 144–154 , 186 View FIGURES 184–186 , 221 View FIGURES 204–227 )
Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 3.29mm. Width, male, 1.85mm. Pronotum weakly cordate, punctures moderately dense, large, moderately deep; scales short and robust, appressed, plumose; flanks with oblique sulci formed by contiguous punctures. Elytra with scales short and robust, sparse, arranged linearly on intervals, apices not overlapping. Strial regions with very fine, hair-like scales. Posterolateral area with series of 3–4 contiguous punctures. Aedeagus as in Fig. 186 View FIGURES 184–186 .
Geographical distribution. México (Chiapas).
Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest leaf litter at an elevation of 2000m.
Derivation of specific name. Through his support of the Nature Discovery Fund at the Canadian Museum of Nature, this species is named after Hortense Michaud-Lalanne of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, as a gift from Mario Lalanne.
Material examined. 1♂ ( CMNC). Holotype ♂ ( CMNC): MÉXICO. Chiapas. Volcán Tacaná , lower slopes, ca. 4 km. N. Unión Juárez, 2000m, 19.IX.1992, R.S. Anderson, 92-110, cloud forest litter / HOLO- TYPE ♂, Theognete hortenseae sp. nov., R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted.
Chorological relationships. Sympatric with T. chiapaneca , T. confusa and T. balli .
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