Theognete barringerorum 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 : 60

60. Theognete barringerorum Anderson , new species ( Figures 168 , 203 , 235 )

Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 2.86–3.29mm; female, 3.20–3.63mm. Width, male, 1.79–2.04mm; female, 1.96–21.3mm. As for T. backorum except pronotum with punctures smaller and shallower, scales not as dense, not distinctly plumose. Elytra with intervals with scales more arched, appressed to suberect; scales of strial regions very small and fine. Posterolateral area of elytra with series of 3–4 subcontiguous punctures. Aedeagus as in Fig. 203 .

Geographical distribution. México (Chiapas).

Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of wet valley-side montane forest leaf litter at 1650m.

Derivation of specific name. Through their support of the Nature Discovery Fund at the Canadian Museum of Nature, this species is named after Minor and Mollie Barringer of Cambridge, Massachusetts, as a gift from their many children and grandchildren.

Material examined. 11♂, 11♀♀ ( CMNC, ECOS, UNAM). Holotype ♂ ( UNAM): MÉXICO: Chiapas. Municipio Tenejapa, Yashanal , 16º49’06.7” N, 92º26’33.6” W, 1650m, 21.VII.2003, R. Anderson, valley side wet montane forest litter, 2003-113 / HOLOTYPE ♂ Theognete barringerorum sp. nov. R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: MÉXICO. Chiapas. Municipio Tenejapa, Yashanal, 16º49’06.7” N, 92º26’33.6” W, 1650m, 21.VII.2003, R. Anderson, valley side wet montane forest litter (7♂, 9♀♀ CMNC, ECOS). Municipio Tenejapa, Ojo de Agua , Yashanal, 4.III.1994, R. Jones. (3♂, 2♀♀ CMNC, ECOS) .

Chorological relationships. Sympatric with T. cortesi , T. scopulus and T. evelynae .

Figures

FIGURES 165–168. Habitus, dorsal view, Theognete tzotzil species group. 165. T. illuviosa. 166. T. maziaki. 167. T. evelynae. 168. T. barringerorum.

FIGURES 202–203. Aedeagus, dorsal and lateral view, Theognete tzotzil species group. 202. T. evelynae. 203. T. barringerorum.

FIGURES 228–235. Abdominal ventrite 5, male, ventral view, Theognete tzotzil species group. 228. T. gaia. 229. T. sylvatica. 230. T. campbelli. 231. T. coleadesi. 232. T. ludvigseni. 233. T. illuviosa. 234. T. evelynae. 235. T. barringerorum.