Theognete lapouimetorum 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 : 56

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2458.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5325805
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/11CD818B-4ACE-41BB-84E6-4AEF227EDB73
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treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Theognete lapouimetorum Anderson
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

52. Theognete lapouimetorum Anderson , new species ( Figures 156 View FIGURES 155–164 , 191 View FIGURES 190–192 , 226 View FIGURES 204–227 )

Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 3.54–3.71mm; female, 3.82–4.02mm. Width, male, 2.08–2.19mm; female, 2.08–2.19mm. As for T. braunae but pronotum virtually impunctate, scales small and sparse, flanks with punctures distinctly separate, male rostrum with scrobes broadly visible in dorsal view. Male tergite VIII emarginate in middle. Aedeagus as in Fig. 191 View FIGURES 190–192 .

Geographical distribution. Guatemala (Zacapa).

Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest leaf litter at elevations of from 1500– 1600m.

Derivation of specific name. Through his support of the Nature Discovery Fund at the Canadian Museum of Nature, this species is named after Odette Lapointe and Roger Ouimet of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, as a gift from Mario Lalanne.

Material examined. 5♂, 10♀♀ ( CMNC, UVGC). Holotype ♂ ( CMNC): GUATEMALA: Zacapa. 3.5km S. E. La Unión, 1500m., 4.VI.1991, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter, 91-50 / HOLOTYPE ♂, Theognete lapouimetorum sp. nov., R. S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: GUATEMALA. Zapaca. La Unión (3.5 km S.E.), 1500m, 4.VI.1991, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter, 91-50 (3♂, 4♀♀ CMNC, UVGC). La Union (3.5 km S.E.), 1500m, 23.VI.1993, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter, 93-12 (2♀♀ CMNC). La Unión (3.5 km S.E.), 1600m, 25.VI.1993, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter, 93-15 (2♀♀ CMNC). La Unión (3.5 km S.E.), 1600m, 27.VI.1993, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter, 93-20 (1♂, 1♀ CMNC). La Unión (3.5 km S.E.), 1500m, 25–27. VI. 1993, J. Ashe and R. Brooks, cloud forest FIT (1♀ CMNC) .

Chorological relationships. Not sympatric with any other species of Theognete .