Theognete maturini 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 : 56-57

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.5325807
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/76F25A80-0A14-4BD2-B7D2-3BF549D6B6D9
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:76F25A80-0A14-4BD2-B7D2-3BF549D6B6D9
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Theognete maturini Anderson
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

53. Theognete maturini Anderson , new species ( Figures 148 View FIGURES 144–154 , 183 View FIGURES 181–183 , 218 View FIGURES 204–227 )

Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 3.20–3.77mm; female, 3.51–4.27mm. Width, male, 1.91–2.14mm; female, 1.91–2.36mm. Pronotum weakly cordate, moderately densely punctate, scales moderately large, dense, appressed to suberect; flanks with punctures distinct but lacking sulci. Elytra with scales dense, plumose, suberect, linearly arranged, apices overlapping; basal margin at humeri with low rounded swelling or tooth; posterolateral area of elytra with 2 to 4 distinct to subcontiguous punctures. Mesosternum with deep, pilose, pitlike impression. Aedeagus as in Fig. 183 View FIGURES 181–183 .

Geographical distribution. Honduras (Santa Bárbara, Yoro) .

Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of upper montane forest leaf litter at 1400m and cloud forest leaf litter at an elevation of 1850–1870m.

Derivation of specific name. Through his support of the Nature Discovery Fund at the Canadian Museum of Nature, this species is named after Stephen Maturin of North York, Ontario, Canada, as a gift from Adam Quinan.

Material examined. 28♂, 16♀♀ ( CMNC, CWOB, EAPZ) . Holotype ♂ ( CMNC) : HONDURAS: Santa Bárbara. Cerro Santa Bárbara, 11.5km.S. & 5.6km. W. Penas Blancas , 1870m, 24.VIII.1994 -220G, R. Anderson, cloud for. litt. berl . / HOLOTYPE ♂, Theognete maturini sp. nov., R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: HONDURAS. Santa Bárbara. Penas Blancas (11.5km.S. & 5.6km. W.) , Cerro Santa Bárbara, 1870m, 20.VI.1994 -127, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter berlese (1♂, 1♀ CMNC) . Penas Blancas (11.5km.S. & 5.6km. W.) , Cerro Santa Bárbara, 1870m, 24.VIII.1994 -220, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter berlese (9♂, 14♀♀ CMNC, CWOB, EAPZ) . Penas Blancas (15km S.E.), Cerro Santa Bárbara, 1850m, 24.VIII.1994, S.&J. Peck, cloud forest litter berlese (12♂, 2♀♀ CMNC) . Yoro. P. N. Pico Pijol , 1400m, 15º09.4’ N, 87º37.6’ W, 11.V.2002, R. Anderson, upper montane forest litter (6♂, CMNC) GoogleMaps .