Theognete lalannei 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 : 47

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.5325773
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B5A907CA-E7E0-445C-AC1E-06BB52E9022C
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:B5A907CA-E7E0-445C-AC1E-06BB52E9022C
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Theognete lalannei Anderson
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

40. Theognete lalannei Anderson , new species ( Figures 150 View FIGURES 144–154 , 185 View FIGURES 184–186 , 220 View FIGURES 204–227 )

Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 3.29–3.98mm; female, 3.63–4.07mm. Width, male, 1.87–2.38mm; female, 2.13–2.47mm. As for T. tzotzil except pronotum subcordate, punctures distinct, deep, scales distinctly plumose and not as erect, especially in paramedian concentrations. Elytral strial regions with scales minute and hair-like. Mesosternum with deep, pilose, pit-like impression. Aedeagus as in Fig. 185 View FIGURES 184–186 .

Geographical distribution. Honduras (Cortes, Ocotepeque) and El Salvador (Santa Ana, Chalatenango) .

Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest leaf litter at elevations from 2100– 2650m.

Derivation of specific name. Through their support of the Nature Discovery Fund at the Canadian Museum of Nature, this species is named after Marc Louis Lalanne of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, as a gift from the Lalanne family.

Material examined. 63♂, 40♀♀ ( CMNC, CWOB, EAPZ, USNM, UVGC) . Holotype ♂ ( CMNC) : HONDURAS: Ocotepeque. Guisayote , 20.5 km. E. Ocotepeque, 2170m, 16.VI.1994 -119, R. Anderson, cloud for. litt . / HOLOTYPE ♂, Theognete lalannei sp. nov., R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: EL SALVADOR. Chalatenango. San Ignacio (13.1 km.N.), El Pital , 2650m, 28.VIII.1994 -226, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter berlese (23♂, 8♀♀ CMNC, CWOB, EAPZ, USNM, UVGC) . Santa Ana. Metapan (21.7 km. N.E.), Cerro Montecristo , 2100m, 29.VIII.1994 -228, R. Anderson, hardwood forest litter berlese (6♂, 4♀♀ CMNC) . Metapan (21.7 km. N.E.), Cerro Montecristo , 2100m, 29.VIII.1994 -229, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter berlese (11♂, 13♀♀ CMNC) . HONDURAS. Cortes. P.N. Cusuco, Cofradia (18.7km N.), Buenos Aires (5.4km W.) , Cerro Jilinco , 1960m, 26.VIII.1994 -223A, R. Anderson, pine/cloud forest litter berlese (3♂ CMNC) . Lempira. P.N. Celaque, nr. Gracias, Campamento Naranjo , 14°32.7' N 88°39.7' W, 2500m, 12–13.V.2002, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter, 2002–020 (1♂, 1♀ CMNC) GoogleMaps . P.N. Celaque, nr. Gracias, above camp. Don Tomas , 14°32.7' N 88°39.7' W, 2250m, 12–13.V.2002, R. Anderson, mixed oak forest litter, 2002- 021 (1♀ CMNC) GoogleMaps . Ocotepeque. Ocotepeque (20.5 km. E.), Guisayote , 2170m, 13.VI.1994 -114, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter (7♂, 4♀♀ CMNC) . Ocotepeque (20.5 km. E.), Guisayote , 2170m, 14.VI.1994 -115, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter (3♂, 2♀♀ CMNC) . Ocotepeque (20.5 km. E.), Guisayote , 2170m, 15.VI.1994 - 117, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter (1♂ CMNC) . Ocotepeque (20.5 km. E.), Guisayote , 2170m, 16.VI.1994 - 119, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter (7♂, 7♀♀ CMNC) .