Theognete tzotzil 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 : 41

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2458.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7E42061C-9D11-49C5-8737-CEED0864E699
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DF90E8A7-A518-45E8-80DB-8E4E713CA6ED
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:DF90E8A7-A518-45E8-80DB-8E4E713CA6ED
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Theognete tzotzil Anderson
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

31. Theognete tzotzil Anderson , new species ( Figures 144 View FIGURES 144–154 , 179 View FIGURES 178–180 , 214 View FIGURES 204–227 , 324–327 View FIGURES 316–331 )

Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 2.81–3.32mm; female, 2.81–3.26mm. Width, male, 1.69–2.08mm; female, 1.63–1.97mm. Pronotum with few very small or no distinct punctures; weakly cordate with dense, erect, apically recurved, moderately long scales condensed along anterolateral margins and in paramedian clumps in apical half of length. Elytra rounded, with similar apically recurved scales linearly arranged along intervals, strial regions with very fine, appressed, elongate, hair-like scales. Striae not impressed. Posterolateral area with series of 3–6 shallow, contiguous punctures. Mesosternum flat, slightly sloping anteriad, punctate to various extent in transverse band at extreme apex (usually obscured by prosternum). Male tergite VIII emarginate in middle. Aedeagus as in Fig. 179 View FIGURES 178–180 .

Geographical distribution. México (Chiapas).

Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest and oak-pine forest leaf litter at elevations of from 1500–1825m.

Derivation of specific name. Noun in apposition; after the Tzotzil, the native Indians of the highlands of Chiapas.

Material examined. 122♂, 81♀♀ ( BMNH, CMNC, CWOB, ECOS, MCZC, USNM, UVGC) .

Holotype ♂ ( CMNC): MÉXICO: Chiapas. 8.9km E. Rayón, 1500m, 19.IX.1991, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter, 91-109 / HOLOTYPE ♂, Theognete tzotzil sp. nov., R. S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: MÉXICO. Chiapas. Pueblo Nuevo Solistahuacán (8 mi. E.), 6000', 26–27.VIII.1973, A. Newton, berlese cloud forest leaf litter (4♂, 5♀♀ CMNC, MCZC). Rayón (8.9 km E.), 1500 m, 19.IX.1991, R. Anderson, oak-pine forest litter, 91-109 (118♂, 77♀♀ BMNH, CMNC, CWOB, ECOS, USNM, UVGC) .

Chorological relationships. Sympatric with T. backorum and T. jonesi .