Theognete howdenorum 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 : 42-43

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2458.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5325753
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/391E8F56-FE0B-4FF0-83CC-0416A4AEA7AF
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:391E8F56-FE0B-4FF0-83CC-0416A4AEA7AF
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Theognete howdenorum Anderson
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

33. Theognete howdenorum Anderson , new species ( Figures 147 View FIGURES 144–154 , 182 View FIGURES 181–183 , 217 View FIGURES 204–227 )

Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 2.81–3.15mm; female, 2.81–4.27mm. Width, male, 1.74–1.85mm; female, 1.74–2.53mm. As for T. tzotzil but pronotum and elytra with scales more distinctly plumose apically and elytra strial regions lacking vestiture. Rostrum in male with scrobes broadly visible in dorsal view. Mesosternum with deep, transverse, pit-like, usually pilose impression. Aedeagus as in Fig. 182 View FIGURES 181–183 .

Geographical distribution. México (Oaxaca).

Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest leaf litter at elevations ranging from 1125–1600m, a single specimen also from stomach of Bufo valliceps Wiegmann at Choapan, Oaxaca (see Goldman 1951: 211).

Derivation of specific name. Named after Anne T. and Henry F. Howden of Ottawa, Canada.

Material examined. 7♂, 12♀♀ ( CMNC, MCZC, MZLU, USNM) . Holotype ♂ ( MZLU) : MÉXICO: Oaxaca. 24–26 km S. Valle Nacional, 1300m, 14.IX.1990, leg. R. Baranowski / sifting litter in cloud forest / HOLOTYPE ♂, Theognete howdenorum sp. nov. R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: MÉXICO. Oaxaca. Valle Nacional (15.1 mi. S.), 4300', 11–18.VIII.1973, A. Newton, cloud forest leaf litter (1♂, 1♀ MCZC) . Valle Nacional (17 mi. S. W.) , 3700', 24. VI. 1983, R. Anderson, cloud forest (1♀ CMNC) . Valle Nacional (24–26 km. S.), 1300m, 14.IX.1990, R. Baranowski, sifting litter in cloud forest (2♂, 4♀♀ CMNC) (2♂, 4♀♀ MZLU) . Valle Nacional (23 km. S.), 1250m, 13.XI.1989, R. Baranowski, sifting litter in tropical montane forest (1♀ MZLU) . Valle Nacional (33 km. S.), 1600m, 10.IX.1986, R. Baranowski, sifting litter cloud forest (1♂ MZLU) . Choapan , 28.VII.1894, stomach of Bufo valliceps (1♀ USNM) .