Theognete birdi 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 : 34-35

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.5325745
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7D0FE615-151E-4AD7-B47E-622D7975CB8E
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:7D0FE615-151E-4AD7-B47E-622D7975CB8E
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Theognete birdi Anderson
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

26. Theognete birdi Anderson , new species ( Figures 94 View FIGURES 89–94 , 104 View FIGURES 102–104 , 113 View FIGURES 108–116 )

Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 5.68–5.84mm. Width, male, 3.20–3.26mm. Along with the unrelated T. stefurinoi , one of the largest species of Theognete . Head behind eyes constricted in lateral view. Pronotum strongly cordate, not medially carinate. Elytra with many low tubercles, each tufted with a few erect, recurved plumose scales. Elytral strial punctures individually distinct, deep. Aedeagus as in Fig. 104 View FIGURES 102–104 .

Geographical distribution. México (Oaxaca).

Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of mixed pine forest leaf litter at an elevation of 2700m.

Derivation of specific name. Through his support of the Nature Discovery Fund at the Canadian Museum of Nature, this species is named after James McArthur Bird of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, as a gift from Phillip Bird.

Material examined. 2♂ ( CMNC, MZLU). Holotype ♂ ( MZLU): MÉXICO: Oaxaca. 70 km. S. Valle Nacional, 2700m, 29.IX.1990, leg. R. Baranowski / sifting litter in mixed pine forest / HOLOTYPE ♂, Theognete birdi sp. nov. R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratype: MÉXICO. Oaxaca. Valle Nacional (70 km. S.), 2700m, 29.IX.1990, R. Baranowski, sifting litter in mixed pine forest (1♂ CMNC) .

Chorological relationships. Sympatric with T. baranowskii , T. bothynometopon and T. weiri .