Theognete pragudemi 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 : 35-36

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.5325747
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E88799-FF9E-FFC3-2CB6-FA4A4FFC1F68
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Theognete pragudemi Anderson
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

28. Theognete pragudemi Anderson , new species ( Figures 91 View FIGURES 89–94 , 101 View FIGURES 99–101 , 110 View FIGURES 108–116 )

Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 3.20–3.77mm; female, 3.51–4.27mm. Width, male, 1.91–2.19mm; female, 1.91–2.36mm. As for T. ashei except elytra with clumps of scales narrow, with scales regularly linearly arranged in single longitudinal row. Aedeagus as in Fig. 101 View FIGURES 99–101 .

Geographical distribution. El Salvador (Santa Ana), Honduras (Lempira).

Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest leaf litter at an elevation of 2100m.

Derivation of specific name. Through her support of the Nature Discovery Fund at the Canadian Museum of Nature, this species is named after Prasad S. Gudem of San Diego, California, as a gift from Jacinte Rose Jean.

Material examined. 13♂, 8♀♀ ( CMNC, EAPZ). Holotype ♂ ( CMNC): EL SALVADOR: Santa Ana. Cerro Montecristo , 21.7 km N. E. Matapan, 2100m, 29.VIII.1994 -229 E, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter berlese / HOLOTYPE ♂, Theognete pragudemi sp. nov. R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: EL SALVADOR. Santa Ana. Metapan (21.7 km. N.E.), Cerro Montecristo, 2100m, 29.VIII.1994 -229 D, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter berlese (2♀ CMNC). HONDURAS. Lempira. P.N. Celaque, nr. Gracias , Campamiento Naranjo , 2500m, N 14°32,7' W 88°39.7', 12–13.V.2002, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter, 2002-020 (12♂, 6♀♀ CMNC, EAPZ) .

Chorological relationships. Sympatric with Theognete lalannei .