Theognete semiopaca 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 : 29

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.5325721
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E88799-FFA0-FFFC-2CA8-FE824D401B45
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Theognete semiopaca Anderson
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

18. Theognete semiopaca Anderson , new species ( Figures 78 View FIGURES 74–78 , 83 View FIGURES 82–83 , 88 View FIGURES 84–88 )

Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 3.37–3.71mm; female, 3.60–3.88mm. Width, male, 1.60–1.80mm; female, 1.74–1.85mm. Pronotum densely, rather deeply punctate. Pronotum and elytra (stria and intervals) with dense, long, slender appressed scales. Elytra with sutural stria shallowly impressed and punctate, other striae linearly punctate but not impressed. Procoxae moderately separated. Aedeagus as in Fig. 83 View FIGURES 82–83 .

Geographical distribution. México (Oaxaca).

Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of oak cloud forest, oak forest, mixed conifer hardwood forest and open boreal forest leaf litter at elevations ranging from 2650–2925m.

Derivation of specific name. Named from the Latin semi, meaning half,and opacus, meaning shady or dark, in reference to the shiny pronotum yet dull elytra.

Material examined. 13♂, 11♀♀ ( CMNC, CWOB, MCZC, MZLU) . Holotype ♂ ( CMNC) : MÉXICO: Oaxaca. 54km S. W. Valle Nacional, Km 107, 2650m, 28.VII.1992, 92-036, R.S. Anderson, wet oak forest, leaf litter berlese / Holotype ♂, Theognete semiopaca sp. nov., R.S. Anderson. Paratypes: MÉXICO. Oaxaca. Ixtlán de Juárez (27.3 mi. N), 9200', 10–18.VIII.1973, A. Newton berlese oak forest litter (1♂ MCZC) . Valle Nacional (37 mi. S. Hwy 175), 9600', 28.V.1983, C. & L. O'Brien & G.B. Marshall, berlese sifted oak cloud forest litter (8♂, 3♀♀ CMNC, CWOB) . 3.VI.1983, C. W. & L. O'Brien & G.B. Marshall, berlese sifted oak cloud forest (1♂, 3♀♀ CWOB) . Valle Nacional (35.9 mi. S.), 8900', 11–18.VIII.1973, A, Newton, leaf litter mixed conifer hardwood forest (1♂, 1♀ MCZC) (1♀ CWOB) . Valle Nacional (54 km. S. W.) , 2650m, 28.VII.1992, R. Anderson, wet oak forest leaf litter berlese (3♀♀ CMNC) . Valle Nacional (61 km. S.), 2900m, 21.XI.1989, R. Baranowski, sifting litter in open boreal forest (1♂ MZLU) .