Theognete cristata 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 : 82

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.5325885
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/87DF31E3-BE45-4128-BD81-616201A10E5D
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:87DF31E3-BE45-4128-BD81-616201A10E5D
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Theognete cristata Anderson
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

92. Theognete cristata Anderson , new species ( Figures 290 View FIGURES 288–297 , 300 View FIGURES 298–300 , 309 View FIGURES 307–315 )

Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 3.20–4.10mm; female, 3.23mm. Width, male, 1.80–2.25mm; female, 1.85mm. Pronotum with small, shallow, scattered punctures; with paramedian low tubercles and short, sharp median carina immediately behind tubercles. Elytral scales sparse, appressed, plumose, condensed in scattered very low, irregular tubercles over disk. Abdominal ventrite 5 with large basal excavation. Aedeagus as in Fig. 300 View FIGURES 298–300 .

Geographical distribution. México (Oaxaca).

Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of mixed oak forest leaf litter at elevations from 2200– 2250m.

Derivation of specific name. Named from the Latin crista, meaning crest or ridge, in reference to the small median ridge on the pronotum.

Material examined. 5♂, 1♀ ( CMNC, MZLU). Holotype ♂ ( MZLU): MÉXICO: Oaxaca. 25 km E Teotitlán del Camino , 2200m, 25.IX.1990, leg. R. Baranowski / sifting litter mixed oak forest / HOLOTYPE ♂, Theognete cristata sp. nov., R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: MÉXICO. Oaxaca. Teotitlán del Camino (25 km. E.), 2200m, 24.IX.1990, R. Baranowski, sifting litter mixed oak forest (1♂, 1♀ CMNC); same data except: 25.IX.1990 (1♂ MZLU). Teotitlan del Camino (26 km. E.), 2250m, 26.IX.1990, R. Baranowski, sifting litter mixed oak forest (1♂ CMNC, MZLU) .

Chorological relationships. Sympatric with T. elongata , T. tomneyeae , T. stefurinoi and T. baranowskii .