Theognete chauliothorax 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 : 74-75

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.5325859

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EC1B3FD2-B007-4790-969A-7B73CCB827E5

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:EC1B3FD2-B007-4790-969A-7B73CCB827E5

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Theognete chauliothorax Anderson
status

sp. nov.

80. Theognete chauliothorax Anderson , new species ( Figures 244 View FIGURES 236–246 , 262 View FIGURES 260–262 , 279 View FIGURES 271–287 )

Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 2.70–3.18mm; female, 2.73–3.20mm. Width, male, 1.57–1.91mm; female, 1.52–1.85mm. As for T. distenta but scales finer and denser along intervals 2, 4 and 6; pronotum gibbous in some males; apices of scales not plumose, fine and bristle-like; lacking strial vestiture. Tergite VIII in female subtruncate in middle. Aedeagus as in Fig. 262 View FIGURES 260–262 .

Geographical distribution. México (Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí) .

Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest and liquidambar forest leaf litter at elevations from 1175–1600m.

Derivation of specific name. Noun in apposition; named from the Greek chaulios, meaning prominent, and thorax, meaning breastplate, in reference to the form of the pronotum.

Material examined. 20♂, 28♀♀ ( CMNC, CWOB, ECOS, MCZC) . Holotype ♂ ( CMNC) : MÉXICO: San Luis Potosí. 20 km W. Xilitla, 1600me., 12.VI.83, S. & J. Peck, cloud for. litter / HOLOTYPE ♂, Theognete chauliothorax sp. nov., R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: MÉXICO. Hidalgo. Chapalhuacán (6.6mi. S. W.) , 3900', 5.VII.1976, berlese cloud forest leaf litter (1♂, 2♀♀ MCZC) . San Luis Potosí. Xilitla (14 mi. W.) , 4800', 29.VI.1973, A. Newton, leaf and log litter, non-coniferous Liquidambar forest (6♂, 8♀♀ MCZC) . Xilitla (20 km W.), 1600m, 12.VI.1983, S. & J. Peck, cloud forest litter (5♂, 5♀♀ CMNC) . Xilitla (20 km W.), 1600m, 12.VI.–6.VIII.1983, S. & J. Peck, flight intercept trap cloud forest (1♂, 2♀♀ CMNC) . Xilitla (15 mi. S. W.) , 20.III.1988, P. W. Kovarik, leaf litter (6♂, 8♀♀ CMNC, CWOB, ECOS) . Xilitla (15 mi. S. W.), 1500m, 20.III.1988, R. W. Jones & P. W. Kovarik (3♀♀ CMNC) .

Chorological relationships. Sympatric with T. fulgida , T. caviventris , T. distenta and T. tuberosa .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Theognete

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