Theognete adarmstrongae 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 : 76

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.5325865
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/77ABD6DE-26BA-4B96-949E-AEAD312C5DCE
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:77ABD6DE-26BA-4B96-949E-AEAD312C5DCE
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Theognete adarmstrongae Anderson
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

83. Theognete adarmstrongae Anderson , new species ( Figures 252 View FIGURES 247–253 , 269 View FIGURES 269–270 , 286 View FIGURES 271–287 )

Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 3.63mm; female, 3.12mm. Width, male, 2.30mm; female, 2.04mm. As for T. kaulbarsi but sutural interval of elytra not impressed or punctate; posterolateral area of elytra punctate; basal margin of elytra in humeral region not toothed. Tergite VIII in female emarginate in middle. Aedeagus as in Fig. 269 View FIGURES 269–270 .

Geographical distribution. México (Chiapas).

Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of mixed oak-pine forest leaf litter at 1550m and dry oak forest litter at 1750m near the base of the upper peak of Cerro Bola.

Derivation of specific name. Through their support of the Nature Discovery Fund at the Canadian Museum of Nature, this species is named after Audrey D. Armstrong of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, as a gift from her husband, Kenneth Armstrong.

Material examined. 2♂, 1♀ ( CMNC, UNAM)

Holotype ♂ ( UNAM): MÉXICO: Chiapas. Municipio Villa Corso, Ejido Sierra Morena, R. Biosfera La Sepultura , 16º09’10.6” N, 93º35’25.1” W., 1550m, 17–18.VII.2003, R. Anderson, mixed oak-pine forest litter, 2003-110A GoogleMaps / HOLOTYPE ♂, Theognete adarmstrongae sp. nov. R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: MÉXICO. Chiapas. Municipio Villa Corso, Ejido Sierra Morena, R. Biosfera La Sepultura , 16º09’10.6” N, 93º35’25.1” W., 1550m, 17–18.VII.2003, R. Anderson, mixed oak-pine forest litter, 2003- 110A (1♀ CMNC). Municipio Villa Corso, Sierra Morena, 16.13663º N, 93.59875º W., 1750m, 14.V.2008, M. Branstetter #745 (1♀ CMNC) GoogleMaps .

Chorological relationships. This species is not sympatric with any other species of Theognete .