Theognete terrestris 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 : 69-70

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2458.1.1
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persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/807126F5-9050-4CC1-B9B4-239CA8B64D25
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:807126F5-9050-4CC1-B9B4-239CA8B64D25
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Theognete terrestris Anderson
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

72. Theognete terrestris Anderson , new species ( Figures 239 View FIGURES 236–246 , 257 View FIGURES 257–259 , 274 View FIGURES 271–287 , 324–327 View FIGURES 316–331 )

Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 3.20–3.51mm; female, 3.12–3.24mm. Width, male, 1.80–2.02mm; female, 1.71–1.85mm. As for T. fossor but scrobes broadly visible in dorsal view; scales shorter, suberect, plumose, recurved, on pronotal disk concentrated in paramedian and anterolateral tufts; elytra with strial regions with linearly arranged, distinct, plumose scales. Aedeagus as in Fig. 257 View FIGURES 257–259 .

Geographical distribution. México (Oaxaca).

Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of transition cloud forest, cloud forest and wet oak forest leaf litter at elevations from 1300–1900m.

Derivation of specific name. Named from the Latin terrestris , meaning of the earth, in reference to the ground-dwelling habits of Theognete .

Material examined. 7♂, 5♀♀ ( CMNC, CWOB, ECOS, MZLU) . Holotype ♂ ( CMNC) : MÉXICO: Oaxaca. 32 km. S. W. Valle Nacional, KM 85, 1650m, 26.VII.1992, 92-030, R.S. Anderson, trans/cloud forest leaf litter berlese / HOLOTYPE ♂, Theognete terrestris sp. nov., R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: MÉXICO. Oaxaca. La Esperanza (5 mi. S. W.) , 4. VII. 1982, M.A. Ivie (1♀ CWOB) . Valle Nacional (22 mi. S.), 5800', 3. VI. 1983, L. O'Brien & G.B. Marshall, berlese sifted cloud forest litter (1♂ CWOB) . Valle Nacional (32 km. S. W.) , 1650m, 26.VII.1992, R. Anderson, transition/cloud forest leaf litter berlese (4♂, 5♀♀ CMNC, ECOS) . Valle Nacional (40 km. S. W.) , 1900m, 26.VII.1992, R. Anderson, oak forest leaf litter berlese (2♂, 1♀ CMNC) . Valle Nacional (24–26 km. S.), 1300m, 14.IX.1990, R. Baranowski, sifting litter in cloud forest (2♀♀ MZLU, CMNC) .