Theognete newtoni 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 : 72

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.5325851

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/22F09BA7-05C7-4AED-B55D-49E8C6EC0F85

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:22F09BA7-05C7-4AED-B55D-49E8C6EC0F85

treatment provided by

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scientific name

Theognete newtoni Anderson
status

sp. nov.

76. Theognete newtoni Anderson , new species ( Figures 245 View FIGURES 236–246 )

Diagnosis. Size. Length, female, 2.89mm. Width, female, 1.57mm. As for T. dansereaui but scales of elytra appressed. Known from females only.

Geographical distribution. México (Puebla).

Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest leaf litter at an elevation of 1525m.

Derivation of specific name. Named after Alfred F. Newton, Jr., of Chicago, Illinois.

Material examined. 2♀♀ ( CMNC, MCZC). Holotype ♀ ( MCZC): MÉXICO: Puebla. 5 mi. N. Teziutlán, 5000ft, cloud forest, VII.16–20.1973 / berlese leaf litter A. Newton / HOLOTYPE ♀, Theognete newtoni sp. nov., R.S. Anderson. Paratype: MÉXICO. Puebla. Teziutlán (5 mi. N.), 5000', 16–20.VII.1973, A. Newton, cloud forest berlese leaf litter (1♀ CMNC) .

Chorological relationships. Sympatric with T. araneiformis and T. denticulata .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Theognete

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