Theognete baranowskii 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 : 68

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2458.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5325837
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E3CEDBAE-94D6-4DD2-AEB9-2AAE81D0F551
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treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Theognete baranowskii Anderson
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

69. Theognete baranowskii Anderson , new species ( Figures 241 View FIGURES 236–246 , 259 View FIGURES 257–259 , 276 View FIGURES 271–287 )

Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 3.11–3.66mm; female, 3.03–3.46mm. Width, male, 1.81–1.89mm; female, 1.84–1.92mm. As for T. kaulbarsi except elytra rounded and globose; scrobes broadly visible in dorsal view; pronotum with some scales in anterior half of disk concentrated in paramedian tufts; sutural stria and second stria finely, distinctly punctate and impressed; posterolateral area of elytra with 3–4 punctures. Tergite VIII in female emarginate in middle. Aedeagus as in Fig. 259 View FIGURES 257–259 .

Geographical distribution. México (Oaxaca).

Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of oak forest, oak-pine forest, mixed pine forest and boreal forest leaf litter at elevations from 2100–2900m.

Derivation of specific name. Named after Rickard Baranowski of Lund, Sweden.

Material examined. 31♂, 9♀♀ ( CMNC, CWOB, ECOS, MZLU) . Holotype ♂ ( CMNC) : MÉXICO: Oaxaca. 64.5km S. W. Valle Nacional, KM 117.5, 2600m, 28.VII.1992, 92-039, R. S. Anderson, oak forest leaf litter berlese / HOLOTYPE ♂, Theognete baranowskii sp. nov., R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: MÉXICO. Oaxaca. Valle Nacional (61 km. S.), 2900m, 29.IX.1990, R. Baranowski, sifting litter boreal forest (1♂ MZLU) . Valle Nacional (66 km. S.), 2800m, 2.X.1990, R. Baranowski, sifting litter in mixed pine forest (2♂, 1♀ MZLU) . Valle Nacional (68 km. S.), 2600m, 3.X.1986, R. Baranowski, sifting litter in pine-oak forest (1♂, 1♀ MZLU) . Valle Nacional (70 km. S.), 2700m, 29.IX.1990, R. Baranowski, sifting litter in mixed pine forest (14♂, 4♀♀ ECOS, MZLU) (6♂, 3♀♀ CMNC) . Valle Nacional (70 km. S.), 2500m, 10.IX.1986, R. Baranowski, sifting litter in pine-oak forest (3♂ MZLU) . Oaxaca (87 km. N.), 2700m, 13.XI.1989, R. Baranowski, sifting litter pine-oak forest (2♂ MZLU) . Teotitlán del Camino (36 km. E.), 2100m, 26.IX.1990, R. Baranowski, sifting litter under shrubs mixed oak forest (1♂ MZLU) .