Theognete coleadesi 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 : 62-63

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2458.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5325829
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E88799-FF81-FFDE-2CA0-F97248671CA0
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Theognete coleadesi Anderson
status	new species

Treatment

64. Theognete coleadesi Anderson , new species ( Figures 163, 198, 231 View FIGURES 228–235 )

Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 3.77–4.44mm; female, 4.33–4.61mm. Width, male, 2.08–2.30mm; female, 2.30–2.42mm. As for T. huitepec except scales more erect on pronotum and elytra, rostrum in male with scrobes broadly visible in dorsal view. Elytra with basal margin with low, rounded, humeral tooth. Mesosternum with deep, pilose, pit-like impression. Male with middle tibia distinctly broader along inner margin in middle, setae along inner margin longer and coarser at point of expansion. Aedeagus as in Fig. 198.

Geographical distribution. Honduras (Santa Bárbara).

Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest leaf litter at an elevation of 1850– 1870m.

Derivation of specific name. Through its support of the Nature Discovery Fund at the Canadian Museum of Nature, this species is named after Colin Eades of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, as a gift upon his retirement from the Board of Trustees of the Canadian Museum of Nature.

Material examined. 9♂, 5♀♀ ( CMNC, EAPZ) . Holotype ♂ ( CMNC) : HONDURAS: Santa Bárbara. 11.5km S. & 5.6km W. Penas Blancas, Cerro Santa Bárbara, 1870m, 24.VIII.1994 -220 H, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter berlese / HOLOTYPE ♂, Theognete coleadesi sp. nov., R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: HONDURAS. Santa Bárbara. Penas Blancas (11.5km.S. & 5.6km. W.) , Cerro Santa Bárbara, 1870m, 24.VIII.1994 -220, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter berlese (1♂, 5♀♀ CMNC, EAPZ) . Penas Blancas (11.5km.S. & 5.6km. W.) , Cerro Santa Bárbara, 1870m, 20.VI.1994 -127, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter berlese (2♂ CMNC) . Penas Blancas (15km S.E.), Cerro Santa Bárbara, 1850m, 24.VIII.1994, S.&J. Peck, cloud forest litter berlese (6♂, 1♀ CMNC, EAPZ) .

Chorological relationships. Sympatric with Theognete maturini and T. ashei .