Theognete braunae 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 : 54

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2458.1.1
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persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7DCD5501-6D36-42F7-997F-B3BA6681D9DF
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:7DCD5501-6D36-42F7-997F-B3BA6681D9DF
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Theognete braunae Anderson
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

47. Theognete braunae Anderson , new species ( Figures 10 View FIGURES 8–13 , 22 View FIGURES 19–24 , 26 View FIGURES 25–28 , 145 View FIGURES 144–154 , 180 View FIGURES 178–180 , 215 View FIGURES 204–227 )

Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 3.09–3.37mm; female, 3.43–3.71mm. Width, male, 1.74–1.91mm; female, 1.97–2.02mm. As for T. campbelli but pronotum subcordate, punctures shallow and not as dense; flanks of pronotum with punctures subcontiguous but not forming sulci. Elytra with scales very sparse, short, with apices distant, not overlapping. Aedeagus as in Fig. 180 View FIGURES 178–180 .

Geographical distribution. Guatemala (Baja Verapaz).

Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of riparian bottomland oak forest leaf litter at an elevation of 1600m.

Derivation of specific name. Through his support of the Nature Discovery Fund at the Canadian Museum of Nature, this species is named after Maurya Braun of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, as a gift from Scott Digweed.

Material examined. 25♂, 9♀♀ ( CMNC, CWOB, UVGC). Holotype ♂ ( CMNC): GUATEMALA: Baja Verapaz. 14.5km S. Purulha, 1600m, 26.V.1991, R. Anderson, riparian bottomland oak forest litter, 91-27 / HOLOTYPE ♂, Theognete braunae sp. nov., R. S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: GUATE- MALA. Baja Verapaz. Purulha (14.5 km S.), 1600m, 21.V.1991. R. Anderson, riparian bottomland oak forest litter, 91-7 (11♂, 4♀♀ CMNC, CWOB). Same data except: 26.V.1991, R. Anderson, riparian bottomland oak forest litter, 91-27 (13♂, 5♀♀ CMNC, UVGC) .

Chorological relationships. Not known to be sympatric with any other species of Theognete .