Theognete trusterae 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 : 54-55

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.5325793
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E88799-FF89-FFD6-2CA2-F91548441C28
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Theognete trusterae Anderson
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

49. Theognete trusterae Anderson , new species ( Figures 140 View FIGURES 133–143 , 175 View FIGURES 175–177 , 210 View FIGURES 204–227 )

Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 3.03–3.37mm; female, 3.12–3.63mm. Width, male, 1.79–2.04mm; female, 1.79–2.13mm. As for T. campbelli but pronotum with moderately large distinct punctures. Male tergite VIII emarginate in middle. Aedeagus as in Fig. 175 View FIGURES 175–177 .

Geographical distribution. Honduras (Lempira).

Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of pure liquidambar 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 Rose Betty Truster of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, as a gift from Robert A. Findlay.

Material examined. 61♂, 45♀♀ ( BNMH, CMNC, CWOB, EAPZ, USNM, UVGC). Holotype ♂ ( CMNC): HONDURAS: Lempira. 13.1km.N.E. & 8.3km. E. Gracias, Cerro Puca , 1600m, 18.VI.1994 -123 A, R. Anderson, liquidambar forest litter berlese / HOLOTYPE ♂, Theognete trusterae sp. nov., R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: HONDURAS. Lempira. Gracias (13.1km.N.E. & 8.3km.E.), Cerro Puca , 1600m, 18.VI.1994 -123, R. Anderson, liquidambar forest litter berlese (61♂, 46♀♀ BNMH, CMNC, CWOB, EAPZ, USNM, UVGC) .

Chorological relationships. Not sympatric with any other species of Theognete .