Theognete galvezi 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 : 52-53

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.5325785

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FF65F7D1-141D-435A-8A10-F0283BBC4C4B

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:FF65F7D1-141D-435A-8A10-F0283BBC4C4B

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Theognete galvezi Anderson
status

sp. nov.

45. Theognete galvezi Anderson , new species ( Figures 133 View FIGURES 133–143 , 169 View FIGURES 169–171 , 204 View FIGURES 204–227 )

Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 3.37mm; female, 3.20–3.46mm. Width, male, 1.96mm; female, 1.79–2.13mm. As for T. confusa but pronotum with impunctate areas in middle and laterally in posterior half. Aedeagus as in Fig. 169 View FIGURES 169–171 . This species is questionably distinct from T. confusa .

Geographical distribution. México (Chiapas).

Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of various types of forest leaf litter at 1530–2160m.

Derivation of specific name. Named after Rafael Solis Galvez of Jaltenango, a very helpful guard and park ranger at the El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas, México, during my trip there in 2001.

Material examined. 75♂, 68♀♀ ( BMNH, CMNC, CWOB, ECOS, UNAM, UVGC) . Holotype ♂ ( UNAM) : MÉXICO: Chiapas. Municipio Angel Albino Corzo, Reserva El Triunfo, Polígono 1, 2050m, 15°39.428'N. 92°48.537'W, 16–21.XI.2001, R.S. Anderson, oak forest litter, 2001-203A GoogleMaps / HOLOTYPE ♂, Theognete galvezi sp. nov. R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: MÉXICO. Chiapas. Municipio Angel Albino Corzo, Reserva El Triunfo, Polígono 1, 2050m, 15°39.428'N. 92°48.537'W, 16–21.XI.2001, R.S. Anderson, oak forest litter (4♀♀, CMNC) GoogleMaps . Municipio Angel Albino Corzo, Reserva Biosfera El Triunfo, Campamento El Quetzal , 1800m, 15°43.239 N, 92°56.405 W, 18.VII.2007, R.Anderson, mixed hardwood forest litter, 2007-017 (5♂, 6♀♀ CMNC) GoogleMaps . Municipio Angel Albino Corzo, Reserva Biosfera El Triunfo, Campamento El Quetzal , 1530m, 15°43.313 N, 92°57.113 W, 18.VII.2007, R.Anderson, mixed liquidambar forest litter, 2007-020 (4♂, 2♀♀ CMNC) GoogleMaps . Municipio Angel Albino Corzo, Reserva Biosfera El Triunfo, Campamento El Quetzal , 1650m, 15°43.239 N, 92°56.405 W, 18.VII.2007, R.Anderson, ridgetop oak forest litter, 2007-021 (5♂, 2♀♀ CMNC) GoogleMaps . Municipio Angel Albino Corzo, 3.5km ESE Custepec, Campamento El Quetzal , 17.vii.2007, 15°43ʹN 92°56ʹW, 1800m, M.G.Branstetter #680 (12♂, 7♀♀ CMNC, ECOS) GoogleMaps . Municipio Angel Albino Corzo, 4.3km SE Custepec, Campamento El Quetzal , 18.VII.2007, 15°42ʹN 92°56ʹW, 2160m, M.G.Branstetter #679 (21♂, 22♀♀ BMNH, CMNC, CWOB, ECOS, UNAM, UVGC) GoogleMaps . Municipio Angel Albino Corzo, Reserva Biosfera El Triunfo, Campamento El Quetzal , 20.V.2008, 15.72140° N 92.93909°W, 1830m, R. Anderson, hardwood forest litter, 2008-023 (2♂ CMNC) GoogleMaps . Municipio Angel Albino Corzo, 3km ESE Custepec, Campamento El Quetzal , 17.V.2008, 15.71176°N 92.93626°W, 1850m, M.G.Branstetter #752 (5♂, 8♀♀ CMNC, ECOS) GoogleMaps . Municipio Angel Albino Corzo, Reserva Biosfera El Triunfo, Campamento El Quetzal , 17.V.2008, 15.72197° N 92.94163° W, 1850m, R. Anderson, ridge oak forest litter, 2008-010 (3♂, 1♀ CMNC) GoogleMaps . Municipio Angel Albino Corzo, 4km SE Custepec, Campamento El Quetzal , 18.V.2008, 15.70318°N 92.93191°W, 2163m, M.G.Branstetter #756 (2♀♀ CMNC) GoogleMaps . Municipio Angel Albino Corzo, 3km ESE Custepec, Campamento El Quetzal , 17.V.2008, 15.71176°N 92.93626°W, 1850m, M.G.Branstetter #753 (3♂, 2♀♀ CMNC) GoogleMaps . Municipio Angel Albino Corzo, 4km SE Custepec, Campamento El Quetzal , 20.V.2008, 15.71119°N 92.93843°W, 2140m, LLAMA Wm-A-03-1-02 (2♂, 1♀ CMNC) GoogleMaps . Municipio Angel Albino Corzo, 4km SE Custepec, Campamento El Quetzal , 20.V.2008, 15.71119°N 92.93843°W, 2140m, LLAMA Wm-A-03-2-02 (1♂ CMNC) GoogleMaps . Mpio. Angel Albino Corzo, Reserva Biosfera El Triunfo, Campamento El Quetzal , 1960m, 15°.71032 N, 92°.93218 W, 18.V.2008, R. Anderson, mixed, hardwood forest litter 2008-014 (9♂, 7♀♀ CMNC, ECOS) .

Chorological relationships. Sympatric with T. chiapaneca .

UNAM

Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

UVGC

Collecion de Artropodos

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Theognete

Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF