Theognete genieri 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 : 34

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.5325737

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7393362A-7375-4A27-AC74-C987D4CA4A7C

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:7393362A-7375-4A27-AC74-C987D4CA4A7C

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scientific name

Theognete genieri Anderson
status

sp. nov.

24. Theognete genieri Anderson , new species ( Figures 95 View FIGURES 95–98 , 105 View FIGURES 105–107 , 114 View FIGURES 108–116 )

Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 3.88mm; female, 4.78mm. Width, male, 2.25mm; female, 2.70mm. As for T. carinata but elytra more rounded and with slightly longer vestiture on tubercles. Aedeagus as in Fig. 105 View FIGURES 105–107 .

Geographical distribution. Guatemala (Quezaltenango).

Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest leaf litter at an elevation of 2450m.

Derivation of specific name. Named after François Génier of Gatineau, Québec, Canada.

Material examined. 2♂, 1♀ ( CMNC). Holotype ♂ ( CMNC): GUATEMALA: Quezaltenango. 12 km S.E. Zunil, Fuentes Georginas , 2460m, 27.V.1991, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter, 91-29 / HOLOTYPE ♂, Theognete genieri sp. nov. R.S. Anderson. Paratypes: GUATEMALA. Quezaltenango. Fuentes Georginas (12 km S.E. Zunil), 2460m, 27.V.1991, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter, 91-29 (1♀ CMNC). Fuentes Georginas (12 km S.E. Zunil), 2450m, 16.VI.1993, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter, 93-1E (1♂ CMNC) .

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

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Theognete

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