Theognete pragudemi 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 : 35-36

28. Theognete pragudemi Anderson , new species ( Figures 91 , 101 , 110 )

Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 3.20–3.77mm; female, 3.51–4.27mm. Width, male, 1.91–2.19mm; female, 1.91–2.36mm. As for T. ashei except elytra with clumps of scales narrow, with scales regularly linearly arranged in single longitudinal row. Aedeagus as in Fig. 101 .

Geographical distribution. El Salvador (Santa Ana), Honduras (Lempira).

Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest leaf litter at an elevation of 2100m.

Derivation of specific name. Through her support of the Nature Discovery Fund at the Canadian Museum of Nature, this species is named after Prasad S. Gudem of San Diego, California, as a gift from Jacinte Rose Jean.

Material examined. 13♂, 8♀♀ ( CMNC, EAPZ). Holotype ♂ ( CMNC): EL SALVADOR: Santa Ana. Cerro Montecristo , 21.7 km N. E. Matapan, 2100m, 29.VIII.1994 -229 E, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter berlese / HOLOTYPE ♂, Theognete pragudemi sp. nov. R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: EL SALVADOR. Santa Ana. Metapan (21.7 km. N.E.), Cerro Montecristo, 2100m, 29.VIII.1994 -229 D, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter berlese (2♀ CMNC). HONDURAS. Lempira. P.N. Celaque, nr. Gracias , Campamiento Naranjo , 2500m, N 14°32,7' W 88°39.7', 12–13.V.2002, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter, 2002-020 (12♂, 6♀♀ CMNC, EAPZ) .

Chorological relationships. Sympatric with Theognete lalannei .

Figures

FIGURES 89–94. Habitus, dorsal view, Theognete bothynometopon species group. 89. T. jeanae. 90. T. bothynometopon. 91. T. pragudemi. 92. T. giselae. 93. T. ashei. 94. T. birdi.

FIGURES 99–101. Aedeagus, dorsal and lateral view, Theognete bothynometopon species group. 99. T. jeaneae. 100. T. bothynometopon. 101. T. pragudemi.

FIGURES 108–116. Abdominal ventrite 5, male, ventral view, Theognete bothynometopon species group. 108. T. jeaneae. 109. T. bothynometopon. 110. T. pragudemi. 111. T. giselae. 112. T. ashei. 113. T. birdi. 114. T. genieri. 115. T. carinata. 116. T. chiapaneca.