A taxonomic monograph of the Middle American leaf-litter inhabiting weevil genus Theognete Champion (Coleoptera: Curculionidae; Molytinae; Lymantini) 2458
Author
Anderson, Robert S.
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38.
Theognete scopulus
Anderson
,
new species
(
Figures 152
,
187
,
222
)
Diagnosis.
Size. Length, male,
3.23–3.82mm
; female,
2.98–4.05mm
. Width, male,
1.97–2.14mm
; female,
1.69–2.25mm
. As for
T. montana
but elytra rounded, much less elongate; scales of pronotum and elytral intervals plumose, arched apically; scales of strial regions longer, suberect and arched, giving dorsum a much more shaggy appearance. Abdominal ventrite 5 not impressed in either sex. Aedeagus as in
Fig. 187
.
Geographical distribution
.
México
(
Chiapas
).
Natural history
. Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest and wet oak forest leaf litter at elevations of from
2650–2910m
.
Derivation of specific name
. Noun in apposition; from the Latin
scopulus
, meaning a projecting point of rock, in reference to the occurrence of this species at the top of Cerro Huitepec.
Material examined
.
280♂
,
210♀♀
(
BMNH
,
CMNC
,
CNCI
,
CWOB
,
ECOS
,
USNM
,
UVGC
)
.
Holotype
♂
(
CMNC
)
:
MÉXICO
:
Chiapas
.
Cerro Huitepec
(
Pico
),
ca
.
5km
.
W
.
San Cristóbal
,
2750m
,
15.IX.1991
, R.
Anderson
, cloud forest litter, 91-101
/
HOLOTYPE
♂
,
Theognete scopulus
sp. nov.
,
R. S. Anderson. Aedeagus
extracted.
Paratypes
:
MÉXICO
.
Chiapas
.
Cerro Huitepec
(
Pico
), (ca.
5 km
W
.
San Cristóbal
),
2750m
,
15.IX.1991
, R.
Anderson
, cloud forest litter, 91-101 (
82♂
,
60♀♀
CMNC
)
;
same as before except:
2650 m
,
17.IX.1991
, R.
Anderson
, wet oak forest litter, 91-106 (
9♂
,
10♀♀
CMNC
)
;
2750m
,
18.IX.1991
, R.
Anderson
, cloud forest litter, 91-107 (
53♂
,
39♀♀
CMNC
)
.
Cerro Huitepec
(ca.
5 km
W
.
San Cristóbal
),
2750m
,
14.IX.1992
, R.
Anderson
, wet oak forest litter, 92-100 (
32♂
,
18♀♀
CMNC
)
.
Cerro Huitepec
(ca.
5 km
W
.
San Cristóbal
),
2750m
,
14–25.IX.1992
, R.
Anderson
, cloud forest, 92-102 (
2♀♀
CMNC
)
.
Municipio
San Cristóbal
de las
Casas
,
Reserva Huitepec
,
16º 45.84 N
,
92º 40.70 W
,
2300m
,
15.VII.2005
,
R.Anderson
, mixed oak forest litter, 2005-001 (
1♀
CMNC
)
.
Municipio
San Cristóbal
de las
Casas
,
Reserva Huitepec
,
5.VI.2006
,
J.L. Cozar
, hojarasca,
Parcela
8 (
1♀
CMNC
)
.
Mt. Tzontehuitz
, 9500',
19.V.1969
,
J.M. Campbell
(
2♂
,
1♀
CNCI
)
.
Cerro Tzontehuitz
(
Pico
), (ca.
10 km
N.E. San Cristóbal
),
2910m
,
16.IX.1991
,
R. Anderson
, cloud forest litter, 91-104, (
6♂
,
4♀♀
CMNC
)
.
Municipio Chamula
,
Cerro Tzontehuitz
,
15.VII.1994
,
R. Jones
, bosque mesófilo (
10♂
,
8♀♀
OCOS
)
.
Municipio Tenejapa
,
Cerro Tzontehuitz
,
16º 48’47” N
92º 34’24.8” W
,
2650m
,
29.VII.2005
, J.L.
Cozar
, mixed oak forest litter (
6♂
,
4♀♀
CMNC
)
.
Municipio Tenejapa
,
Cerro Tzontehuitz
,
16º 48’40.8” N
92º 35’02.4” W
,
2800m
,
29.VII.2005
, J.L.
Cozar
, mixed cloud forest litter (
17♂
,
15♀♀
CMNC
,
ECOS
)
.
Municipio Tenejapa
,
Cerro Tzontehuitz
,
16º 48’47” N
92º 34’24.8” W
,
2677m
,
29.VII.2005
, R.
Anderson
, mixed oak forest litter, 2005-014 (
4♂
,
3♀♀
CMNC
)
.
Municipio Tenejapa
,
Cerro Tzontehuitz
,
16º 48’40.8” N
92º 35’02.4” W
,
2864m
,
29.VII.2005
, R.
Anderson
, mixed cloud forest litter, 2005-014 (
1♂
CMNC
)
.
Municipio Huixtán
,
Bazóm
16º 44’19.0 N
,
92º 29’18.3W
,
2450m
,
9.VII.2003
, R.
Anderson
, mixed magnolia/oak forest litter, 2003-106 (
29♂
,
12♀♀
BMNH
.
CMNC
,
CWOB
,
USNM
,
UVGC
)
.
Municipio Huixtán
,
Bazóm
16º 44’19.0 N
,
92º 29’18.3W
,
2450m
,
9.VII.2003
, R.
Anderson
, mixed magnolia/oak forest litter, 2003-107 (
2♂
,
2♀♀
CMNC
)
.
Municipio Huixtán
,
15km
E San Cristóbal
,
16.74689º N
,
92.48985º W
,
2500m
,
29.V.2008
, LLAMA Wm-A-05-1-01 (
1♂
CMNC
)
.
Municipio
San Cristóbal
,
Reserva Huitepec
,.
IV.1994
,
R. Jones
(
13♂
,
15♀♀
ECOS
)
.
Municipio
San Cristóbal
,
Reserva Huitepec
, 9/
10.VI.2004
,
J.L.Cozar
,
M. Girón
(
4♂
,
8♀♀
ECOS
)
.
Municipio Tenejapa
,
Ojo de Agua
,
Yashanal
,
4.III.1994
,
R. Jones
(
1♀
ECOS
)
.
Tenejapa
(
8 mi.
N.E. San Cristóbal
),
18.V.1969
,
J.M. Campbell
(
2♂
CNCI
)
.
Municipio
San Cristóbal
de las
Casas
,
Huitepec-Ocotal
,
Cerro La Cruz
,
12.VI.2006
,
J.L. Cozar
, cloud forest (
3♂
,
4♀♀
CMNC
)
.
Municipio
San Cristóbal
de las
Casas
,
Cerro Huitepec
,
Estación de Microondas
,
12.VI.2006
,
J.L. Cozar
, cloud forest (
4♂
,
2♀♀
CMNC
)
.
Chorological relationships
. Sympatric with
T. montana
,
T. huitepec
,
T. maziaki
,
T. cortesi
,
T. barringerorum
,
T. evelynae
and
T. campbelli
.