A taxonomic monograph of the Middle American leaf-litter inhabiting weevil genus Theognete Champion (Coleoptera: Curculionidae; Molytinae; Lymantini) 2458 Author Anderson, Robert S. text Zootaxa 2010 2010-05-14 2458 1 1 127 https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2458.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.2458.1.1 1175­5334 5316658 7E42061C-9D11-49C5-8737-CEED0864E699 87. Theognete harbini Anderson , new species ( Figures 292 , 302 , 311 ) Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 2.81–3.09mm ; female, 2.78–3.09mm . Width, male, 1.52–1.80mm ; female, 1.57–1.69mm . Pronotum strongly cordate, inflated in male; punctures large and deep; scales sparse, simple, suberect and recurved. Procoxae widely separated. Elytra with scales sparse, erect, narrow, straight but slightly recurved at apex, not plumose; posteroloteral area with series of three large punctures. Aedeagus as in Fig. 302 . Geographical distribution . México ( Hidalgo ). Natural history . Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest leaf litter at elevations from 1375– 1525m . Derivation of specific name . Through his support of the Nature Discovery Fund at the Canadian Museum of Nature, this species is named after D. Vaughn Harbin of Ottawa, Ontario , Canada , as a gift from Robert Ramsay. Material examined . 7♂ , 3♀♀ ( CMNC , CWOB ). Holotype ♂ ( CMNC ): MÉXICO : Hidalgo . 2.4 mi. N.E. Tlanchinol , 4500', 14.VI.83, S. & J. Peck , cloud for. litter / HOLOTYPE ♂ , Theognete harbini sp. nov. , R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes : MÉXICO . Hidalgo . Tlanchinol ( 2.4 mi. N.E.), 4500', 14.VI.83, S. & J. Peck , cloud for. litter ( 1♀ CMNC ). Tlanchinol ( 2.7 mi. N. Hwy 105), 5000', 10.V.1983 , C. W . & L O'Brien & G.B. Marshall , berlese sifted cloud forest litter ( 1♂ CWOB ). 15.VI.1983 , C. W . & L. O'Brien & G.B. Marshall , berlese sifted cloud forest litter ( 5♂ , 2♀♀ CMNC , CWOB ) . Chorological relationships . Sympatric with T. hesmos , T. minuta , T. gracilis and T. caviventris .