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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70.
Theognete globosa
Anderson
,
new species
(
Figures 246
,
263
,
280
)
Diagnosis.
Size. Length, male,
2.75–3.32mm
; female,
3.15–3.54mm
. Width, male,
1.69–2.02mm
; female,
1.97–2.14mm
. As for
T. baranowskii
except elytral striae not punctate or impressed. Aedeagus as in
Fig. 263
.
Geographical distribution
.
México
(
Oaxaca
).
Natural history
. Collected from berlese extraction of oak cloud forest, wet oak forest and mixed montane forest leaf litter at elevations from
2000–2350m
.
Derivation of specific name
. Named from the Latin
globosus
, meaning sperical, in reference to the dorsal habitus of the species.
Material examined
.
19♂
,
17♀♀
(
CMNC
,
CWOB
,
ECOS
,
MZLU
)
.
Holotype
♂
(
CMNC
)
:
MÉXICO
:
Oaxaca
.
30.1 mi.
S.
W
.
Valle Nacional
, 6600',
24.VI.1983
, R.
Anderson
, wet oak for. litter
/
HOLOTYPE
♂
,
Theognete globosa
sp. nov.
,
R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus
extracted.
Paratypes
:
MÉXICO
.
Oaxaca
.
Valle Nacional
(
32 mi.
S.), 7000',
22.V.1971
, S.
Peck
, leaf litter, BER205 (
11♂
,
6♀♀
CMNC
,
ECOS
)
.
Valle Nacional
(
33 mi.
S.), 7800',
16.V.1983
,
C. & L. O'Brien
&
G.B. Marshall
, berlese sifted oak cloud forest litter (
1♀
CWOB
)
.
Valle Nacional
(
30.1 mi.
S.
W
.)
,
6600',
24.VI.1983
, R.
Anderson
, wet oak forest litter (
4♂
,
5♀♀
CMNC
)
.
Valle Nacional
(
47.5 km
. S.
W
.)
,
2125m
,
26.VII.1992
, R.
Anderson
, wet oak forest leaf litter berlese (
2♂
,
5♀♀
CMNC
)
.
Valle Nacional
(
55 km
. S.),
2350m
,
21.XI.1989
,
R. Baranowski
, sifting litter in mixed montane forest (
1♂
MZLU
)
.
Chorological relationships
. Sympatric with
T. weiri
,
T. fossor
,
T. lalibertei
and
T. draco
.