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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Zootaxa
2010
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2458.1.1
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93.
Theognete grimblyae
Anderson
,
new species
(
Figures 297
,
306
,
315
)
Diagnosis.
Size. Length, male,
2.94–3.20mm
; female,
2.68–3.55mm
. Width, male,
1.70–1.79mm
; female,
1.62–2.04mm
. As for
T. hesmos
but pronotum less strongly cordate, without trace of median carina or swelling. Elytra with scales suberect to erect, fine, simple, slightly recurved at apex. Aedeagus as in
Fig. 306
.
Geographical distribution
.
México
(
Querétaro
).
Natural history
. Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest leaf litter at elevations ranging from
1620–1790m
.
Derivation of specific name
. Through his support of the Nature Discovery Fund at the Canadian Museum of Nature, named after Susan Grimbly of Toronto,
Ontario
,
Canada
, as a gift from Ian Pearson.
Material examined
.
64♂
,
56♀♀
(
BMNH
,
CMNC
,
CWOB
,
ECOS
,
UAQM
,
USNM
)
.
Holotype
♂
(
CMNC
)
:
MÉXICO
:
Querétaro
.
Municipio Pinal de Amoles
,
Huasquilico
,
21°9.5'N
99°33'W
,
1790m
,
26.II.1999
,
R. Jones
,
Hojarasca
/
HOLOTYPE
♂
Theognete grimblyae
sp. nov.
R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus
extracted.
Paratypes
:
MÉXICO
.
Querétaro
.
Municipio Pinal de Amoles
,
Huasquilico
,
21°9.5'N
99°33'W
,
1790m
,
26.II.1999
,
R. Jones
,
Hojarasca
(
5♂
,
7♀♀
CMNC
,
ECOS
)
.
Municipio Pinal de Amoles
,
Huasquilico
,
21°9.5'N
99°33'W
,
1750m
,
24.IX.2004
,
R. Jones
,
Hojarasca
(
4♂
,
7♀♀
CMNC
,
ECOS
)
.
Municipio Pinal de Amoles
,
Camino
a
Sn. Pedro Ecanela
, 400 mts de la carretera a
Jalpan, J.L
.
Cozar
14-IX-97 (
1♀
CMNC
)
.
Municipio Pinal de Amoles
,
Huasquilico
,
21°9.6'N
99°34.39'W
,
1760m
,
24.IX.2004
, R.
Jones
, leaf litter (
8♂
,
4♀♀
CMNC
,
UAQM
)
.
Municipio Pinal de Amoles
,
Huasquilico
,
21°9.6'N
99°34.39'W
,
1760m
,
26.III.2000
,
R. Jones
, leaf litter (
2♂
UAQM
)
.
Municipio Pinal de Amoles
,
San Pedro Escanela
,
21°07.297N
,
99°31.478W
,
1620m
,
J.L. Cozar
, mixed oak forest litter (
12♂
,
12♀♀
CMNC
,
CWOB
,
ECOS
)
.
Municipio Pinal de Amoles
,
San Pedro Escanela
,
21°07.297N
,
99°31.478W
,
1620m
,
P.J. Horsley
, mixed oak forest litter (
3♀♀
CMNC
)
.
Municipio Pinal de Amoles
,
Cruz de Palo
(near
Pinal de Amoles
),
2450m
,
21º08.095N
,
99º38.021W
,
28.VII.2006
,
J.L. Cozar
, oak-pine forest litter (
1♂
CMNC
)
.
Municipio Pinal de Amoles
,
San Pedro Escanela
,
21°07.297'N
99°31.478'W
,
1620m
,
29.VII.2006
, R.S.
Andeson
, mixed oak forest litter, 2006-26 (
8♂
,
9♀♀
CMNC
,
ECOS
)
.
Municipio Pinal de Amoles
,
2.5 km
E.
Huasquilico
,
21°10.564'N
99°34.393'W
,
1675m
,
29.VII.2006
,
R.S. Andeson
, mixed hardwood forest litter, 2006-28 (
1♂
CMNC
)
.
Municipio Pinal de Amoles
,
Huasquilico
,
21°07.297'N
99°34.454'W
,
1750m
,
28.VII.2006
, R.S.
Andeson
, hardwood forest litter, 2006-23 (
21♂
,
13♀♀
BMNH
,
CMNC
,
CWOB
,
ECOS
,
USNM
)
.
Municipio San Joachin
,
2 km
N.
W
.
San Joachin
,
20°55.133'N
99°34.479'W
,
2390m
,
27.VII.2006
,
R.S. Andeson
, alder litter, 2006-22 (
1♂
CMNC
)
.
Chorological relationships
. Sympatric with
T. tuberosa
.