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
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2458.1.1
journal article
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3.
Theognete azteca
Anderson
,
new species
(
Figures 30
,
36
,
42
)
Diagnosis.
Size. Length, male,
3.26–3.71mm
. Width, male,
2.14–2.30mm
. As for
T. araneiformis
except eyes more closely spaced in dorsal view, funicle with more robust and shorter articles and pronotum more robust and elytra slightly more rounded. Aedeagus as in
Fig. 36
.
Geographical distribution.
México
(
Veracruz
).
Natural history.
Collected from berlese extractions of cloud forest leaf litter at elevations of
1025– 1150m
.
Derivation of specific name.
Noun in apposition; named after the Aztec people of
México
.
Material examined
.
2♂
(
CMNC
).
Holotype
♂
(
CMNC
):
MÉXICO
:
Veracruz
.
3.1 mi.
N.E. Coscomatepec
, 3700',
21.vi.1983
,
R. Anderson
, cloud forest
/
HOLOTYPE
♂
Theognete azteca
sp. nov.
R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus
extracted.
Paratype
:
MÉXICO
.
Veracruz
.
Huatusco
(
4.3 mi.
E.) 3400',
21. VI. 1983
,
R. Anderson
, cloud forest (
1♂
CMNC
)
.
Chorological relationships.
Sympatric with
T. lakarms
,
T. reprela
and
T. kaulbarsi
.