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 33. Theognete howdenorum Anderson , new species ( Figures 147 , 182 , 217 ) Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 2.81–3.15mm ; female, 2.81–4.27mm . Width, male, 1.74–1.85mm ; female, 1.74–2.53mm . As for T. tzotzil but pronotum and elytra with scales more distinctly plumose apically and elytra strial regions lacking vestiture. Rostrum in male with scrobes broadly visible in dorsal view. Mesosternum with deep, transverse, pit-like, usually pilose impression. Aedeagus as in Fig. 182 . Geographical distribution . México ( Oaxaca ). Natural history . Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest leaf litter at elevations ranging from 1125–1600m , a single specimen also from stomach of Bufo valliceps Wiegmann at Choapan, Oaxaca (see Goldman 1951: 211 ). Derivation of specific name . Named after Anne T. and Henry F. Howden of Ottawa, Canada . Material examined . 7♂ , 12♀♀ ( CMNC , MCZC , MZLU , USNM ) . Holotype ♂ ( MZLU ) : MÉXICO : Oaxaca . 24–26 km S. Valle Nacional , 1300m , 14.IX.1990 , leg. R. Baranowski / sifting litter in cloud forest / HOLOTYPE ♂ , Theognete howdenorum sp. nov. R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes : MÉXICO . Oaxaca . Valle Nacional ( 15.1 mi. S.), 4300', 11–18.VIII.1973 , A. Newton , cloud forest leaf litter ( 1♂ , 1♀ MCZC ) . Valle Nacional ( 17 mi. S. W .) , 3700', 24. VI. 1983 , R. Anderson , cloud forest ( 1♀ CMNC ) . Valle Nacional ( 24–26 km . S.), 1300m , 14.IX.1990 , R. Baranowski , sifting litter in cloud forest ( 2♂ , 4♀♀ CMNC ) ( 2♂ , 4♀♀ MZLU ) . Valle Nacional ( 23 km . S.), 1250m , 13.XI.1989 , R. Baranowski , sifting litter in tropical montane forest ( 1♀ MZLU ) . Valle Nacional ( 33 km . S.), 1600m , 10.IX.1986 , R. Baranowski , sifting litter cloud forest ( 1♂ MZLU ) . Choapan , 28.VII.1894 , stomach of Bufo valliceps ( 1♀ USNM ) . Chorological relationships . Sympatric with T. humilis , T. desautelsi , T. terrestris , T. lutulenta , T. peckorum , T. romanoi , T. weiri and T. dansereaui .