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 12. Theognete caviventris Anderson , new species ( Figures 6 , 59 , 64 , 68 ) Diagnosis . Size. Length, male, 4.05–4.61mm ; female, 3.99–4.66mm . Width, male, 2.25–2.70mm ; female, 2.02–2.53mm . As for T. denticulata except elytra with disk convex, not flattened, and with striae not impressed; abdomen with ventrite 1 sloping anteriad but not impressed or tuberculate, ventrite 5 with pair of large basal punctures and median row of 4 smaller punctures, the middle 2 confluent and appearing as a transverse impression, no apical excavation; hind tibiae without teeth. Aedeagus as in Fig. 64 . Geographical distribution . México ( Hidalgo , Puebla , Querétaro , San Luis Potosí ), the most extensive range of any Theognete species . Natural history . Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest and mixed oak forest leaf litter at elevations ranging from 1050–1700m ; one specimen taken on wood chips of cut oak. Derivation of specific name . Named from the Latin cavu , meaning hole, and venter , meaning belly, in reference to the deeply excavated mesosternum and metasternum. Material examined . 32♂ , 26♀♀ ( CMNC , CWOB , ECOS , FMNH , MCZC , USNM ) . Holotype ♂ ( CMNC ) : MÉXICO : Hidalgo . 1189m , 55 km N.E. Jacala , 4.VI.87, R. Anderson , berlese cloud forest litter / HOLOTYPE ♂ , Theognete caviventris sp. nov. , R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes : MÉXICO . Unspecified locality, Orchid plants, 3-3.52, 52-2721 ( 1♂ USNM ) . Hidalgo . Chapalhuacán ( 6.7 mi. W .) , c. 1700m , 16.VII.1969 , S. & J. Peck , cloud forest litter, BER170 ( 1♀ CWOB ) . Chapalhuacán ( 4 mi. S. W .) , 3500', 5.VII.1976 , A. Newton , berlese cloud forest leaf litter ( 1♀ MCZC ) . Chapalhuacán ( 6.6 mi. S. W .) , 3900', 5. VII. 1976 , A. Newton , berlese cloud forest leaf litter ( 4♂ , 3♀♀ MCZC ) . Jacala ( 55 km N.E.), 1189m , 4.VI.1987 , R. Anderson , berlese cloud forest litter ( 2♂ , 3♀♀ CMNC , ECOS ) . Tlanchinol ( 2.8 mi. N.), 5200', 9–11.VII.1973 , A. Newton , berlese cloud forest leaf litter ( 2♂ , 3♀♀ MCZC ) . 9–14.VII.1973 , A. Newton , on wood chips of cut oak tree ( 1♀ MCZC ) . Tlanchinol ( 2.4 mi. N. Hwy 105), 5000', 9.V.1983 , C. W . & L. O'Brien & G.B. Marshall , berlese sifted cloud forest litter ( 1♀ CWOB ) . Tlanchinol ( 2.7 mi. N. Hwy 105), 5000', 14.VI.1983 , C. W . & L. O'Brien & G.B. Marshall , berlese sifted cloud forest litter ( 2♀♀ CWOB ) . 15.VI.1983 , C. W . & L. O'Brien & G.B. Marshall , berlese sifted cloud forest litter ( 2♂ , 3♀♀ CWOB ) . 16.VI.1983 , C. W . & L. O'Brien & G.B. Marshall , berlese sifted cloud forest litter ( 1♂ CWOB ) . 17.VI.1983 , C. W . & L. O'Brien & G.B. Marshall , berlese sifted cloud forest litter ( 2♂ CWOB ) . Tlanchinol ( 2.4 mi. N.E.), 4500', 14.VI.1983 , S. & J. Peck , cloud forest litter ( 2♂ , 1♀ CMNC ) . Tlanchinol ( 43 km S. W . Huejutla ), 1490m , 1.VIII.1983 , S. & J. Peck , cloud forest litter ( 5♂ , 2♀♀ CMNC ) . Puebla . Huauchinango ( 4.4 mi. S. W .) , 1700m , 25–28.VII.1969 , Leg. S. & J. Peck , moss ravine oak forest malt syrup bait trap , #523-4 ( 1♀ FMNH ) . Xicotepec de Juarez ( 1.2 mi. N.), 3500', 17.VI.1983 , R. Anderson , cloud/ mixed oak forest ( 5♂ , 1♀ CMNC , ECOS ) . Querétaro . Municipio Pinal de Amoles , Huasquilico , 21°9.6'N 99°34.39'W , 1760m , 24.IX.2004 , R. Jones , leaf litter ( 1♂ CMNC ) . San Luis Potosí . Xilitla ( 14 mi. W .) , 4800', 29.VI.1973 , A. Newton , leaf and log litter non-coniferous Liquidambar forest ( 3♂ , 2♀♀ MCZC ) . Xilitla ( 20 km W .) , 1600m , 12.VI.1983 , S. & J. Peck , cloud forest litter ( 2♂ , 1♀ CMNC ) . Chorological relationships . In various parts of its range sympatric with T. gracilis , T. tuberosa , T. hesmos , T. grimblyae , T. minuta , T. harbini , T. distenta , T. chauliothorax and T. fulgida .