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 90. Theognete lakarms Anderson , new species ( Figures 18 , 291 , 301 , 310 ) Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 2.61–3.20mm ; female, 2.73–3.18mm . Width, male, 1.46–1.88mm ; female, 1.52–1.83mm . Pronotum cordate, punctures sparse, small and shallow; scales appressed, moderately broad. Elytra with scales erect, simple, clavate, recurved at extreme apex. Meso- and metasternum each with pair of shallow median punctures. Prosternum with subapical constriction with punctures small and shallow. Aedeagus as in Fig. 301 . Geographical distribution . México ( Veracruz ). Natural history . Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest leaf litter at elevations from 1025– 1300m . Derivation of specific name . Noun in apposition: through their support of the Nature Discovery Fund at the Canadian Museum of Nature, named after Lara K. Armstrong of Peterborough, Ontario , Canada , as a gift from her grandparents Kenneth and Audrey Armstrong. Material examined . 8♂ , 8♀♀ ( CMNC , ECOS , MCZC ). Holotype ♂ ( CMNC ): MÉXICO : Veracruz . 3.1 mi. N.E. Coscomatepec , 3700', 21.VI.83, R. Anderson , cloud forest / HOLOTYPE ♂ , Theognete lakarms sp. nov. , R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes : MÉXICO . Veracruz . Coscomatepec ( 3.1 mi. N.E.), 3700', 21.VI.1983 , R. Anderson , cloud forest ( 4♂ , 5♀♀ CMNC , ECOS ). Huatusco ( 4.4 mi. N.), 4200', 29.VII–3.VIII.1973 . A. Newton , cloud forest leaf and log litter ( 1♂ , 2♀♀ MCZC ). Huatusco ( 4.3 mi. E.), 3400', 21.VI.1983 , R. Anderson , cloud forest ( 2♂ , 1♀ CMNC ) . Chorological relationships . Sympatric with T. azteca , T. kaulbarsi and T. reprela .