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 52. Theognete lapouimetorum Anderson , new species ( Figures 156 , 191 , 226 ) Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 3.54–3.71mm ; female, 3.82–4.02mm . Width, male, 2.08–2.19mm ; female, 2.08–2.19mm . As for T. braunae but pronotum virtually impunctate, scales small and sparse, flanks with punctures distinctly separate, male rostrum with scrobes broadly visible in dorsal view. Male tergite VIII emarginate in middle. Aedeagus as in Fig. 191 . Geographical distribution . Guatemala ( Zacapa ). Natural history . Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest leaf litter at elevations of from 1500– 1600m . Derivation of specific name . Through his support of the Nature Discovery Fund at the Canadian Museum of Nature, this species is named after Odette Lapointe and Roger Ouimet of Montreal, Quebec , Canada , as a gift from Mario Lalanne. Material examined . 5♂ , 10♀♀ ( CMNC , UVGC ). Holotype ♂ ( CMNC ): GUATEMALA : Zacapa . 3.5km S. E. La Unión , 1500m ., 4.VI.1991 , R. Anderson , cloud forest litter, 91-50 / HOLOTYPE ♂ , Theognete lapouimetorum sp. nov. , R. S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes : GUATEMALA . Zapaca. La Unión ( 3.5 km S.E.), 1500m , 4.VI.1991 , R. Anderson , cloud forest litter, 91-50 ( 3♂ , 4♀♀ CMNC , UVGC ). La Union ( 3.5 km S.E.), 1500m , 23.VI.1993 , R. Anderson , cloud forest litter, 93-12 ( 2♀♀ CMNC ). La Unión ( 3.5 km S.E.), 1600m , 25.VI.1993 , R. Anderson , cloud forest litter, 93-15 ( 2♀♀ CMNC ). La Unión ( 3.5 km S.E.), 1600m , 27.VI.1993 , R. Anderson , cloud forest litter, 93-20 ( 1♂ , 1♀ CMNC ). La Unión ( 3.5 km S.E.), 1500m , 25–27. VI. 1993 , J. Ashe and R. Brooks , cloud forest FIT ( 1♀ CMNC ) . Chorological relationships . Not sympatric with any other species of Theognete .