A taxonomic monograph of the Middle American leaf-litter inhabiting weevil genus Theognete Champion (Coleoptera: Curculionidae; Molytinae; Lymantini) 2458
Author
Anderson, Robert S.
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65.
Theognete huitepec
Anderson
,
new species
(
Figures 11
,
143
,
178
,
213
)
Diagnosis.
Size. Length, male,
2.89–3.54mm
; female,
2.92–3.88mm
. Width, male,
1.57–1.88mm
; female,
1.52–2.02mm
. Eyes moderately separated in dorsal view. Pronotum weakly cordate, with vestiture dense, appressed, plumose, concentrated laterally and in two paramedian longitudinal bands; punctures distinct, moderately large and deep. Elytra with scales appressed, short, linearly arranged along intervals, scales of strial regions slightly shorter and finer, but distinct. Posterolateral area of elytra with series of 3–6 contiguous punctures. Aedeagus as in
Fig. 178
.
Geographical distribution
.
México
(
Chiapas
).
Natural history
. Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest and wet oak forest leaf litter at elevations ranging from
2650–2750m
.
Derivation of specific name
. Noun in apposition; named after Cerro Huitepec.
Material examined
.
41♂
,
46♀♀
(
BMNH
,
CMNC
,
CWOB
,
ECOS
,
USNM
,
UVGC
)
.
Holotype
♂
(
CMNC
)
:
MÉXICO
:
Chiapas
.
Cerro Huitepec
(
Pico
),
ca
.
5km
.
W
.
San Cristóbal
,
2750m
,
15.IX.1991
,
R. Anderson
, cloud forest litter, 91-101
/
HOLOTYPE
♂
,
Theognete huitepec
sp. nov.
,
R. S. Anderson. Aedeagus
extracted.
Paratypes
:
MÉXICO
.
Chiapas
.
Cerro Huitepec
(
Pico
), (ca.
5 km
W
.
San Cristóbal
),
2750m
,
15.IX.1991
,
R. Anderson
, cloud forest litter, 91-101 (
13♂
,
20♀♀
BMNH
,
CMNC
,
CWOB
,
ECOS
,
USNM
,
UVGC
)
.
2650m
,
17.IX.1991
, R,
Anderson
, wet oak forest litter, 91-106 (
2♀♀
CMNC
)
.
2750m
,
18.IX.1991
, R.
Anderson
, cloud forest litter, 91-107 (
12♂
,
9♀♀
CMNC
)
.
Cerro Huitepec
, ca.
5 km
W
.
San Cristóbal
,
2750m
,
14.IX.1992
,
R. Anderson
, wet oak forest litter, 92-100 (
4♂
,
1♀
CMNC
,
ECOS
)
.
Municipio San Cristóbal
,
Reserva Huitepec
,
16.II.1994
,
R. Jones
(
1♀
ECOS
)
;
same as before except:
25.VIII.1994
, B.
Gómez
, HR 15-1 (
1♀
ECOS
)
;
14.XI.1995
. B.
Gómez
, M.
Girón
HR 56-5 (
1♂
ECOS
)
;
20.VI.1995
, R.
Jones
, HR 39-8 (
1♀
ECOS
)
;
27.VI.1995
, B.
Gómez
, M.
Girón
, HR-40-4, HR 40-5, HR 41-3 (
3♀♀
ECOS
)
;
14.II.1996
, L.
Ruiz
, M
Girón
, HR 68-1 (
1♀
ECOS
)
.
Municipio San Cristóbal
de las
Casas
,
Reserva Huitepec
,
16°45.09' N
92°40.96' W
,
2450m
,
13.XI.2001
,
R. Anderson
, lower cloud forest litter, 2001-202A (
1♂
,
1♀
CMNC
)
.
Municipio San Cristóbal
de las
Casas
,
Reserva Huitepec
,
16º 45.84 N
,
92º 40.70 W
,
2300m
,
15.VII.2005
,
R.Anderson
, mixed oak forest litter, 2005-001 (
1♂
,
1♀
CMNC
)
.
Municipio San Cristóbal
de las
Casas
,
Los Alcanfores
,
25.IV.2006
,
M. Girón
, hojarasca,
Parcela
5 (
1♂
CMNC
)
.
Municipio Chalchihuitan
,
Cerros de Chalchihuitan
,
16°59'20.8" N
92°37'13.0" W
,
2050m
,
24.VII.2003
,
R. Anderson
, wet cloud forest litter, 2003-120 (
7♂
,
6♀♀
CMNC
)
.
Municipio San Cristóbal
de las
Casas
,
Cerro Huitepec
,
Estacion de Microondas
,
12.VI.2006
,
J.L. Cozar
, cloud forest (
1♂
CMNC
)
.
Chorological relationships
. Sympatric with
T. montana
,
T. scopulus
,
T. illuviosa
,
T. cortesi
and
T. campbelli
.