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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56.
Theognete zapatista
Anderson
,
new species
(
Figures 146
,
181
,
216
)
Diagnosis.
Size. Length, male,
2.33–3.15mm
; female,
2.75–3.15mm
. Width, male,
1.32–1.85mm
; female,
1.52–1.80mm
. As for
T. schaubeli
except pronotum weakly cordate, with vestiture sparse, irregularly distributed except along glabrous middle area, suberect to erect, moderately long; flanks with distinct oblique sulci. Elytra with broad appressed to suberect scales linearly arranged along intervals, scales overlapping on at least some intervals. Aedeagus as in
Fig. 181
.
Geographical distribution
.
México
(
Chiapas
).
Natural history
. Collected from berlese extraction of oak-pine-liquidambar forest leaf litter at an elevation of
1500m
and from tropical montane mixed forest at an elevation of
1000m
.
Derivation of specific name
. Noun in apposition; named after the revolutionary Zapatista Army of the Chiapan highlands.
Material examined
.
165♂
,
99♀♀
(
BMNH
,
CMNC
,
CWOB
,
ECOS
,
USNM
,
UVGC
)
.
Holotype
♂
(
CMNC
)
:
MÉXICO
:
Chiapas
.
Lagos de Montebello
,
Cinco Lagos
,
1500m
,
22.IX.1992
, 92-113,
R.S. Anderson
, liquidambar/oak/pine forest litter
/
HOLOTYPE
♂
,
Theognete zapatista
sp. nov.
R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus
extracted.
Paratype
:
MÉXICO
.
Chiapas
.
Lagunas de Montebello
,
Cinco Lagos
,
1500m
,
21.IX.1991
,
R. Anderson
, oak/pine
Liquidambar
forest
, 91-115 (
45♂
,
29♀♀
BMNH
,
CMNC
,
CWOB
,
ECOS
,
USNM
,
UVGC
)
.
Lagunas de Montebello
,
Cinco Lagos
,
1500m
,
22.IX.1992
, R.
Anderson
, liquidambar/oak/pine forest litter, 92-113 (
59♂
,
30♀♀
CMNC
)
.
Lagunas de Montebello
,
19.VII.1991
, R.
Jones
(
1♂
ECOS
)
.
Municipio La Trinitaria
, nr.
Laguna Cinco Lagos
,
23.VIII.1991
, R.
Jones
, leaf litter (
8♂
,
2♀♀
ECOS
)
.
Lagunas de Montebello
, cerca
Cinco Lagos
,
5.II.1994
, R.
Jones
,
Horasca
4 m
2 (
1♂
,
3♀♀
ECOS
)
.
Municipio Trinitaria
,
Cinco Lagos
,
29.VII.1994
, B.
Gómez
, HR 20-4 (
1♂
,
2♀♀
ECOS
)
.
Municipio Trinitaria
,
Cinco Lagos
,
29.VII.1994
, B.
Gómez
, HR 20-6 (
1♀
ECOS
)
.
Municipio Trinitaria
,
Lagunas de Montebello
,
29.VII.1994
, R.
Jones
,
Flores
de
Hampea montebellensis
(
1♀
ECOS
)
.
Municipio Trinitaria
,
Laguna de Montebello
,
Cerca de Cinco Lagos
,
11.VII.1995
, R.
Jones
,
Horasca
(
1♂
ECOS
)
.
Municipio Trinitaria
,
Lagunas de Montebello
,
11.VII.1995
, R.
Jones
, HR (
1♂
,
2♀♀
ECOS
)
.
Parque Nacional Lagunas de Montebello
,
Cinco Lagos
,
1500m
,
16º 07.072’ N
,
91º 40.442’ W
,
24.VII.2005
, R.
Anderson
, mixed hardwood forest litter, 2005-006 (
6♂
,
2♀♀
CMNC
)
.
Parque Nacional Lagunas de Montebello
,
Grutas de San Rafael
,
1500m
,
16º 07.993’ N
,
91º 43.752’ W
,
24.VII.2005
, R.
Anderson
liquidambar valley bottom forest litter, 2005-005 (
9♂
,
6♀♀
CMNC
)
.
Municipio Ocosingo
,
Nahá
,
Selva Lacandona
"Ocotalito",
16°56'56.8"N
91°35'33.5"W
,
1000m
,
12–13.VII.2003
, R.
Anderson
, mixed montane forest litter, 2003-109 (
1♂
,
1♀
CMNC
)
.
Municipio Ocosingo
,
Nahá
,
Selva Lacandona
"Ocotalito",
16°56'56.8"N
91°35'33.5"W
,
1000m
,
12–13.VII.2003
,
Jesus Luna Cozar
, mixed montane forest litter (
1♂
,
1♀
CMNC
)
.
Municipio Ocosingo
,
Naha
,
16.94860°N
,
91.59357°W
,
930m
,
10.VI.2008
, LLAMA Wm-A-07-2-04 (
1♂
CMNC
)
.
Municipio La Trinitaria
,
Parque Nacional Lagos de Montebello
,
Cinco Lagos
,
1500m
,
16°06.072 N
,
91°40.442 W
,
20.VII.2007
, R.
Anderson
, mixed liquidambar forest litter, 2007-023 (
20♂
,
13♀♀
CMNC
,
ECOS
)
.
Mpio. La Trinitaria
,
Parque Nacional Lagos de Montebello
,
Lago Pojol
,
1500m
,
16°05.948 N
,
91°40.275 W
,
20.VII.2007
, R.
Anderson
, mixed liquidambar forest litter 2007- 024 (
10♂
,
7♀♀
CMNC
,
ECOS
)
.
Chorological relationships
. Sympatric with
T. clavisetosa
and
T. schaubeli
.