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 72. Theognete terrestris Anderson , new species ( Figures 239 , 257 , 274 , 324–327 ) Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 3.20–3.51mm ; female, 3.12–3.24mm . Width, male, 1.80–2.02mm ; female, 1.71–1.85mm . As for T. fossor but scrobes broadly visible in dorsal view; scales shorter, suberect, plumose, recurved, on pronotal disk concentrated in paramedian and anterolateral tufts; elytra with strial regions with linearly arranged, distinct, plumose scales. Aedeagus as in Fig. 257 . Geographical distribution . México ( Oaxaca ). Natural history . Collected from berlese extraction of transition cloud forest, cloud forest and wet oak forest leaf litter at elevations from 1300–1900m . Derivation of specific name . Named from the Latin terrestris , meaning of the earth, in reference to the ground-dwelling habits of Theognete . Material examined . 7♂ , 5♀♀ ( CMNC , CWOB , ECOS , MZLU ) . Holotype ♂ ( CMNC ) : MÉXICO : Oaxaca . 32 km . S. W . Valle Nacional, KM 85, 1650m, 26.VII.1992 , 92-030, R.S. Anderson , trans/cloud forest leaf litter berlese / HOLOTYPE ♂ , Theognete terrestris sp. nov. , R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes : MÉXICO . Oaxaca . La Esperanza ( 5 mi. S. W .) , 4. VII. 1982 , M.A. Ivie ( 1♀ CWOB ) . Valle Nacional ( 22 mi. S.), 5800', 3. VI. 1983 , L. O'Brien & G.B. Marshall , berlese sifted cloud forest litter ( 1♂ CWOB ) . Valle Nacional ( 32 km . S. W .) , 1650m , 26.VII.1992 , R. Anderson , transition/cloud forest leaf litter berlese ( 4♂ , 5♀♀ CMNC , ECOS ) . Valle Nacional ( 40 km . S. W .) , 1900m , 26.VII.1992 , R. Anderson , oak forest leaf litter berlese ( 2♂ , 1♀ CMNC ) . Valle Nacional ( 24–26 km . S.), 1300m , 14.IX.1990 , R. Baranowski , sifting litter in cloud forest ( 2♀♀ MZLU , CMNC ) . Chorological relationships . Sympatric with T. humilis , T. lutulenta , T. lalibertei , T. weiri , T. dansereaui , T. romanoi , T. peckorum , T. howdenorum and T. fossor .