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
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2458.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.2458.1.1
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48.
Theognete lalondei
Anderson
,
new species
(
Figure 137
)
Diagnosis.
Size. Length,
3.74mm
. Width, female,
2.14mm
. As for
T. confusa
but elytra with scales suberect, linearly arranged on intervals, hair-like scales of strial regions distinct. Male unknown. No other
Theognete
species
known from the
Totonicapan
area.
Geographical distribution
.
Guatemala
(
Totonicapan
).
Natural history
. Unknown.
Derivation of specific name
. Through their support of the Nature Discovery Fund at the Canadian Museum of Nature, this species is named in memory of Denis Lalonde (1936–2007) of Montreal,
Quebec
,
Canada
, as a gift from Mario and Hortense Lalanne.
Material examined
.
1♀
(
USNM
).
Holotype
♀
(
USNM
):
GUATEMALA
:
Totonicapan
, 5/06 / HOLO- TYPE
♀
,
Theognete lalondei
sp. nov.
,
R.S. Anderson. Genitalia
dissected.
Chorological relationships
. Not known to be sympatric with any other species of
Theognete
.