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 14. Theognete fulgida Anderson , new species ( Figures 4 , 61 , 66 , 70 ) Diagnosis . Size. Length, male, 3.20–3.79mm ; female, 3.09–3.79mm . Width, male, 1.57–1.69mm ; female, 1.41–1.69mm . Body form more elongate, slender. Pronotum elongate, shining, without microsculpture; very finely punctate, each puncture with a very fine appressed hair-like scale. Ventrite 5 as in T. denticulata except with apical row of irregular punctures, no excavation present. Aedeagus as in Fig. 66 . Geographical distribution . México ( Hidalgo , San Luis Potosí ) . Natural history . Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest, moist oak forest and pine-oak forest leaf litter at elevations ranging from 1050–1700m . Derivation of specific name . Named from the Latin fulgidus , meaning shiny, in reference to the shining integument. Material examined . 7♂ , 7♀♀ ( CMNC , MCZC ) . Holotype ♂ ( CMNC ) : MÉXICO : Hidalgo . 1189 m , 55 km N.E. Jacala , 4.VI.1987 , R. Anderson , berlese cloud forest litter / HOLOTYPE ♂ , Theognete fulgida sp. nov. R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes : MÉXICO : Hidalgo : Chapalhuacán ( 4 mi. S. W .) , 3500', 5.VII.1976 , A. Newton , cloud forest leaf litter berlese ( 1♂ , 1♀ MCZC ) . Chapalhuacán ( 6.6 mi. S. W .) , 3900', 5.VII.1976 , A. Newton , berlese cloud forest leaf litter ( 1♀ MCZC ) . Jacala ( 18 km E. near El Alamo ), 5500', 10.VI.1983 , S. & J. Peck , moist oak forest litter ( 1♂ CMNC ) . Jacala ( 55 km N.E.), 1189 m , 4.VI.1987 , R. Anderson , berlese cloud forest litter ( 3♂ , 4♀♀ CMNC ) . Tamazunchale ( 32.8 km S. W .) , Mt. Horab Bible School , 1158 m , VI.1987 , R. Anderson , berlese cloud forest litter ( 1♀ CMNC ) . San Luis Potosí . Xilitla ( 40 km W .) , 1700m , 6.VIII.1983 , S. & J. Peck , pine/oak forest litter ( 1♂ CMNC ) . Chorological relationships . Sympatric with T. caviventris , T. distenta and T. chauliothorax .