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
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journal article
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9.
Theognete janzeni
Anderson
,
new species
(
Figures 49
,
53
,
57
)
Diagnosis
. Size. Length, male,
4.44mm
; female,
4.27–5.06mm
. Width, male,
2.42mm
; female,
2.53–2.92mm
. As for
T. laevis
except pronotum more obviously punctate except for glabrous, impunctate, broad middle line. Pronotum and elytra with vestiture denser, scales very fine and hair-like, suberect and strongly arched, linearly arranged on elytra. Aedeagus as in
Fig. 53
.
Geographical distribution
.
México
(
Oaxaca
).
Natural history
. No information available, but the habitat in the Temascal area is lowland dry tropical forest at about
100m
elevation. It is possible that specimens were collected in leaf litter in this habitat.
Derivation of specific name
.
Named after
Daniel H.
Janzen
of Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
, the collector of the
type
series
.
Material examined
.
1♂
,
2♀♀
(
CMNC
,
CUIC
).
Holotype
♂
(
CUIC
):
MÉXICO
:
Oaxaca
,
Temascal
,
10.II.1964
,
D.H. Janzen
/
HOLOTYPE
♂
Theognete janzeni
sp. nov.
,
R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus
extracted.
Paratypes
:
MÉXICO
:
Oaxaca
:
Temascal
,
10.II.1964
,
D. H. Janzen
(
2♀♀
CMNC
,
CUIC
)
.
Chorological relationships
. Not known to be sympatric with any other species of
Theognete
.