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 51. Theognete peckorum Anderson , new species ( Figures 142 , 177 , 212 ) Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 2.81–3.03mm ; female, 3.32–3.48mm . Width, male, 1.46–1.63mm ; female, 1.69–1.83mm . As for T. braunae but pronotum with punctures regularly spaced, large and moderately deep; elytra not as inflated; strial regions with scales present but minute. Posterolateral area of elytra with distinct pilose crease. Basal margin of elytra at humeri with rounded swelling or tooth. Mesosternum with deep, pilose pit-like impression. Aedeagus as in Fig. 177 . Geographical distribution . México ( Oaxaca ). Natural history . Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest leaf litter at elevations of from 1200– 1325m . Derivation of specific name . Named after Jarmila Kukalova-Peck and Stewart B. Peck of Ottawa, Canada . Material examined . 15♂ , 11♀♀ ( CMNC , CMNC , MCZC , MZLU ) . Holotype ♂ ( CMNC ) : MÉXICO : Oaxaca . 17mi. SW. Valle Nacional , 3700', 24.VI.83, R. Anderson , cloud forest / HOLOTYPE ♂ , Theognete peckorum sp. nov. , R. S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes : MÉXICO . Oaxaca . Valle Nacional ( 15 mi. S.), 4000', 21.V.1971 , S. Peck , leaf litter ( 3♂ , 2♀♀ CMNC ) . Valle Nacional ( 15.1 mi. S.), 4300', 11– 18.VIII.1973 , berlese cloud forest litter ( 1♂ MCZC ) . Valle Nacional ( 17 mi. S.), 3700', 24.VI.1983 , S. & J. Peck , cloud forest litter ( 1♂ CMNC ) . Valle Nacional ( 26 km . S.), 25.VI.–2.VIII.1983 , S. & J. Peck , montane tropical forest ( 1♀ CMNC ) . Valle Nacional ( 23 km . S.), 1250m , 13.XI.1989 , R. Baranowski , sifting litter in tropical montane forest ( 1♂ MZLU ) . Valle Nacional ( 24–26 km . S.), 1300m , 14.IX.1990 , R. Baranowski , sifting litter in cloud forest ( 2♂ , 3♀♀ CMNC ) ( 3♂ , 5♀♀ MZLU ) . Valle Nacional ( 25 km . S.), 1300m , 12.IX.1994 , R. Baranowski , sifting litter in cloud forest ( 1♂ CMNC ) ( 1♂ , 1♀ MZLU ) . Chorological relationships . Sympatric with T. desautelsi , T. howdenorum , T. humilis , T. terrestris , T. romanoi , T. lutulenta , T. dansereaui and T. ludvigseni .