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 31. Theognete tzotzil Anderson , new species ( Figures 144 , 179 , 214 , 324–327 ) Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 2.81–3.32mm ; female, 2.81–3.26mm . Width, male, 1.69–2.08mm ; female, 1.63–1.97mm . Pronotum with few very small or no distinct punctures; weakly cordate with dense, erect, apically recurved, moderately long scales condensed along anterolateral margins and in paramedian clumps in apical half of length. Elytra rounded, with similar apically recurved scales linearly arranged along intervals, strial regions with very fine, appressed, elongate, hair-like scales. Striae not impressed. Posterolateral area with series of 3–6 shallow, contiguous punctures. Mesosternum flat, slightly sloping anteriad, punctate to various extent in transverse band at extreme apex (usually obscured by prosternum). Male tergite VIII emarginate in middle. Aedeagus as in Fig. 179 . Geographical distribution . México ( Chiapas ). Natural history . Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest and oak-pine forest leaf litter at elevations of from 1500–1825m . Derivation of specific name . Noun in apposition; after the Tzotzil, the native Indians of the highlands of Chiapas . Material examined . 122♂ , 81♀♀ ( BMNH , CMNC , CWOB , ECOS , MCZC , USNM , UVGC ) . Holotype ♂ ( CMNC ): MÉXICO : Chiapas . 8.9km E. Rayón , 1500m , 19.IX.1991 , R. Anderson , cloud forest litter, 91-109 / HOLOTYPE ♂ , Theognete tzotzil sp. nov. , R. S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes : MÉXICO . Chiapas . Pueblo Nuevo Solistahuacán ( 8 mi. E.), 6000', 26–27.VIII.1973 , A. Newton , berlese cloud forest leaf litter ( 4♂ , 5♀♀ CMNC , MCZC ). Rayón ( 8.9 km E.), 1500 m , 19.IX.1991 , R. Anderson , oak-pine forest litter, 91-109 ( 118♂ , 77♀♀ BMNH , CMNC , CWOB , ECOS , USNM , UVGC ) . Chorological relationships . Sympatric with T. backorum and T. jonesi .