Theognete kaulbarsi Anderson, 2010

Anderson, Robert S., 2010, A taxonomic monograph of the Middle American leaf-litter inhabiting weevil genus Theognete Champion (Coleoptera: Curculionidae; Molytinae; Lymantini) 2458, Zootaxa 2458 (1), pp. 1-127 : 67-68

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2458.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7E42061C-9D11-49C5-8737-CEED0864E699

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5325833

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E88799-FFFE-FFA3-2CAE-FA4248461F40

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scientific name

Theognete kaulbarsi Anderson
status

sp. nov.

68. Theognete kaulbarsi Anderson , new species ( Figures 242 View FIGURES 236–246 , 260 View FIGURES 260–262 , 277 View FIGURES 271–287 )

Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 2.95–3.09mm; female, 3.51mm. Width, male, 1.69–1.80mm; female, 1.80mm. Pronotum weakly cordate, dorsally distinctly punctate, punctures large and deep; scales concentrated along lateral regions, appressed, distinctly plumose. Elytra with scales linearly arranged, appressed, not plumose; sutural stria shallowly impressed and shallowly, finely punctate; basal margin in humeral region with tooth; posterolateral region with pilose crease. Aedeagus as in Fig. 260 View FIGURES 260–262 .

Geographical distribution. México ( Veracruz).

Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest leaf litter at elevations from 1025– 1175m.

Derivation of specific name. Named after Michael Kaulbars of Ottawa, Canada.

Material examined. 10♂, 1♀ ( CMNC, ECOS). Holotype ♂ ( CMNC): MÉXICO: Veracruz. 4.3 mi. E. Huatusco, 3400', 21.VI.83, R. Anderson, cloud forest / HOLOTYPE ♂, Theognete kaulbarsi sp. nov., R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: MÉXICO. Veracruz. Coscomatepec ( 3.1 mi. N.E.), 3700', 21.VI.1983, R. Anderson, cloud forest ( 1♂, 1♀ CMNC). Huatusco ( 4.3 mi. E.), 3400', 21.VI.1983, R. Anderson, cloud forest ( 8♂ CMNC, ECOS) .

Chorological relationships. Sympatric with T. azteca , T. reprela and T. lakarms .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Theognete

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