Theognete zapatista Anderson 2010, new species
Creators: name: Anderson, Robert S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Theognete
Theognete zapatista

description: <b>56. <i>Theognete zapatista</i> Anderson, new species</b> (Figures 146, 181, 216) <b>Diagnosis.</b> Size. Length, male, 2.33–3.15mm; female, 2.75–3.15mm. Width, male, 1.32–1.85mm; female, 1.52–1.80mm. As for <i>T. schaubeli</i> except pronotum weakly cordate, with vestiture sparse, irregularly distributed except along glabrous middle area, suberect to erect, moderately long; flanks with distinct oblique sulci. Elytra with broad appressed to suberect scales linearly arranged along intervals, scales overlapping on at least some intervals. Aedeagus as in Fig. 181. <b>Geographical distribution</b>. México (Chiapas). <b>Natural history</b>. Collected from berlese extraction of oak-pine-liquidambar forest leaf litter at an elevation of 1500m and from tropical montane mixed forest at an elevation of 1000m. <b>Derivation of specific name</b>. Noun in apposition; named after the revolutionary Zapatista Army of the Chiapan highlands. <b>Material examined</b>. 165&amp;male;, 99&amp;female;&amp;female; (BMNH, CMNC, CWOB, ECOS, USNM, UVGC). Holotype &amp;male; (CMNC): MÉXICO: Chiapas. Lagos de Montebello, Cinco Lagos, 1500m, 22.IX.1992, 92-113, R.S. Anderson, liquidambar/oak/pine forest litter / HOLOTYPE &amp;male;, <i>Theognete zapatista</i> sp. nov. R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratype: MÉXICO. Chiapas. Lagunas de Montebello, Cinco Lagos, 1500m, 21.IX.1991, R. Anderson, oak/pine <i>Liquidambar</i> forest, 91-115 (45&amp;male;, 29&amp;female;&amp;female; BMNH, CMNC, CWOB, ECOS, USNM, UVGC). Lagunas de Montebello, Cinco Lagos, 1500m, 22.IX.1992, R. Anderson, liquidambar/oak/pine forest litter, 92-113 (59&amp;male;, 30&amp;female;&amp;female; CMNC). Lagunas de Montebello, 19.VII.1991, R. Jones (1&amp;male; ECOS). Municipio La Trinitaria, nr. Laguna Cinco Lagos, 23.VIII.1991, R. Jones, leaf litter (8&amp;male;, 2&amp;female;&amp;female; ECOS). Lagunas de Montebello, cerca Cinco Lagos, 5.II.1994, R. Jones, Horasca 4 m 2 (1&amp;male;, 3&amp;female;&amp;female; ECOS). Municipio Trinitaria, Cinco Lagos, 29.VII.1994, B. Gómez, HR 20-4 (1&amp;male;, 2&amp;female;&amp;female; ECOS). Municipio Trinitaria, Cinco Lagos, 29.VII.1994, B. Gómez, HR 20-6 (1&amp;female; ECOS). Municipio Trinitaria, Lagunas de Montebello, 29.VII.1994, R. Jones, Flores de <i>Hampea montebellensis</i> (1&amp;female; ECOS). Municipio Trinitaria, Laguna de Montebello, Cerca de Cinco Lagos, 11.VII.1995, R. Jones, Horasca (1&amp;male; ECOS). Municipio Trinitaria, Lagunas de Montebello, 11.VII.1995, R. Jones, HR (1&amp;male;, 2&amp;female;&amp;female; ECOS). Parque Nacional Lagunas de Montebello, Cinco Lagos, 1500m, 16º 07.072’ N, 91º 40.442’ W, 24.VII.2005, R. Anderson, mixed hardwood forest litter, 2005-006 (6&amp;male;, 2&amp;female;&amp;female; CMNC). Parque Nacional Lagunas de Montebello, Grutas de San Rafael, 1500m, 16º 07.993’ N, 91º 43.752’ W, 24.VII.2005, R. Anderson liquidambar valley bottom forest litter, 2005-005 (9&amp;male;, 6&amp;female;&amp;female; CMNC). Municipio Ocosingo, Nahá, Selva Lacandona "Ocotalito", 16°56'56.8"N 91°35'33.5"W, 1000m, 12–13.VII.2003, R. Anderson, mixed montane forest litter, 2003-109 (1&amp;male;, 1&amp;female; CMNC). Municipio Ocosingo, Nahá, Selva Lacandona "Ocotalito", 16°56'56.8"N 91°35'33.5"W, 1000m, 12–13.VII.2003, Jesus Luna Cozar, mixed montane forest litter (1&amp;male;, 1&amp;female; CMNC). Municipio Ocosingo, Naha, 16.94860°N, 91.59357°W, 930m, 10.VI.2008, LLAMA Wm-A-07-2-04 (1&amp;male; CMNC). Municipio La Trinitaria, Parque Nacional Lagos de Montebello, Cinco Lagos, 1500m, 16°06.072 N, 91°40.442 W, 20.VII.2007, R. Anderson, mixed liquidambar forest litter, 2007-023 (20&amp;male;, 13&amp;female;&amp;female; CMNC, ECOS). Mpio. La Trinitaria, Parque Nacional Lagos de Montebello, Lago Pojol, 1500m, 16°05.948 N, 91°40.275 W, 20.VII.2007, R. Anderson, mixed liquidambar forest litter 2007- 024 (10&amp;male;, 7&amp;female;&amp;female; CMNC, ECOS). <b>Chorological relationships</b>. Sympatric with <i>T. clavisetosa</i> and <i>T. schaubeli</i>.
description: Published as part of <i>Anderson, Robert S., 2010, A taxonomic monograph of the Middle American leaf-litter inhabiting weevil genus Theognete Champion (Coleoptera: Curculionidae; Molytinae; Lymantini) 2458, pp. 1-127 in Zootaxa 2458 (1)</i> on pages 58-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2458.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5316658