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

description: 40. Theognete lalannei Anderson, new species  (Figures 150, 185, 220)   
 Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 3.29–3.98mm; female, 3.63–4.07mm. Width, male, 1.87–2.38mm; female, 2.13–2.47mm. As for T. tzotzil except pronotum subcordate, punctures distinct, deep, scales distinctly plumose and not as erect, especially in paramedian concentrations. Elytral strial regions with scales minute and hair-like. Mesosternum with deep, pilose, pit-like impression. Aedeagus as in Fig. 185.   
 Geographical distribution. Honduras (Cortes, Ocotepeque) and El Salvador (Santa Ana, Chalatenango).   
 Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest leaf litter at elevations from 2100– 2650m.   
 Derivation of specific name. Through their support of the Nature Discovery Fund at the Canadian Museum of Nature, this species is named after Marc Louis Lalanne of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, as a gift from the Lalanne family.   
 Material examined. 63♂, 40♀♀ (CMNC, CWOB, EAPZ, USNM, UVGC). Holotype ♂ (CMNC): HONDURAS: Ocotepeque. Guisayote, 20.5 km. E. Ocotepeque, 2170m, 16.VI.1994 -119, R. Anderson, cloud for. litt. / HOLOTYPE ♂, Theognete lalannei sp. nov., R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: EL SALVADOR. Chalatenango. San Ignacio (13.1 km.N.), El Pital, 2650m, 28.VIII.1994 -226, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter berlese (23♂, 8♀♀ CMNC, CWOB, EAPZ, USNM, UVGC). Santa Ana. Metapan (21.7 km. N.E.), Cerro Montecristo, 2100m, 29.VIII.1994 -228, R. Anderson, hardwood forest litter berlese (6♂, 4♀♀ CMNC). Metapan (21.7 km. N.E.), Cerro Montecristo, 2100m, 29.VIII.1994 -229, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter berlese (11♂, 13♀♀ CMNC). HONDURAS. Cortes. P.N. Cusuco, Cofradia (18.7km N.), Buenos Aires (5.4km W.), Cerro Jilinco, 1960m, 26.VIII.1994 -223A, R. Anderson, pine/cloud forest litter berlese (3♂ CMNC). Lempira. P.N. Celaque, nr. Gracias, Campamento Naranjo, 14°32.7' N 88°39.7' W, 2500m, 12–13.V.2002, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter, 2002–020 (1♂, 1♀ CMNC). P.N. Celaque, nr. Gracias, above camp. Don Tomas, 14°32.7' N 88°39.7' W, 2250m, 12–13.V.2002, R. Anderson, mixed oak forest litter, 2002- 021 (1♀ CMNC). Ocotepeque. Ocotepeque (20.5 km. E.), Guisayote, 2170m, 13.VI.1994 -114, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter (7♂, 4♀♀ CMNC). Ocotepeque (20.5 km. E.), Guisayote, 2170m, 14.VI.1994 -115, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter (3♂, 2♀♀ CMNC). Ocotepeque (20.5 km. E.), Guisayote, 2170m, 15.VI.1994 - 117, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter (1♂ CMNC). Ocotepeque (20.5 km. E.), Guisayote, 2170m, 16.VI.1994 - 119, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter (7♂, 7♀♀ CMNC).   
 Chorological relationships. Sympatric with T. pragudemi and T. jeanae.
description: Published as part of 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) on page 47, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2458.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5316658