Tylodinus jonesi Luna-Cozar & Anderson & Jones & León-Cortés 2014, sp. nov
Creators: name: Luna-Cozar, Jesús
name: Anderson, Robert S.
name: Jones, Robert W.
name: León-Cortés, Jorge L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Tylodinus
Tylodinus jonesi

description: 10. Tylodinus jonesi Luna-Cozar, sp. nov
(Figures 17, 46–47, 106, 134)
Diagnosis. Length male, 3.2–4.2 mm, female, 3.4–3.8 mm. Width male, 1.6–2.3 mm, female 1.8–2.1 mm. As for T. buchanani with the following exceptions: head with scales on vertex similar to head scales. Tubercles on I 2 in front of elytral declivity, very small, I4 with tubercle on declivity, longer than tubercle on I2, occasionally small tubercles between tubercles on I3 present, without tubercles on I6, I7 with subbasal tubercle; striae 10 incomplete; elytral declivity with lateral black polished area. Male abdomen with ventrite 1 concave, median section glabrous, ventrite 2 concave, as long as 3–4 combined, concave, median section glabrous. Hind femur length not reaching elytral apex, premucro absent. Male genitalia (Figure 106) with median lobe in lateral view slender; in ventral view as long as apodemes, laterally convex at sides beyond 0.27 of length from the base; apical process in lateral view slightly curved. Female genitalia with tergite eight constricted, apex slightly curved, sternite eight trapezoidal, median area membranous, 1/3 as long as basal plate.
Geographic distribution. México (Chiapas).
Habitat and elevation. Specimens were collected from leaf litter in high elevation cloud forest between 1800–2220 m.
Derivation of specific name. Patronym, named after Robert W. Jones (México) of the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Mexico.
Material examined. Total 18 males, 5 females. Holotype male (CMNC): México: Chiapas, Angel Albino Corzo, Reserva de la Biosfera el Triunfo, Campamento el Quetzal, 1800 m (15°43.239'N, 92°56.405'W) 18.vii.2007, coll. R. S. Anderson. Paratypes: México: Chiapas, La Concordia, 3.5 km ESE Custepec, Campamento El Quetzal, elev. 1800 m (15°43'N, 92°56'W), 17.vii.2007, coll. M. G. Branstetter — 2 males (CMNC); 4 km SE Custepec, elev. 2140 m (15°42'38.48''N, 92°55'43.07''W), 20.v.2008, coll. LLAMA (Wa-A-03-1-03) — 1 male (CMNC); same locality, 20.v.2008, coll. LLAMA (Wa-A-03-1-02) — 1 male (CMNC); 4 km SE Custepec, elev. 2125 m (15°42'27.7''N, 92°55'52''W), 20.v.2008, coll. LLAMA (Wa-A-03-2-02) — 1 female (CMNC); same locality (15.71049°N 92.92872°W), 20.v.2008, coll. LLAMA (Wa-A-03-1-18) — 1 female (CMNC); same locality (15.70671°N 92.93127°W), 20.v.2008, coll. LLAMA (Wa-A-03-2-26) — 1 male (CWOB); same locality (15.70729°N 92.93123°W), 20.v.2008, coll. LLAMA (Wa-A-03-2-12) — 1 male (CMNC); same locality (15.70738°N 92.93121°W), 20.v.2008, coll. LLAMA (Wa-A-03-2-10) — 3 males (CMNC, ECOS); same locality (15.70751°N 92.93117°W), 20.v.2008, coll. LLAMA (Wa-A-03-2-07) — 1 male (CMNC); same locality (15.71107°N 92.92846°W), 20.v.2008, coll. LLAMA (Wa-A-03-1-04) — 1 male (CMNC); same locality (15.71111°N 92.92844°W), 20.v.2008, coll. LLAMA (Wa-A-03-1-03) — 1 male (CMNC); same locality (15.71053°N 92.92870°W), 20.v.2008, coll. LLAMA (Wa-A-03-1-17) — 1 male (ECOS); same locality (15.71061°N 92.92867°W), 20.v.2008, coll. LLAMA (Wa-A-03-1-15) — 1 male (ECOS); same locality (15.71107°N 92.92846°W), 20.v.2008, coll. LLAMA (Wa-A-03-1-04) — 1 male (ECOS); Reserva de la Biósfera El Triunfo, Campamento El Quetzal, elev. 2160 m (15°42'18.4''N, 92°55'53.8''W), 22.v.2008, coll. R. S. Anderson — 2 males (BMNH, CMNC); same locality elev. 2220 m (15.70819°N 92.93070°W), 21.v.2008 — 2 females (CMNC); same locality elev. 2150 m (15.70775°N 92.93121°W), 21.v.2008 — 1 female (ECOS).
description: Published as part of Luna-Cozar, Jesús, Anderson, Robert S., Jones, Robert W. & León-Cortés, Jorge L., 2014, A taxonomic monograph of the genus Tylodinus Champion (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cryptorhynchinae: Tylodina) of Chiapas, Mexico, pp. 1-63 in Zootaxa 3788 (1) on page 24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3788.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4913761