Tylodinus leoncortesi 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 leoncortesi

description: 14. Tylodinus leoncortesi Luna-Cozar, sp. nov.
(Figures 54–55, 108, 133)
Diagnosis. Length male 2.5–3.0 mm, female, 2.5–2.8 mm. Width male 1.3–1.5 mm, female, 1.3–1.5 mm. As for T. coapillensis with the following exceptions: rostrum with punctures longer than punctures on head, carinate. Elytra with tubercles as follows: I2 with low rounded tubercle at base of elytral declivity, I3 with two tubercles: first tubercle subbasal, second tubercle smaller than first tubercle on middle of elytra, I4 with tubercle at base of declivity, smaller than tubercle at I2, I5 with small subbasal tubercle, I6 with tubercle on declivity, smaller than tubercle on I2 and I4. Metasternum moderately concave. Abdomen with ventrites 3–5 not in same plane as ventrites 1–2, moderately concave, glabrous; ventrite 2 feebly concave, as long as 3–4 combined; ventrite 5 convex along median line, with antero-medial impression. Tibiae subparallel, middle and hind tibiae slightly wider at base, front tibiae with inner margin sinuate. Male genitalia (Figure 108) with aedeagus in lateral view strongly curved, moderately stout; in ventral view as long as apodemes, lateral sides straight, convergent, apex blunt; apical process in lateral view weakly curved, in ventral view constricted beyond median orifice, lateral sides convergent.
Geographic distribution. México (Chiapas).
Habitat and elevation. Specimens were collected from leaf litter in various forest types between 1080–2500 m.
Derivation of specific name. Patronym, named after Jorge León Cortés (México) of El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Chiapas (ECOSUR), México
Material examined. Total 45 males, 33 females. Holotype male (CMNC): México: Chiapas, Pueblo Nuevo Solistahuacan, La Yerbabuena, 2.1 km NW Pueblo Nuevo, Solistahuacan, elev. 2100 m (17° 11'0.2"N, 92° 53'52.4"W), 23.ix.1992, coll. R. Anderson. Paratypes: México: Chiapas, Coapilla, ca. 10.5 Km NE Coapilla, elev. 1900 m (17° 9'55.1"N, 93° 8'20.4"W), 13.vii.2007, coll. R. Anderson — 1 male (CMNC); Huixtán, San Cristobal de las Casas Airport, elev. 2350 m (16° 41'25.1"N, 92° 31'48"W), 25.vii.2005, coll. R. Anderson — 1 male (CMNC); Ocozocoautla, Laguna Bélgica, sendero montaña, elev. 1080 m (16° 52'40.1"N, 93° 27'14.4"W), 8.vii.2003, coll. R. Anderson — 1 male (CMNC); Pueblo Nuevo Solistahuacan, La Yerbabuena, 2.1 km NW Pueblo Nuevo, Solistahuacan, elev. 2100 m (17° 11'0.2"N, 92° 53'52.4"W), 23.ix.1992, coll. R. Anderson — 2 males, 4 females (CMNC, CWOB); Yerbabuena Reserve, elev. 1750 m, 19.ix.1991, R. Anderson - 2 males (CMNC); Reserva La Yerbabuena, elev. 1950 m, 22.vii.2003, coll. R. Anderson — 2 males, 2 females (BMNH, CMNC); Sán Cristóbal de las Casas, Corazón de María, 2449 m (16° 41'7.4"N, 92° 32'11.4"W), 8.vii.2006, coll. J. L. Cozar - 1 male (ECOS); same locality, 3.v.2006, coll. J. L. Cozar - 1 female (ECOS); Huitepec, elev. 2466 m (16° 44'54.2"N, 92° 41'6.4"W), 5.v.2006, coll. J. L. Cozar - 1 male (ECOS); Los Alcanfores, elev. 2450 m (16° 44'12.5"N, 92° 40'46.9"W), 5.vi.2006, coll. J. L. Cozar, 1 male (ECOS); same locality, 25.iv.2006, coll. M. Giron - 1 male, 1 female (ECOS); Moxviquil, elev. 2147 m (16° 45'20.2"N, 92° 37'58.8"W), 26.iv.2006, coll. J. L. Cozar - 1 male (ECOS); same locality, 26.iv.2006, coll. M. Girón - 1 male (ECOS); same locality, 4.vii.2006, coll. J. L. Cozar - 1 male, 1 female (ECOS); Zoológico, elev. 2379 m (16° 43'5.5"N, 92° 42'9.7"W), 4.v.2006, coll. J. L. Cozar — 1 female (ECOS); Huitepec, S. Cristóbal, elev. 2480 m (16° 45'0.7"N, 92° 40'58.1"W), 28.v.2008, coll. LLAMA (Wa-A-05-2-26)— 1 male (CMNC); Huitepec, elev. 2480 (16° 45'6.1"N, 92° 40'57.7"W), 29.v.2008, coll. LLAMA (Wa-A-05-2-03, Wa- A-05-2-07)— 2 males (CMNC); 3 km E de San Cristóbal de las Casas, elev. 2400 m (16° 44'12.5"N, 92° 40'46.9"W), 15.ii.94, coll. R. Jones — 3 males, 1 female (ECOS); Reserva Huitepec, elev. 2400 m (16° 44'12.5"N, 92° 40'46.9"W), 04.viii.94, coll. B. Gómez-G— 3 females (ECOS); same locality, 05.vii.1995, coll. R. W. Jones — 1 male, 1 female (ECOS, UAQM); same locality, elev. 2645 m, 1.vii.2004, coll. J. L. Cozar — 2 males (ECOS); same locality, 2520 m, 1.vii.2004, coll. J. L. Cozar — 1 male (ECOS); same locality, 25.vii.1995, coll. R. Jones — 1male, 1 female (UAQM); same locality, 03.xi.1995, coll. B. Gómez, M. Girón — 1 female (UAQM); same locality, elev. 2498 m, 11.vi.2004, coll. J. L. Cozar — 1 male (ECOS); same locality, elev. 2400, 11.vii. 2007, coll. R. Anderson — 2 males (CMNC); same locality, elev. 2614 m, 12.vi.2004, coll. J. L. Cozar — 1 female (ECOS); same locality, elev. 2580 m, 12.vi.2004, coll. J. L. Cozar — 1 female (ECOS); same locality, elev. 2508 m, 12.vi.2004, coll. J. L. Cozar — 1 female (ECOS); same locality, elev. 2560 m, 12.vi.2004, coll. J. L. Cozar — 1 male (ECOS); same locality, elev. 2430 m, 14.vi.2004, coll. J. L. Cozar — 2 males (ECOS); same locality, elev. 2400 m, 17.ix.1994, coll. B. Gómez — 1 female (ECOS); same locality, 24.i.1995, coll. B. Gómez — 2 female (ECOS); same locality, 25.viii.94, coll. B. Gómez — 6 males, 3 females (ECOS); same locality, 27.v.94, coll. B. Gómez — 1 female (ECOS); same locality, 29.v.94, coll. B. Gómez — 1 female (ECOS); same locality, elev. 2400 m, 18.ix.1993, coll. R. Jones — 1 male (ECOS); same locality, elev. 2328 m, 17.vi.2004, coll. J. L. Cozar — 1 male, 2 females (ECOS); same locality, elev. 2520 m, 2.vii.2004, coll. J. L. Cozar — 2 females (ECOS); same locality, elev. 2600 m, 9.vii.2007, coll. M. G. Branstetter — 1 male (CMNC); Tenejapa, Ojo de Agua, elev. 1800 m, 21.vii. 2003, coll. R. Anderson — 1 male, 1 female (CMNC); Km. 30.5, Carretera cuota Tuxtla—San Cristóbal de las Casas, elev. 1763 m, 7.vii.2008, coll. R. Anderson — 2 males (CNMC, CWOB).
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 30, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3788.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4913761