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

description: <b>38. <i>Theognete scopulus</i> Anderson, new species</b> (Figures 152, 187, 222) <b>Diagnosis.</b> Size. Length, male, 3.23–3.82mm; female, 2.98–4.05mm. Width, male, 1.97–2.14mm; female, 1.69–2.25mm. As for <i>T. montana</i> but elytra rounded, much less elongate; scales of pronotum and elytral intervals plumose, arched apically; scales of strial regions longer, suberect and arched, giving dorsum a much more shaggy appearance. Abdominal ventrite 5 not impressed in either sex. Aedeagus as in Fig. 187. <b>Geographical distribution</b>. México (Chiapas). <b>Natural history</b>. Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest and wet oak forest leaf litter at elevations of from 2650–2910m. <b>Derivation of specific name</b>. Noun in apposition; from the Latin <i>scopulus</i>, meaning a projecting point of rock, in reference to the occurrence of this species at the top of Cerro Huitepec. <b>Material examined</b>. 280&amp;male;, 210&amp;female;&amp;female; (BMNH, CMNC, CNCI, CWOB, ECOS, USNM, UVGC). Holotype &amp;male; (CMNC): MÉXICO: Chiapas. Cerro Huitepec (Pico), <i>ca</i>. 5km. W. San Cristóbal, 2750m, 15.IX.1991, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter, 91-101 / HOLOTYPE &amp;male;, <i>Theognete scopulus</i> sp. nov., R. S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: MÉXICO. Chiapas. Cerro Huitepec (Pico), (ca. 5 km W. San Cristóbal), 2750m, 15.IX.1991, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter, 91-101 (82&amp;male;, 60&amp;female;&amp;female; CMNC); same as before except: 2650 m, 17.IX.1991, R. Anderson, wet oak forest litter, 91-106 (9&amp;male;, 10&amp;female;&amp;female; CMNC); 2750m, 18.IX.1991, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter, 91-107 (53&amp;male;, 39&amp;female;&amp;female; CMNC). Cerro Huitepec (ca. 5 km W. San Cristóbal), 2750m, 14.IX.1992, R. Anderson, wet oak forest litter, 92-100 (32&amp;male;, 18&amp;female;&amp;female; CMNC). Cerro Huitepec (ca. 5 km W. San Cristóbal), 2750m, 14–25.IX.1992, R. Anderson, cloud forest, 92-102 (2&amp;female;&amp;female; CMNC). Municipio San Cristóbal de las Casas, Reserva Huitepec, 16º 45.84 N, 92º 40.70 W, 2300m, 15.VII.2005, R.Anderson, mixed oak forest litter, 2005-001 (1&amp;female; CMNC). Municipio San Cristóbal de las Casas, Reserva Huitepec, 5.VI.2006, J.L. Cozar, hojarasca, Parcela 8 (1&amp;female; CMNC). Mt. Tzontehuitz, 9500', 19.V.1969, J.M. Campbell (2&amp;male;, 1&amp;female; CNCI). Cerro Tzontehuitz (Pico), (ca. 10 km N.E. San Cristóbal), 2910m, 16.IX.1991, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter, 91-104, (6&amp;male;, 4&amp;female;&amp;female; CMNC). Municipio Chamula, Cerro Tzontehuitz, 15.VII.1994, R. Jones, bosque mesófilo (10&amp;male;, 8&amp;female;&amp;female; OCOS). Municipio Tenejapa, Cerro Tzontehuitz, 16º 48’47” N 92º 34’24.8” W, 2650m, 29.VII.2005, J.L. Cozar, mixed oak forest litter (6&amp;male;, 4&amp;female;&amp;female; CMNC). Municipio Tenejapa, Cerro Tzontehuitz, 16º 48’40.8” N 92º 35’02.4” W, 2800m, 29.VII.2005, J.L. Cozar, mixed cloud forest litter (17&amp;male;, 15&amp;female;&amp;female; CMNC, ECOS). Municipio Tenejapa, Cerro Tzontehuitz, 16º 48’47” N 92º 34’24.8” W, 2677m, 29.VII.2005, R. Anderson, mixed oak forest litter, 2005-014 (4&amp;male;, 3&amp;female;&amp;female; CMNC). Municipio Tenejapa, Cerro Tzontehuitz, 16º 48’40.8” N 92º 35’02.4” W, 2864m, 29.VII.2005, R. Anderson, mixed cloud forest litter, 2005-014 (1&amp;male; CMNC). Municipio Huixtán, Bazóm 16º 44’19.0 N, 92º 29’18.3W, 2450m, 9.VII.2003, R. Anderson, mixed magnolia/oak forest litter, 2003-106 (29&amp;male;, 12&amp;female;&amp;female; BMNH. CMNC, CWOB, USNM, UVGC). Municipio Huixtán, Bazóm 16º 44’19.0 N, 92º 29’18.3W, 2450m, 9.VII.2003, R. Anderson, mixed magnolia/oak forest litter, 2003-107 (2&amp;male;, 2&amp;female;&amp;female; CMNC). Municipio Huixtán, 15km E San Cristóbal, 16.74689º N, 92.48985º W, 2500m, 29.V.2008, LLAMA Wm-A-05-1-01 (1&amp;male; CMNC). Municipio San Cristóbal, Reserva Huitepec,. IV.1994, R. Jones (13&amp;male;, 15&amp;female;&amp;female; ECOS). Municipio San Cristóbal, Reserva Huitepec, 9/ 10.VI.2004, J.L.Cozar, M. Girón (4&amp;male;, 8&amp;female;&amp;female; ECOS). Municipio Tenejapa, Ojo de Agua, Yashanal, 4.III.1994, R. Jones (1&amp;female; ECOS). Tenejapa (8 mi. N.E. San Cristóbal), 18.V.1969, J.M. Campbell (2&amp;male; CNCI). Municipio San Cristóbal de las Casas, Huitepec-Ocotal, Cerro La Cruz, 12.VI.2006, J.L. Cozar, cloud forest (3&amp;male;, 4&amp;female;&amp;female; CMNC). Municipio San Cristóbal de las Casas, Cerro Huitepec, Estación de Microondas, 12.VI.2006, J.L. Cozar, cloud forest (4&amp;male;, 2&amp;female;&amp;female; CMNC). <b>Chorological relationships</b>. Sympatric with <i>T. montana</i>, <i>T. huitepec</i>, <i>T. maziaki, T. cortesi, T. barringerorum, T. evelynae</i> and <i>T. campbelli</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 45-46, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2458.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5316658