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

description: <b>93. <i>Theognete grimblyae</i> Anderson, new species</b> (Figures 297, 306, 315) <b>Diagnosis.</b> Size. Length, male, 2.94–3.20mm; female, 2.68–3.55mm. Width, male, 1.70–1.79mm; female, 1.62–2.04mm. As for <i>T. hesmos</i> but pronotum less strongly cordate, without trace of median carina or swelling. Elytra with scales suberect to erect, fine, simple, slightly recurved at apex. Aedeagus as in Fig. 306. <b>Geographical distribution</b>. México (Querétaro). <b>Natural history</b>. Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest leaf litter at elevations ranging from 1620–1790m. <b>Derivation of specific name</b>. Through his support of the Nature Discovery Fund at the Canadian Museum of Nature, named after Susan Grimbly of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, as a gift from Ian Pearson. <b>Material examined</b>. 64&amp;male;, 56&amp;female;&amp;female; (BMNH, CMNC, CWOB, ECOS, UAQM, USNM). Holotype &amp;male; (CMNC): MÉXICO: Querétaro. Municipio Pinal de Amoles, Huasquilico, 21°9.5'N 99°33'W, 1790m, 26.II.1999, R. Jones, Hojarasca / HOLOTYPE &amp;male; <i>Theognete grimblyae</i> sp. nov. R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: MÉXICO. Querétaro. Municipio Pinal de Amoles, Huasquilico, 21°9.5'N 99°33'W, 1790m, 26.II.1999, R. Jones, Hojarasca (5&amp;male;, 7&amp;female;&amp;female; CMNC, ECOS). Municipio Pinal de Amoles, Huasquilico, 21°9.5'N 99°33'W, 1750m, 24.IX.2004, R. Jones, Hojarasca (4&amp;male;, 7&amp;female;&amp;female; CMNC, ECOS). Municipio Pinal de Amoles, Camino a Sn. Pedro Ecanela, 400 mts de la carretera a Jalpan, J.L. Cozar 14-IX-97 (1&amp;female; CMNC). Municipio Pinal de Amoles, Huasquilico, 21°9.6'N 99°34.39'W, 1760m, 24.IX.2004, R. Jones, leaf litter (8&amp;male;, 4&amp;female;&amp;female; CMNC, UAQM). Municipio Pinal de Amoles, Huasquilico, 21°9.6'N 99°34.39'W, 1760m, 26.III.2000, R. Jones, leaf litter (2&amp;male; UAQM). Municipio Pinal de Amoles, San Pedro Escanela, 21°07.297N, 99°31.478W, 1620m, J.L. Cozar, mixed oak forest litter (12&amp;male;, 12&amp;female;&amp;female; CMNC, CWOB, ECOS). Municipio Pinal de Amoles, San Pedro Escanela, 21°07.297N, 99°31.478W, 1620m, P.J. Horsley, mixed oak forest litter (3&amp;female;&amp;female; CMNC). Municipio Pinal de Amoles, Cruz de Palo (near Pinal de Amoles), 2450m, 21º08.095N, 99º38.021W, 28.VII.2006, J.L. Cozar, oak-pine forest litter (1&amp;male; CMNC). Municipio Pinal de Amoles, San Pedro Escanela, 21°07.297'N 99°31.478'W, 1620m, 29.VII.2006, R.S. Andeson, mixed oak forest litter, 2006-26 (8&amp;male;, 9&amp;female;&amp;female; CMNC, ECOS). Municipio Pinal de Amoles, 2.5 km E. Huasquilico, 21°10.564'N 99°34.393'W, 1675m, 29.VII.2006, R.S. Andeson, mixed hardwood forest litter, 2006-28 (1&amp;male; CMNC). Municipio Pinal de Amoles, Huasquilico, 21°07.297'N 99°34.454'W, 1750m, 28.VII.2006, R.S. Andeson, hardwood forest litter, 2006-23 (21&amp;male;, 13&amp;female;&amp;female; BMNH, CMNC, CWOB, ECOS, USNM). Municipio San Joachin, 2 km N. W. San Joachin, 20°55.133'N 99°34.479'W, 2390m, 27.VII.2006, R.S. Andeson, alder litter, 2006-22 (1&amp;male; CMNC). <b>Chorological relationships</b>. Sympatric with <i>T. tuberosa</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 page 83, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2458.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5316658