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

description: <b>32. <i>Theognete cortesi</i> Anderson, new species</b> (Figures 139, 174, 209) <b>Diagnosis.</b> Size. Length, male, 2.86–3.20mm; female, 3.20–3.46mm. Width, male, 1.79–2.00mm; female, 1.96–2.13mm. As for <i>T. tzotzil</i> except aedeagus as in Fig. 174. <b>Geographical distribution</b>. México (Chiapas). <b>Natural history</b>. Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest leaf litter at elevations ranging from 2000–2450m. <b>Derivation of specific name</b>. Named after Jorge León Cortés, lepidopterist at ECOSUR, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, México. <b>Material examined</b>. 201&amp;male;, 110&amp;female;&amp;female; (BMNH, CMNC, CWOB, ECOS, UNAM, USNM, UVGC). Holotype &amp;male; (UNAM): MÉXICO: Chiapas. Municipio Huixtán, Bazom, 16º44’19.0 N, 92º29’18.3” W, 2450m, 9.VII.2003, R. Anderson, oak forest litter, 2003-107A’ / HOLOTYPE &amp;male;, <i>Theognete cortesi</i> sp. nov. R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: MÉXICO. Chiapas. Municipio Chalchihuitán, Cerros de Chalchihuitán, 16º59’20.8” N, 92º37’13.0” W, 2050m, 24.VII.2003, R. Anderson, we cloud forest litter (7&amp;male;, 3&amp;female;&amp;female;, CMNC). Municipio Tapalapa, Coapilla (15km N.), 13.III.1994, R. Jones, berlese leaf litter (5&amp;male;, 1&amp;female; ECOS, CMNC). Mpio Coapilla, Cerro el Calvario, nr. Tapalapa, 17º11’11.9” N, 93º07’21.0” W, 2000m, 23.VII.2003, R. Anderson, wet cloud forest litter (46&amp;male;, 17&amp;female;&amp;female;, CMNC, ECOS). Mpio Coapilla, Cerro el Calvario, nr. Tapalapa, 17º10’25.8” N, 93º07’52.2” W, 2000m, 23.VII.2003, R. Anderson, oak-pine-liquidambar forest litter (14&amp;male;, 8&amp;female;&amp;female;, CMNC, ECOS). Municipio Coapilla, Coapilla (6–8km. N.E.), 17º 10’25” N 93º 07’52” W, 2030m, 26.VII.2005, R. Anderson, oak/pine/liquidambar forest litter, 2005-009 (16&amp;male;, 12&amp;female;&amp;female; BMNH, CMNC, CWOB, ECOS, USNM, UVGC). Municipio Huixtán, Bazom, 16º44’19.0 N, 92º29’18.3” W, 2450m, 9.VII.2003, R. Anderson, oak forest litter (11&amp;male;, 5&amp;female;&amp;female;, CMNC). Municipio Huixtán, Bazom, 16º44’19.0 N, 92º29’18.3” W, 2450m, 9.VII.2003, R. Anderson, mixed magnolia-oak forest litter (55&amp;male;, 34&amp;female;&amp;female;, BMNH, CMNC, CWOB, ECOS, USNM, UVGC). Municipio Pueblo Nueva Solhistuacan, Reserva La Yerbabuena, 17º11’00.3” N, 92º53’52.4” W, 2050m, R. Anderson, wet cloud forest litter (1&amp;male;, 1&amp;female;, CMNC). Municipio Tapalapa, Cerro de la Danta, 20.VII.1994, R. Jones (2&amp;female;&amp;female;, ECOS). Municipio Tenejapa, Ojo de Agua, Yashanal, 4.III.1994, R. Jones (1&amp;male;, ECOS). Municipio Tapalapa, Cerro El Calvario, ca. 14 km NE Coapilla, 2150m, 17°10.958 N 93°07.091 W, 13.VII.2007, R. Anderson, mixed cloud forest litter (steep), 2007-008 (15&amp;male;, 9&amp;female;&amp;female; CMNC). Municipio Coapilla, km 9.5 on road to Tapalapa, 24.IV.2006, J.L. Cozar (2&amp;male; 2&amp;female;&amp;female;, CMNC). Municipio Tapalapa, 7.3km NE Coapilla, 12.vii.2007, 17º11ʹN 93º07ʹW, 2200m, M.G. Branstetter #641-642 (5&amp;male;, 5&amp;female;&amp;female; CMNC). Municipio Coapilla, 5km NE Coapilla, 17.17602ºN, 93.13293ºW, 1990m, 25.V.2008, LLAMA Wm-A-04-1-01 (1&amp;male;, 3&amp;female;&amp;female; CMNC). Municipio Coapilla, 5km NE Coapilla, 17.17602ºN, 93.13293ºW, 1990m, 26.V.2008, M.G. Branstetter #788 (24&amp;male;, 7&amp;female;&amp;female; CMNC). Municipio Huixtán, 15km E San Cristobal, 16.74689º N, 92.48985º W, 2500m, 29.V.2008, LLAMA Wm-A-05-1-01 (2&amp;male;, 2&amp;female;&amp;female; CMNC). <b>Chorological relationships</b>. Sympatric with <i>T. huitepec, T. illuviosa, T. weadockae, T. backorum, T. jonesi</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 41-42, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2458.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5316658