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

description: <b>45. <i>Theognete galvezi</i> Anderson, new species</b> (Figures 133, 169, 204) <b>Diagnosis.</b> Size. Length, male, 3.37mm; female, 3.20–3.46mm. Width, male, 1.96mm; female, 1.79–2.13mm. As for <i>T. confusa</i> but pronotum with impunctate areas in middle and laterally in posterior half. Aedeagus as in Fig. 169. This species is questionably distinct from <i>T. confusa</i>. <b>Geographical distribution</b>. México (Chiapas). <b>Natural history</b>. Collected from berlese extraction of various types of forest leaf litter at 1530–2160m. <b>Derivation of specific name</b>. Named after Rafael Solis Galvez of Jaltenango, a very helpful guard and park ranger at the El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas, México, during my trip there in 2001. <b>Material examined</b>. 75&amp;male;, 68&amp;female;&amp;female; (BMNH, CMNC, CWOB, ECOS, UNAM, UVGC). Holotype &amp;male; (UNAM): MÉXICO: Chiapas. Municipio Angel Albino Corzo, Reserva El Triunfo, Polígono 1, 2050m, 15°39.428'N. 92°48.537'W, 16–21.XI.2001, R.S. Anderson, oak forest litter, 2001-203A / HOLOTYPE &amp;male;, <i>Theognete galvezi</i> sp. nov. R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: MÉXICO. Chiapas. Municipio Angel Albino Corzo, Reserva El Triunfo, Polígono 1, 2050m, 15°39.428'N. 92°48.537'W, 16–21.XI.2001, R.S. Anderson, oak forest litter (4&amp;female;&amp;female;, CMNC). Municipio Angel Albino Corzo, Reserva Biosfera El Triunfo, Campamento El Quetzal, 1800m, 15°43.239 N, 92°56.405 W, 18.VII.2007, R.Anderson, mixed hardwood forest litter, 2007-017 (5&amp;male;, 6&amp;female;&amp;female; CMNC). Municipio Angel Albino Corzo, Reserva Biosfera El Triunfo, Campamento El Quetzal, 1530m, 15°43.313 N, 92°57.113 W, 18.VII.2007, R.Anderson, mixed liquidambar forest litter, 2007-020 (4&amp;male;, 2&amp;female;&amp;female; CMNC). Municipio Angel Albino Corzo, Reserva Biosfera El Triunfo, Campamento El Quetzal, 1650m, 15°43.239 N, 92°56.405 W, 18.VII.2007, R.Anderson, ridgetop oak forest litter, 2007-021 (5&amp;male;, 2&amp;female;&amp;female; CMNC). Municipio Angel Albino Corzo, 3.5km ESE Custepec, Campamento El Quetzal, 17.vii.2007, 15°43ʹN 92°56ʹW, 1800m, M.G.Branstetter #680 (12&amp;male;, 7&amp;female;&amp;female; CMNC, ECOS). Municipio Angel Albino Corzo, 4.3km SE Custepec, Campamento El Quetzal, 18.VII.2007, 15°42ʹN 92°56ʹW, 2160m, M.G.Branstetter #679 (21&amp;male;, 22&amp;female;&amp;female; BMNH, CMNC, CWOB, ECOS, UNAM, UVGC). Municipio Angel Albino Corzo, Reserva Biosfera El Triunfo, Campamento El Quetzal, 20.V.2008, 15.72140° N 92.93909°W, 1830m, R. Anderson, hardwood forest litter, 2008-023 (2&amp;male; CMNC). Municipio Angel Albino Corzo, 3km ESE Custepec, Campamento El Quetzal, 17.V.2008, 15.71176°N 92.93626°W, 1850m, M.G.Branstetter #752 (5&amp;male;, 8&amp;female;&amp;female; CMNC, ECOS). Municipio Angel Albino Corzo, Reserva Biosfera El Triunfo, Campamento El Quetzal, 17.V.2008, 15.72197° N 92.94163° W, 1850m, R. Anderson, ridge oak forest litter, 2008-010 (3&amp;male;, 1&amp;female; CMNC). Municipio Angel Albino Corzo, 4km SE Custepec, Campamento El Quetzal, 18.V.2008, 15.70318°N 92.93191°W, 2163m, M.G.Branstetter #756 (2&amp;female;&amp;female; CMNC). Municipio Angel Albino Corzo, 3km ESE Custepec, Campamento El Quetzal, 17.V.2008, 15.71176°N 92.93626°W, 1850m, M.G.Branstetter #753 (3&amp;male;, 2&amp;female;&amp;female; CMNC). Municipio Angel Albino Corzo, 4km SE Custepec, Campamento El Quetzal, 20.V.2008, 15.71119°N 92.93843°W, 2140m, LLAMA Wm-A-03-1-02 (2&amp;male;, 1&amp;female; CMNC). Municipio Angel Albino Corzo, 4km SE Custepec, Campamento El Quetzal, 20.V.2008, 15.71119°N 92.93843°W, 2140m, LLAMA Wm-A-03-2-02 (1&amp;male; CMNC). Mpio. Angel Albino Corzo, Reserva Biosfera El Triunfo, Campamento El Quetzal, 1960m, 15°.71032 N, 92°.93218 W, 18.V.2008, R. Anderson, mixed, hardwood forest litter 2008-014 (9&amp;male;, 7&amp;female;&amp;female; CMNC, ECOS). <b>Chorological relationships</b>. Sympatric with <i>T. chiapaneca</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 52-53, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2458.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5316658