Theognete weadockae Anderson, 2010

Anderson, Robert S., 2010, A taxonomic monograph of the Middle American leaf-litter inhabiting weevil genus Theognete Champion (Coleoptera: Curculionidae; Molytinae; Lymantini) 2458, Zootaxa 2458 (1), pp. 1-127 : 61

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2458.1.1
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scientific name	Theognete weadockae Anderson
status	new species

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61. Theognete weadockae Anderson , new species ( Figures 161, 196)

Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 2.42–3.34mm; female, 2.94–3.94mm. Width, male, 1.36–1.64mm; female, 1.70–1.98mm. As for T. clavisetosa except pronotal punctures and vestiture denser; flanks with punctures distinct, separate, without sulci. Scales of both pronotum and elytra arched. Punctures of ventrite 5 very fine and small. Aedeagus as in Fig. 196.

Geographical distribution. México (Chiapas).

Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of mixed oak-pine-liquidambar forest and cloud forest litter at 1900–2000m.

Derivation of specific name. Through his support of the Nature Discovery Fund at the Canadian Museum of Nature, this species is named after Virginia Weadock of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, as a gift from Mario Lalanne.

Material examined. 44♂, 40♀♀ ( CMNC, CWOB, ECOS, UNAM, UVGC). Holotype ♂ ( UNAM): MÉXICO: Chiapas. Municipio Tapalapa, Cerro El Calvario , 17º10’25.8” N, 93º07’52.2” W., 2000m, 23.VII.2003, R. Anderson, wet cloud forest litter, 2003-119A GoogleMaps / HOLOTYPE ♂, Theognete weadockae sp. nov. R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: MÉXICO. Chiapas. Municipio Tapalapa, Cerro El Calvario, 17º10’25.8” N, 93º07’52.2” W., 2000m, 23.VII.2003, R. Anderson, wet cloud forest litter (10♂, 7♀♀, CMNC, ECOS, UVGC). 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 (6♂, 5♀♀ CMNC, ECOS). Municipio Coapilla , ca. 10.5 km NE Coapilla, 1900m, 17°09.916 N, 93°08.337 W, 13.VII.2007, R.Anderson, mixed liquidambar-magnolia-pine forest litter, 2007-010, (2♂, 4♀♀ CMNC). Municipio Coapilla , km 9.5 on road to Tapalapa , 24.IV.2006, J.L. Cozar (3♀♀, CMNC). Municipio Coapilla , 5 km NE Coapilla, 1850m, 17.17297° N, 93.14612° W, 26.V.2008, M. Branstetter, #787 (1♂, 1♀ CMNC). Municipio Coapilla , 5 km NE Coapilla, 1850m, 17.17558° N, 93.15023° W, 26.V.2008, M. Branstetter, #786 (1♂, 1♀ CMNC). Municipio Coapilla , 3.5 km NW Junction roads Tapalapa / Ocotepec , 1970m, 17.17071° N, 93.13677° W, 27.V.2008, R. Anderson, 2008-035 (23♂, 19♀♀ CMNC, CWOB, ECOS) GoogleMaps .