Theognete chauliothorax Anderson, 2010
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2458.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7E42061C-9D11-49C5-8737-CEED0864E699 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5325859 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EC1B3FD2-B007-4790-969A-7B73CCB827E5 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:act:EC1B3FD2-B007-4790-969A-7B73CCB827E5 |
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Felipe |
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Theognete chauliothorax Anderson |
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sp. nov. |
80. Theognete chauliothorax Anderson , new species ( Figures 244 View FIGURES 236–246 , 262 View FIGURES 260–262 , 279 View FIGURES 271–287 )
Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 2.70–3.18mm; female, 2.73–3.20mm. Width, male, 1.57–1.91mm; female, 1.52–1.85mm. As for T. distenta but scales finer and denser along intervals 2, 4 and 6; pronotum gibbous in some males; apices of scales not plumose, fine and bristle-like; lacking strial vestiture. Tergite VIII in female subtruncate in middle. Aedeagus as in Fig. 262 View FIGURES 260–262 .
Geographical distribution. México ( Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí) .
Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest and liquidambar forest leaf litter at elevations from 1175–1600m.
Derivation of specific name. Noun in apposition; named from the Greek chaulios, meaning prominent, and thorax, meaning breastplate, in reference to the form of the pronotum.
Material examined. 20♂, 28♀♀ ( CMNC, CWOB, ECOS, MCZC) . Holotype ♂ ( CMNC) : MÉXICO: San Luis Potosí. 20 km W. Xilitla, 1600me., 12.VI.83, S. & J. Peck, cloud for. litter / HOLOTYPE ♂, Theognete chauliothorax sp. nov., R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: MÉXICO. Hidalgo. Chapalhuacán ( 6.6mi. S. W.) , 3900', 5.VII.1976, berlese cloud forest leaf litter ( 1♂, 2♀♀ MCZC) . San Luis Potosí. Xilitla ( 14 mi. W.) , 4800', 29.VI.1973, A. Newton, leaf and log litter, non-coniferous Liquidambar forest ( 6♂, 8♀♀ MCZC) . Xilitla ( 20 km W.), 1600m, 12.VI.1983, S. & J. Peck, cloud forest litter ( 5♂, 5♀♀ CMNC) . Xilitla ( 20 km W.), 1600m, 12.VI.–6.VIII.1983, S. & J. Peck, flight intercept trap cloud forest ( 1♂, 2♀♀ CMNC) . Xilitla ( 15 mi. S. W.) , 20.III.1988, P. W. Kovarik, leaf litter ( 6♂, 8♀♀ CMNC, CWOB, ECOS) . Xilitla ( 15 mi. S. W.), 1500m, 20.III.1988, R. W. Jones & P. W. Kovarik ( 3♀♀ CMNC) .
Chorological relationships. Sympatric with T. fulgida , T. caviventris , T. distenta and T. tuberosa .
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