Theognete broadheadae Anderson 2010, new species

• Main Author: Anderson, Robert S.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2010
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Curculionidae; Theognete; Theognete broadheadae; Fort Smith; Northwest Territories
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5325855

79. Theognete broadheadae Anderson, new species (Figures 251, 268, 285) Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 2.61–3.20mm; female, 2.61–3.15mm. Width, male, 1.63–1.97mm; female, 1.57–1.97mm. Body stout, rounded; pronotum in male transverse, inflated, impunctate; pronotal scales scattered, fine, erect in anterior half to appressed in posterior half. Elytra with scales scattered, plumose at apex, erect, recurved; strial regions with distinct row of fine, hair-like scales; striae not impressed or punctate; basal margin in humeral region lacking tooth. Aedeagus as in Fig. 268. Geographical distribution . México (Oaxaca). Natural history . Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest and oak forest leaf litter at elevations from 1575–2800m. Derivation of specific name . Through her support of the Nature Discovery Fund at the Canadian Museum of Nature, this species is named after Sabrina Broadhead of Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada, as a gift from her mother, Jane Dragon. Material examined . 11♂, 8♀♀ (CMNC, CWOB, ECOS, MCZC). Holotype ♂ (MCZC): MÉXICO: Oaxaca. 18.7 mi. S. Valle Nacional, 5200', VIII–11-18-1973 / A. Newton collector / HOLOTYPE ♂, Theognete broadheadae sp. nov., R.S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: MÉXICO. Oaxaca. Ixtlán de Juárez (27.3 mi. N.), 9200', 10–18.VIII.1973, A. Newton, berlese oak forest littter (1♂ MCZC). Valle Nacional (18.7 mi. S.), 5200', 11–18.VIII.1973, A. Newton (10♂, 9♀♀ CMNC, CWOB, ECOS, MCZC). Chorological relationships . Sympatric with T. lutulenta and T. romanoi . Published as part of 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) on page 74, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.2458.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5316658