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Crostis caperata Prena & Anderson 2022, new species
No full textCrostis caperata Prena & Anderson new species Diagnosis. Total length 2.3–2.6 mm; body form oblong-ovate, L/W elytra 1.25–1.31 (Figs. 9–10). Characteristic for this species of Crostis are (i) transverse pronotum with disc with very fine erect hairs (especially visible in lateral view), longitudinally striate or with striae broken into elongate punctures, flanks glossy, impunctate (Figs. 15–16), (ii) length of first funicular article slightly shorter than combined lengths of articles 2–4, (iii) punctures of ventrites I and II small, shallow, large areas of ventrites almost impunctate, glossy, and (iv) penis with apex truncate, slightly expanded laterally towards midlength, endophallus distally with elongate, slender, basally sinuate endophallite with pair of flexible, dorsal prongs in basal third, apodemes ca. 2.6× longer than length of penis body (Fig. 22). Etymology. The name is a Latin adjective meaning wrinkled. Natural history. All known specimens have been sifted from leaf litter in hardwood forests from 2300–2650 m elevation. Material examined. Holotype male, MEXICO. Chiapas, Municipio San Cristobal de las Casas, Cerro Huitepec, ca. 5 km W. San Cristobal, 2650m, 17 Sep 1991, R. Anderson, wet oak forest litter, 91-106 (CMNC). Paratypes (4 males, 2 females): same data as holotype (1 male, 1 female, CMNC). Reserva Huitepec, 2300m, 16.759, -92.681, 15 Jul 2005, R. Anderson, mixed oak forest litter 2005-001B (1 female, CMNC). Reserva Huitepec, 27-vi-95, B. Gómez, M. Girón, HR-41-8 (1 male, JPPC). Reserva Huitepec, 22-xi-95, A. Mendoza, M. Girón, HR-58-2 (1 male, JPPC). Municipio Huixtan, Guadalupe Shanikala, 2350m, 16°38’N, 92°25’W, 25 Jul 2005, R. Anderson, mixed hardwood (no oaks) forest litter, 2005-007B (1 male, CMNC).Published as part of Prena, Jens & Anderson, Robert S., 2022, The genus Crostis Casey (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae) in North America, pp. 153-162 in Zootaxa 5162 (2) on pages 158-161, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5162.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/680995
Theognete weadockae Anderson 2010, new species
No full text61. 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 / 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). Chorological relationships. Sympatric with T. jonesi, T. illuviosa, T. cortesi and T. backorum.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 61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2458.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/531665
Theognete cortesi Anderson 2010, new species
No full text32. Theognete cortesi Anderson, new species (Figures 139, 174, 209) Diagnosis. 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 T. tzotzil except aedeagus as in Fig. 174. Geographical distribution. México (Chiapas). Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest leaf litter at elevations ranging from 2000–2450m. Derivation of specific name. Named after Jorge León Cortés, lepidopterist at ECOSUR, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, México. Material examined. 201♂, 110♀♀ (BMNH, CMNC, CWOB, ECOS, UNAM, USNM, UVGC). Holotype ♂ (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 ♂, Theognete cortesi 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♂, 3♀♀, CMNC). Municipio Tapalapa, Coapilla (15km N.), 13.III.1994, R. Jones, berlese leaf litter (5♂, 1♀ 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♂, 17♀♀, 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♂, 8♀♀, 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♂, 12♀♀ 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♂, 5♀♀, CMNC). Municipio Huixtán, Bazom, 16º44’19.0 N, 92º29’18.3” W, 2450m, 9.VII.2003, R. Anderson, mixed magnolia-oak forest litter (55♂, 34♀♀, 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♂, 1♀, CMNC). Municipio Tapalapa, Cerro de la Danta, 20.VII.1994, R. Jones (2♀♀, ECOS). Municipio Tenejapa, Ojo de Agua, Yashanal, 4.III.1994, R. Jones (1♂, 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♂, 9♀♀ CMNC). Municipio Coapilla, km 9.5 on road to Tapalapa, 24.IV.2006, J.L. Cozar (2♂ 2♀♀, CMNC). Municipio Tapalapa, 7.3km NE Coapilla, 12.vii.2007, 17º11ʹN 93º07ʹW, 2200m, M.G. Branstetter #641-642 (5♂, 5♀♀ CMNC). Municipio Coapilla, 5km NE Coapilla, 17.17602ºN, 93.13293ºW, 1990m, 25.V.2008, LLAMA Wm-A-04-1-01 (1♂, 3♀♀ CMNC). Municipio Coapilla, 5km NE Coapilla, 17.17602ºN, 93.13293ºW, 1990m, 26.V.2008, M.G. Branstetter #788 (24♂, 7♀♀ CMNC). Municipio Huixtán, 15km E San Cristobal, 16.74689º N, 92.48985º W, 2500m, 29.V.2008, LLAMA Wm-A-05-1-01 (2♂, 2♀♀ CMNC). Chorological relationships. Sympatric with T. huitepec, T. illuviosa, T. weadockae, T. backorum, T. jonesi and T. campbelli.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 pages 41-42, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2458.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/531665
Sicoderus ivieorum Anderson
No full textSicoderus ivieorum Anderson (Figures 41–42, 47. Map 7) Sicoderus ivieorum Anderson 1999: 129. Holotype male (USNM) from St. John, Virgin Islands, examined in 1999. Description: Length male, 5.2–6.2 mm; female, 4.8–7.2 mm. Integument black, shining. Eyes separated by a distance about one-half width rostrum at midlength. Rostrum 0.97–1.00x length elytra in male; 1.09–1.17x length elytra in female. Antennal insertion at about midlength in male and female. Prothorax constricted anteriorly, globose, widest at about anterior one- third; punctures well-separated, sparse, very fine and shallow on disk, slightly deeper and larger in anterior one-quarter and very slightly deeper on flanks; with scattered, erect setae along anterior constriction. Elytra in dorsal view distinctly widest at midlength, lateral margins convergent both anteriorly and posteriorly; humeri fully reduced, not at all angulate; with isolated, erect but short (perhaps abraded or broken), setae in sutural region. Strial punctures evident, shallow, moderately fine; striae not impressed throughout length. Membranous wings lacking. Abdominal ventrite 1 of male moderately raised in middle near apical margin forming a moderately elevated tubercle with two small subcontiguous patches of setosity at tip; of female, moderately swollen in middle near apical margin. Ventrite 5 of male with rounded shallow impression in apical three-quarters; of female, uniformly convex. Legs with all femora with ventral margin with distinct ventral tooth; tooth slightly larger on anterior legs; tarsal claws with small basal tooth. Aedeagus (fig. 47) widest at about apical 1/3 but also widened at apex, internal sac with pair of elongate basal sclerites very slightly convergent, each with short basal outwardly directed extension. Female not dissected. Material examined: 3 males, 8 females. PUERTO RICO: Cambalache Forest Reserve, 28.VII.1979, G.B. Marshall (2 males, 6 females; CWOB). Cambalache State Forest, 3.VIII.1999, at night, C.W. O’Brien & P. Kovarik (1 female; CWOB). 8 mi. SE Arecibo, 8.II.1969, L. & C.W. O’Brien (1 female; CWOB). Mayaguez, Bosque Miradero, Cart. 108, km. 2.6, 18 12’50”N, 67 08’18”W, 45 m, 5.IV.2009, R. Colon (1 male, UPRM). BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: Virgin Gorda Island, sweeping, 23.X.2011, S.C. Valentine-Cooper (1 male; FSCA). Guana Island, north side, malaise, IX.2011, B.D. & S.C. Valentine (1 male; FSCA). Tortola Island, Chalwell, 1550’, at light, IX.2011, C. Petrovic collector (1 female; FSCA). Additional specimens were examined by Anderson (1999). Comments: This species was described by Anderson (1999) from specimens collected on the Virgin Islands and British Virgin Islands. Anderson (1999) also recorded a single female of a Sicoderus species thought to be S. ivieorum from Puerto Rico. Male specimens now available for study from Puerto Rico confirm that this species is S. ivieorum.Published as part of Anderson, Robert S., 2018, The genus Sicoderus Vanin 1986 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae: Erodiscini) in the West Indies, pp. 301-345 in Zootaxa 4497 (3) on page 321, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4497.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/145486
Theognete scopulus Anderson 2010, new species
No full text<p> <b> 38. <i>Theognete scopulus</i> Anderson, new species</b> (Figures 152, 187, 222)</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> Size. Length, male, 3.23–3.82mm; female, 2.98–4.05mm. Width, male, 1.97–2.14mm; female, 1.69–2.25mm. As for <i>T. montana</i> but elytra rounded, much less elongate; scales of pronotum and elytral intervals plumose, arched apically; scales of strial regions longer, suberect and arched, giving dorsum a much more shaggy appearance. Abdominal ventrite 5 not impressed in either sex. Aedeagus as in Fig. 187.</p> <p> <b>Geographical distribution</b>. México (Chiapas).</p> <p> <b>Natural history</b>. Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest and wet oak forest leaf litter at elevations of from 2650–2910m.</p> <p> <b>Derivation of specific name</b>. Noun in apposition; from the Latin <i>scopulus</i>, meaning a projecting point of rock, in reference to the occurrence of this species at the top of Cerro Huitepec.</p> <p> <b>Material examined</b>. 280♂, 210♀♀ (BMNH, CMNC, CNCI, CWOB, ECOS, USNM, UVGC). Holotype ♂ (CMNC): MÉXICO: Chiapas. Cerro Huitepec (Pico), <i>ca</i>. 5km. W. San Cristóbal, 2750m, 15.IX.1991, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter, 91-101 / HOLOTYPE ♂, <i>Theognete scopulus</i> sp. nov., R. S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: MÉXICO. Chiapas. Cerro Huitepec (Pico), (ca. 5 km W. San Cristóbal), 2750m, 15.IX.1991, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter, 91-101 (82♂, 60♀♀ CMNC); same as before except: 2650 m, 17.IX.1991, R. Anderson, wet oak forest litter, 91-106 (9♂, 10♀♀ CMNC); 2750m, 18.IX.1991, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter, 91-107 (53♂, 39♀♀ CMNC). Cerro Huitepec (ca. 5 km W. San Cristóbal), 2750m, 14.IX.1992, R. Anderson, wet oak forest litter, 92-100 (32♂, 18♀♀ CMNC). Cerro Huitepec (ca. 5 km W. San Cristóbal), 2750m, 14–25.IX.1992, R. Anderson, cloud forest, 92-102 (2♀♀ CMNC). Municipio San Cristóbal de las Casas, Reserva Huitepec, 16º 45.84 N, 92º 40.70 W, 2300m, 15.VII.2005, R.Anderson, mixed oak forest litter, 2005-001 (1♀ CMNC). Municipio San Cristóbal de las Casas, Reserva Huitepec, 5.VI.2006, J.L. Cozar, hojarasca, Parcela 8 (1♀ CMNC). Mt. Tzontehuitz, 9500', 19.V.1969, J.M. Campbell (2♂, 1♀ CNCI). Cerro Tzontehuitz (Pico), (ca. 10 km N.E. San Cristóbal), 2910m, 16.IX.1991, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter, 91-104, (6♂, 4♀♀ CMNC). Municipio Chamula, Cerro Tzontehuitz, 15.VII.1994, R. Jones, bosque mesófilo (10♂, 8♀♀ OCOS). Municipio Tenejapa, Cerro Tzontehuitz, 16º 48’47” N 92º 34’24.8” W, 2650m, 29.VII.2005, J.L. Cozar, mixed oak forest litter (6♂, 4♀♀ CMNC). Municipio Tenejapa, Cerro Tzontehuitz, 16º 48’40.8” N 92º 35’02.4” W, 2800m, 29.VII.2005, J.L. Cozar, mixed cloud forest litter (17♂, 15♀♀ CMNC, ECOS). Municipio Tenejapa, Cerro Tzontehuitz, 16º 48’47” N 92º 34’24.8” W, 2677m, 29.VII.2005, R. Anderson, mixed oak forest litter, 2005-014 (4♂, 3♀♀ CMNC). Municipio Tenejapa, Cerro Tzontehuitz, 16º 48’40.8” N 92º 35’02.4” W, 2864m, 29.VII.2005, R. Anderson, mixed cloud forest litter, 2005-014 (1♂ CMNC). Municipio Huixtán, Bazóm 16º 44’19.0 N, 92º 29’18.3W, 2450m, 9.VII.2003, R. Anderson, mixed magnolia/oak forest litter, 2003-106 (29♂, 12♀♀ BMNH. CMNC, CWOB, USNM, UVGC). Municipio Huixtán, Bazóm 16º 44’19.0 N, 92º 29’18.3W, 2450m, 9.VII.2003, R. Anderson, mixed magnolia/oak forest litter, 2003-107 (2♂, 2♀♀ CMNC). Municipio Huixtán, 15km E San Cristóbal, 16.74689º N, 92.48985º W, 2500m, 29.V.2008, LLAMA Wm-A-05-1-01 (1♂ CMNC). Municipio San Cristóbal, Reserva Huitepec,. IV.1994, R. Jones (13♂, 15♀♀ ECOS). Municipio San Cristóbal, Reserva Huitepec, 9/ 10.VI.2004, J.L.Cozar, M. Girón (4♂, 8♀♀ ECOS). Municipio Tenejapa, Ojo de Agua, Yashanal, 4.III.1994, R. Jones (1♀ ECOS). Tenejapa (8 mi. N.E. San Cristóbal), 18.V.1969, J.M. Campbell (2♂ CNCI). Municipio San Cristóbal de las Casas, Huitepec-Ocotal, Cerro La Cruz, 12.VI.2006, J.L. Cozar, cloud forest (3♂, 4♀♀ CMNC). Municipio San Cristóbal de las Casas, Cerro Huitepec, Estación de Microondas, 12.VI.2006, J.L. Cozar, cloud forest (4♂, 2♀♀ CMNC).</p> <p> <b>Chorological relationships</b>. Sympatric with <i>T. montana</i>, <i>T. huitepec</i>, <i>T. maziaki, T. cortesi, T. barringerorum, T. evelynae</i> and <i>T. campbelli</i>.</p>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 45-46, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2458.1.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5316658">http://zenodo.org/record/5316658</a>
Eucalandra alas Anderson, sp. n.
No full textEucalandra alas Anderson, sp. n. (Figs. 9 –10, 16, 19 –20, 23) Description. Length 7.8–8.9 mm; width 2.3–2.6 mm. Integument (Figs. 9–10) reddish brown, dorsally with black chevron in middle of pronotum, venter black, legs variously infuscate; distinct yellow-white scales present, various in size, widespread over body, forming condensed patch of elytral intervals 5–8 just anterior to declivity (Costa Rica); or integument fully black, lacking distinct scales (Panama). Antennal scape (Fig. 16) as long as funicle, club with basal shiny, glabrous portion comprising basal 2 / 3 to 4 / 5 length of club. Front femora with inner margin simple, occluding area on front tibiae simple, not modified; middle and hind femora and tibiae with inner margins simple. Front tibia with inner margin very finely serrate towards apex. Hind tibia slightly curved inwardly along outer margin. Tarsi with ventral pilose pads large, covering almost entire ventral surface of tarsite 3. Aedeagus as in figs. 19–20. Material examined. Holotype (male): “ 09 Marzo 2001 / INBio-OET-ALAS Transect / Costa Rica: Prov. Heredia / 16 km SSE La Virgen 1050 - / 1150m, 10 º 16 'N 84 º05'W ”, “ 09 Marzo 2001 / 11 M 0 8 0 28 / Transect” (INBC 0003201036). Paratypes (5 males, 2 females): same data as holotype (1 female, CMNC); same data except 9.iv. 2001 (1 male, CMNC); same data except 10–14.iv. 2001, J. Prena (1 male, CMNC); 9 km. N.E. Vara Blanca, 1450–1550 m, ALAS, malaise trap (1 male, INBC); Cartago, Turrialba, 610 m, 3.vi. 1973, G. Ekis (1 male, USNM); Panama. Chiriqui, Continental Divide Trail, 3–4.vii. 1997, R. Morris & J. Wappes (1 female, CMNC); Costa Rica: Prov. Heredia / 16 km SSE La Virgen 1050 - / 1150m, 10 º 16 'N 84 º05'W ”, 18 Marzo 2001 / Transect / 11 RG DBM 007” (1 female, INBC 0003224879). Derivation of specific name. This species is named after the NSF funded Arthropods of La Selva inventory project (acronym, ALAS; Jack Longino and Robert Colwell, Co-Principal Investigators). Participants and employees in the project collected most of the specimens of this species and numerous other exciting insects during its almost 20 years of existence. The specific epithet “ alas ” is to be treated as a noun in apposition. Distribution. Costa Rica and Panama (Fig. 23). Biology. Specimens were collected from mid-elevation wet cloud forest between 1050 and 1550 m. Most specimens from Costa Rica were collected from malaise traps. Comments. Apart from the differences in integument color and vestiture, the Panama and Costa Rica forms cannot be distinguished. Only one female from Panama has been examined and at present the two forms are considered conspecific.Published as part of Anderson, Robert S., 2008, A review of the Neotropical genus Eucalandra Faust, 1899 (Coleoptera; Curculionidae: Dryophthorinae), pp. 57-67 in Zootaxa 1791 on pages 65-66, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18253
Crostis boreodes Prena & Anderson 2022, new species
No full textCrostis boreodes Prena & Anderson new species Diagnosis. Total length 2.5–2.8 mm; body form oblong-ovate, L/W elytra 1.06–1.23 (Figs. 7–8). Characteristic for this species of Crostis are (i) transverse pronotum with disc longitudinally striate or with striae broken into elongate punctures and most of flanks with elongate punctures (Figs. 13–14), (ii) length of first funicular article slightly shorter than combined lengths of articles 2–4, (iii) punctures of ventrites I and II large (Fig. 19), lateralmost areas of ventrite I with 2 punctures along length, ventrites I and II with distinct isodiametric microsculpture (also on metasternum), and (iv) penis with apex protruded medially, strongly expanded laterally towards base, endophallus distally with symmetrical, elongate, fluted, gutter-like endophallite with equally thickened and sclerotized margins, apodemes ca. 2.2× longer than length of penis body (Fig. 21). Etymology. The name is derived from the similarity of this species to C. boreas. Natural history. The three known specimens have been sifted from leaf litter in forests from 2600–3170 m in elevation. Notes. Two of the specimens are incorrectly labelled as Querétaro but GPS coordinates indicate the locality is just across the state border into Michoacán. Material examined. Holotype male, MEXICO: Michoacán [Querétaro on label], 13.6km SSE Huimilpan, 20.25213, -100.25499, 2720m, 17 viii.2009, L. Saenz, oak forest leaf litter (CMNC). Paratypes (1 male, 1 female): Michoacán [Querétaro on label], Municipio Amealco, 4 km SE. Lag Servin, 20°15.25’N, 100°15.19’W, 22 Aug 2002, R. Jones, 2600m, hojarasca (1 male, UNAM). Guanajuato, Municipio Tierra Blanca, Cerro Zamorano, 20°56’01”N, 100°11’06”W, 24.xi.2012, J. Vadillo, 3170m, leaf litter (1 female, CMNC).Published as part of Prena, Jens & Anderson, Robert S., 2022, The genus Crostis Casey (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae) in North America, pp. 153-162 in Zootaxa 5162 (2) on pages 157-158, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5162.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/680995
Theognete montana Anderson 2010, new species
No full text37. Theognete montana Anderson, new species (Figures 8, 149, 184, 219) Diagnosis. Size. Length, male, 3.85–4.78mm; female, 3.65–4.75mm. Width, male, 2.14–2.70mm; female, 1.80–2.53mm. Pronotum strongly cordate, with scales suberect to erect, clumped at anterolateral margin and on either side of midline at midlength; distinct glabrous areas present. Elytra elongate, longer than wide, sides subparallel for greater part of length, scales simple, erect, not arched or recurved at apex, variously clumped in multiple rows over elytral disk; strial regions with distinct, long, fine, hair-like scales but striae not impressed. Lateral area of elytra with striae clearly indicated by linearly arranged, fine, hair-like scales, posterolateral area of elytra with a series of contiguous, individually indistinct punctures. Abdominal ventrite 5 impresssed apically in female, not so in male. Aedeagus as in Fig. 184. Geographical distribution. México (Chiapas). Natural history. Collected from berlese extraction of cloud forest and wet oak forest leaf litter at elevations of 2700–2910m. Derivation of specific name. Named from the Latin montanus, meaning of the mountains, in reference to the occurrence of this species at high elevations. Material examined. 85♂, 36♀♀ (CMNC, CNCI, CWOB, ECOS, USNM). Holotype ♂ (CMNC): MÉXICO: Chiapas. Cerro Huitepec (Pico), ca. 5km W. San Cristóbal, 2750m., 15.IX.1991, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter, 91-101 / HOLOTYPE ♂, Theognete montana sp. nov., R. S. Anderson. Aedeagus extracted. Paratypes: MÉXICO. Chiapas. Cerro Huitepec (Pico), (ca. 5 km W. San Cristóbal), 2750m, 15.IX.1991, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter, 91-101 (28♂, 12♀♀ CMNC). Cerro Huitepec (Pico), (ca. 5 km W. San Cristóbal), 2750m, 18.IX.1991, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter, 91-107 (21♂, 8♀♀ CMNC). Cerro Huitepec, ca. 5 km W. San Cristobal, 2700m, 14.IX.1992, R. Anderson, wet oak forest litter, 92-100 (4♂, 3♀♀ CMNC). Cerro Tzontehuitz (Pico), (ca. 10km N.E. San Cristóbal), 2910m, 16.IX.1991, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter, 91-104 (6♂, 1♀ CMNC, CWOB). Municipio Chamula, Cerro Tzontehuitz, 15.VII.1984, R. Jones, Bosque mesophilo (5♂ ECOS). Mt. Tzontehuitz, 9500', 27.V.1969, J.M. Campbell (1♂ CNCI). Mt. Tzontehuitz, 9500', 19.V.1969, J.M. Campbell (5♂ CNCI). Municipio San Cristóbal de las Casas, Reserva Huitepec, 16º 45.84 N, 92º 40.70 W, 2300m, 15.VII.2005, R.Anderson, mixed oak forest litter, 2005-001 (1♀ CMNC). Mt. Tzontehuitz, 9500', 19.V.1969, J.M. Campbell (2♂, 1♀ CNCI). Cerro Tzontehuitz (Pico), (ca. 10 km N.E. San Cristóbal), 2910m, 16.IX.1991, R. Anderson, cloud forest litter, 91-104, (6♂, 4♀♀ CMNC, CWOB). Municipio Chamula, Cerro Tzontehuitz, 15.VII.1994, R. Jones, bosque mesófilo (10♂, 8♀♀ ECOS). Municipio Tenejapa, Cerro Tzontehuitz, 16º 48’40.8” N 92º 35’02.4” W, 2800m, 29.VII.2005, J.L. Cozar, mixed cloud forest litter (3♂, 3♀♀ CMNC). Municipio Tenejapa, Cerro Tzontehuitz, 16º 48’47” N 92º 34’24.8” W, 2677m, 29.VII.2005, R.Anderson, mixed oak forest litter, 2005-014 (1♂ CMNC). Municipio Tenejapa, Cerro Tzontehuitz, 16º 48’40.8” N 92º 35’02.4” W, 2864m, 29.VII.2005, R.Anderson, mixed cloud forest litter, 2005-014 (1♂ CMNC). Municipio San Cristóbal, Reserva Huitepec, 7.IV.1994, R. Jones (7♂, 10♀ ECOS, USNM). Municipio San Cristóbal, Reserva Huitepec, 8.VIII.1995, B. Gómez (1♀ ECOS). Municipio San Cristóbal, Reserva Huitepec, 14.II.1996, L. Ruiz (1♀ ECOS). Municipio San Cristóbal, Reserva Huitepec, 9/ 10.VI.2004, J.L. Cozar (1♂, 1♀ ECOS). Municipio San Cristóbal de las Casas, Huitepec-Ocotal, Cerro La Cruz, 12.VI.2006, J.L. Cozar, cloud forest (2♂ CMNC). Chorological relationships. Sympatric with T. scopulus, T. huitepec, T. maziaki and T. campbelli.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 pages 44-45, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2458.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/531665
Sicoderus beatyi Anderson 2018, n. sp.
No full textSicoderus beatyi Anderson, n. sp. (Figures 7–8, 12. Map 1) http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:316C938B-26EF-4B4B-9E43-38F034E83D8B Description: Length male, 2.8–3.3 mm; female, 3.6–4.0 mm. Integument black, shining. Eyes rather widely separated by a distance slightly less than width rostrum at midlength. Rostrum 1.06–1.09x length elytra in male; 1.08–1.11x length elytra in female. Antennal insertion slightly before middle in male and female. Prothorax constricted anteriorly, globose, widest at about anterior one-third; punctures well-separated, sparse, very fine and shallow on disk, not much deeper or larger in anterior one-quarter or on flanks; erect setae absent. Elytra in dorsal view widest at about midlength, lateral margins convergent both anteriorly and posteriorly; humeri fully reduced, not at all angulate; with scattered, very fine erect setae. Strial punctures evident, shallow, moderately fine; striae not impressed. Membranous wings absent. Abdominal ventrite 1 of male flat basally, in middle near posterior margin with two very small setose points, not tuberculate; of female, uniformly convex in middle near posterior margin. Ventrite 5 of male flattened medially towards apex; of female, uniformly convex. Legs with all femora simple, ventral margin lacking any trace of tooth; tarsal claws simple, no basal tooth. Aedeagus (fig. 12) subparallel-sided, internal sac with pair of elongate sinuate basal sclerites, convergent but separate anteriorly, and basal patch of dense, fine spicules. Female not dissected. Material examined: 10 males, 18 females. Holotype male (CMNC), labelled CUBA: Granma Province, Parque Nacional Pico Turquino, Bosque de la Siguapa, 1200m, 20.008 -76.865, 3.II.2012, R. Anderson, dry cloud forest litter, 2012-024. Paratypes. Data as for holotype (1 male, 3 females; CMNC, WIBF). Parque Nacional Pico Turquino, Aguada de Joachin, 1370m, 20.015 -76.840, 3.II.2012, R. Anderson, mixed forest (1 male; CMNC). Parque Nacional Pico Turquino, Aguada de Joachin, 1368m, 20.01472 -76.83972, 24.III.2012, CarBio Team, montane forest, CU-01 (1 male; CMNC). Parque Nacional Pico Turquino, Aguada de Joachin, 1368m, 20.01463 - 76.83971, III/ IV.2 0 12, CarBio Team, montane forest litter (1 female; CMNC). Alto de Merino, near biological station, 958 m, 5–10.III.2013, 19°59’9”N, 77°0’57”W, pluviselva litter, F. Cala Riquelme, A. Deler Hernandez (2 males; CMNC). Pico Turquino, S. side, 1500’, 25.VI.1936, P.J. Darlington Jr. (1 male, 1 female; MCZC). Pico Turquino, S. side, 3000’, VI.1936, P.J. Darlington Jr. (1 female; MCZC). Pico Turquino, S. side, 3000–5000’, VI.1936, P.J. Darlington Jr. (3 males, 12 females; ASUHIC, BMNH, FSCA, MCZC). Derivation of species name: This species is named after Ross Beaty of British Columbia, Canada in recognition of his financial investment in the research programs of the Canadian Museum of Nature. Natural History: Adults were collected in pluviselva (term used in Cuba for a montane wet forest) and dry cloud forest litter (958–1370 m) and beating vegetation along trails. Comments: In contrast to all other members of the genus from the Greater Antilles, this species, S. bipunctivenris, S. caladeler and S. morio all lack a small basal tooth on the tarsal claws. With the exception of S. lucidus from Dominica, all of the species from the Lesser Antilles lack the basal tooth on the tarsal claws as well.Published as part of Anderson, Robert S., 2018, The genus Sicoderus Vanin 1986 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae: Erodiscini) in the West Indies, pp. 301-345 in Zootaxa 4497 (3) on pages 308-309, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4497.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/145486
Comanche IV, Irrigation Plans, Issue B, Sheet Number CMI-L-410.
No full textJ. Robert Anderson graduated from Texas Tech with a B. S. in Park Administration in 1973, and from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Master off Landscape Architecture in 1975. He is a Registered Landscape Architect in the state of Texas, and a Distinguished Alumnus Award recipient from the College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources at Texas Tech, and a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects, among many other honors.The donation consists of numerous schematic designs, construction sets, originals, portfolio boards, mounted presentations, books, and digital copies of landscape architecture projects undertaken by J. Robert Anderson FASLA, including landmarks in Austin, San Antonio, and Oklahoma City, educational spaces at Texas A&M, Baylor, Texas Tech, Texas State, and the University of Texas at Austin, as well as corporate, retail, and residential wor
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