Mycotretus chontalesi Crotch, 1873

Pecci-Maddalena, Italo Salvatore de Castro, Lopes-Andrade, Cristiano & Skelley, Paul, 2023, Catalogue of Mycotretus Lacordaire, 1842 (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Tritomini): an annotated, illustrated and historical approach, European Journal of Taxonomy 876 (1), pp. 1-182 : 28-29

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19. Mycotretus chontalesi Crotch, 1873

Mycotretus chontalesi Crotch, 1873b: 145 . Type locality: “Santo Domingo, Chontales, Nicaragua ” [Department of Chontales, Nicaragua].

Mycotretus chontalesi – Gemminger & Harold 1876: 3692. — Gorham 1888: 70. — Kuhnt 1909: 72; 1911: 48. — Blackwelder 1945: 466. — Alvarenga 1994: 22.

Primary type

Lectotype, here designated ( Fig. 5A View Fig )

NICARAGUA • “Type [disc-shaped label, red/orange border, printed] \ Mycotretus chontalesi , Type. Crotch [handwritten] \ CHONTALES, E.M. Janson [printed] \ TYPE [printed], chontalesi [handwritten] \ LECTOTYPE [printed], Mycotretus chontalesi Crotch, 1873 [red label, handwritten]”; BMNH.

Remarks

New junior synonym of M. lepidus Lacordaire, 1842 ( Fig. 31F View Fig , see below).

References

Alvarenga M. 1994. Catalogo dos Erotylidae (Coleoptera) Neotropicais. Revista brasileira de Zoologia 11 (1): 1 - 175. https: // doi. org / 10.1590 / S 0101 - 81751994000100001

Blackwelder R. E. 1945. Checklist of the coleopterous insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and South America. Part 3. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 185 (3): 343 - 550. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 03629236.185.3

Crotch G. R. 1873 b. A list of Erotylidae collected by Edward M. Janson, in the vicinity of Santo Domingo, Chontales, Nicaragua, with descriptions of new genera and species. Cistula Entomologica 1: 141 - 151.

Gemminger M. & Harold E. 1876. Familia LXX. Erotylidae. In: Gemminger M. & Harold E. (eds) Catalogus Coleopterorum hucusque descriptorum synonymicus et systematicus. Vol. 10. Gummi, Monachii [Munich]. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 9089

Gorham H. S. 1888. Erotylidae, Endomychidae and Coccinellidae. In: Godman F. & Salvin O. (eds) Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Coleoptera. Vol. VII. [1887 - 1899]. R. H. Porter, London. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 730

Kuhnt P. 1909. Coleoptera, fam. Erotylidae, subfam. Erotylinae. In: Wytsman P. A. G. (ed.) Genera Insectorum 88. Available from https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 43211062 [accessed 14 Feb. 2023].

Kuhnt P. 1911. Erotylidae. In: Junk W. & Schenkling S. (eds) Coleopterorum Catalogus Pars 34. W. Junk, Berlin. Available from https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 59206376 [accessed 14 Apr. 2023].

Lacordaire J. T. 1842. Monographie des Erotyliens, famille de l'ordre des Coleopteres. Roret, Paris. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 51458

Figures

Fig. 5. Crotch primary types (dorsal, labels) cont. A–A’. Lectotype of Mycotretus chontalesi Crotch, 1873. B–B’. Lectotype of M. cinctiger Crotch, 1876. C–C’. Lectotype of M. corallipennis Crotch, 1876 [synonym of Mycomystes apicalis (Lacordaire, 1842)]. D–D’. Lectotype of M. cordiger Crotch, 1876. E–E’. Lectotype of M. cruciger Crotch, 1876. F–F’. Lectotype of M. decorus Crotch, 1876. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Fig. 31. Lacordaire specimens cont. A–D, F. Primary types (dorsal, labels). A–A’. Lectotype of Mycotretus hepaticusLacordaire, 1842. B–B’. Holotype of M. hilaris Lacordaire, 1842. C–C’. Lectotype of M. intermedius Lacordaire, 1842. D–D’. Lectotype of M. jocosus Lacordaire, 1842. E–E’. Specimen of M. lacertosus Lacordaire, 1842 from the Alvarenga collection (MNRJ, Brazil). F–F’. Lectotype of M. lepidus Lacordaire, 1842. Scale bars: A–D, F = 1 mm; E = 0.5 mm.