Mycotretus cordiger Crotch, 1876

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 : 31-32

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21. Mycotretus cordiger Crotch, 1876

Mycotretus cordiger Crotch, 1876: 455 . Type locality: “Ega” [= Tefé, in the state of Amazonas, North Brazil].

Mycotretus zischkai Delkeskamp, 1957: 98 , 112. Type locality: “ Bolivien, Chapare-Gebiet, Oberer Rio Chipiriri, 400 m ” [Río Chipiriri, Province of Chapare, Cochabamba, Bolivia] syn. nov. ( Fig. 12F View Fig ).

Mycotretus cordiger – Gemminger & Harold 1876: 3692. — Kuhnt 1909: 75; 1911: 48. — Blackwelder 1945: 466. — Alvarenga 1994: 23. — Skelley 1998b: 17. — McHugh & Chaboo 2015: 278.

Mycotretus zischkai – Alvarenga 1994: 38.

Primary type

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

BRAZIL • “TYPE [blue label, printed] \ TYPE. [printed], cordiger Ega Bates [handwritten] \ LECTOTYPE [printed], Mycotretus cordiger Crotch, 1876 [red label, handwritten]”; UMZC.

Other specimens examined

Paralectotype

BRAZIL • 1 spec.; “PARATYPE [blue label, printed] \ green square [unwritten] \ Bates [printed] \ PARALECTOTYPE [printed], Mycotretus cordiger Crotch, 1876 [yellow label, handwritten]”; UMZC.

Additional material

BRAZIL • 2 ♂♂ (dissected) ; “ BRASIL – Rondônia, Pimenta Bueno, X.1986 O. Roppa, P. Magno & J. Becker [printed]”; MNRJ • 1 spec.; “Paratype [disc-shaped label, printed] \ Paratypus Nr. [red label, printed] \ Bolivia trop. Region Chapare, 400 m Zischka , 10.VIII.1954 [green label, handwritten] \ Brit. Mus. [printed] 195[printed]8[?, handwritten]–272 [handwritten] \ Mycotretus zischkai m. [handwritten] det. Delkeskamp 19[printed]57 [handwritten]”; BMNH • 1 ♀ (dissected); “ MAI 1951 [printed] \ Bolivia-Region, Chapare- 400m-leg. Zischka [printed] 2.V.51 [handwritten] \ PARATYPUS [red label, printed]”; MZSP • 1 ♀ (dissected); “ BOLIVIA tropica, Region CHAPARÉ (400 Mtr.) DIRINGS [printed] \ Bolivia tropica, Region Chapara, 400 M. – Zischka [printed] \ Paratypus Nr. [red label, printed] \ Mycotretus zischkai m. [handwritten] det. Delkeskamp 19 [printed] 57 [handwritten]”; MZSP .

Distribution

North Brazil, Bolivia.

Remarks

There is no morphological difference between M. cordiger and M. zischkai . Mycotretus cruciger ( Fig. 5E View Fig ) is morphologically similar to M. cordiger , but their lectotypes show phenotypic differences, such as the comparatively larger pronotal and elytral spots in M. cruciger . Nevertheless, as we do not have males of M. cruciger at hand, we prefer not to synonymize it with M. cordiger at this moment.

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. 1876. A revision of the coleopterous family Erotylidae. Cistula Entomologica 1: 377 - 572. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 9222

Delkeskamp K. 1957. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Insektenfauna Boliviens. Teil III. Coleoptera II. Erotylidae. (22. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Erotylidae (Col. )). Veroffentlichungen der zoologischen Staatssammlung Munchen 5: 93 - 116.

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

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].

McHugh J. V. & Chaboo C. S. 2015. Beetles (Coleoptera) of Peru: a survey of the families. Erotylidae Latreille, 1802. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 88 (2): 274 - 282. https: // doi. org / 10.2317 / kent- 88 - 02 - 274 - 282.1

Skelley P. E. 1998 b. A catalogue of the Crotch collection of Erotylidae (Coleoptera). Annales Zoologici 48 (1 / 2): 1 - 44.

Figures

Fig. 12. Primary types (dorsal, labels). A–A’. Lectotype of Mycotretus xanthomelas Crotch, 1876. B–B’. Holotype of M. ornatus partitialis Deelder, 1942. C–C’. Holotype of M. fidelis Deskeskamp, 1939 [= Brachysphaenus (Barytopus) parallelus Kuhnt, 1909]. D–D’. Holotype of M. sexoculatus chaparensis Delkeskamp, 1957.E–E’. Holotype ofM. ziczac serenus Delkeskamp, 1957. F–F’. Holotype of M. zischkai Delkeskamp, 1957. Scale bars: A, C, E = 1 mm; B, D, F = see Remarks.

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.

Abbreviations

MNRJ	Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Cristovao, Universidade do Rio Janeiro, Museu Nacional
BMNH	United Kingdom, London, The Natural History Museum [formerly British Museum (Natural History)]
MZSP	Brazil, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo