Mycotretus sericeonitens sericeonitens 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 : 53

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53. Mycotretus sericeonitens sericeonitens Crotch, 1876

Mycotretus sericeonitens Crotch, 1876: 445 . Type locality: “Ega” [= Tefé, in the state of Amazonas, North Brazil].

Mycotretus sericeonitens – Gemminger & Harold 1876: 3695. — Kuhnt 1909: 76; 1911: 53. — Mader 1942: 175; 1951: 223. — Blackwelder 1945: 467. — Delkeskamp 1957: 99. — Alvarenga 1994: 35. — Skelley 1998b: 16. — McHugh & Chaboo 2015: 278.

Primary type

Lectotype, here designated ( Fig. 11A View Fig )

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

Other specimen examined

Paralectotype

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

Distribution

Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, North Brazil.

Remarks

Mycotretus sericeonitens resembles M. signatellus ( Fig. 11B View Fig ) in body colour and shape, and these species are morphologically similar.

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].

Mader L. 1942. Erotylidae (Col.). In: Titschack (ed.) Beitrage zur Fauna Perus. G. Fischer, Hamburg.

Mader L. 1951. Die Erotyliden von Peru (Col.). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei Munchen 2 (1): 197 - 225.

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. 11. Crotch primary types (dorsal, labels) cont. A–A’. Lectotype of Mycotretus sericeonitens Crotch, 1876. B–B’. Lectotype of M. signatellus Crotch, 1876. C–C’. Lectotype of M. signatellus imperfectus Crotch, 1876. D–D’. Lectotype of M. succinctus Crotch, 1876. E–E’. Lectotype of M. tricolor Crotch, 1876. Scale bars = 1 mm.