Mycotretus tricolor 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 : 57-58

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Treatment

59. Mycotretus tricolor Crotch, 1876

Mycotretus tricolor Crotch, 1876: 444 . Type locality: “Ega” [= Tefé, in the stateAmazonas, North Brazil].

Mycotretus tricolor – Gemminger & Harold 1876: 3695. — Kuhnt 1909: 71; 1911: 54. — Mader 1942: 172; 1951: 212. — Blackwelder 1945: 468. — Alvarenga 1994: 37. — Skelley 1998b: 16. — McHugh & Chaboo 2015: 278.

Primary type

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

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

Other specimens examined

BRAZIL • 1 ♀ (dissected); “Coleção M. Alvarenga [printed] \ Homeotipo [red label, printed] \ TABATINGA , Amazonas BRASIL [printed] X. 1958 [handwritten] F.M. Oliveira [printed] \ Mycotretus tricolor Crotch., 1876 [handwritten], M. Alvarenga det. [printed] 1971 [handwritten] \ PMMA [handwritten]”; MNRJ • 1 ♀ (dissected); “Coleção M. Alvarenga [printed] \ Homeotipo [red label, printed] \ TEFÉ, Amazonas Brasil [printed] VIII.1957 [handwritten] R. Carvalho [printed] \ Comparado com tipo [printed] Mycotretus tricolor Crotch, 1876 [handwritten] M. Alvarenga det. 1971 [printed] \ 1840 [printed] \ DZUP 132801 [printed]”; DZUP • 1 ♂ (dissected); “Coleção M. Alvarenga [printed] \ TABATINGA, Amazonas BRASIL [printed] Out. [handwritten]-1956 [printed], F.M.Oliveira [printed] \ 1839 [printed] \ DZUP 132802 [printed]”; DZUP.

Distribution

Peru, North Brazil.

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

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.

Abbreviations

MNRJ	Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Cristovao, Universidade do Rio Janeiro, Museu Nacional
DZUP	Brazil, Parana, Curitiba, Universidade Federal do Parana, Museu de Entomologia Pe. Jesus Santiago Moure