Mycotretus fidelis Delkeskamp, 1939

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 : 58-59

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2023.876.2149
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:63FDFE77-6D4F-412C-B77D-129F2AAE8C47
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B942065D-C729-FFD2-FDA5-F8D9EC1C78C8
treatment provided by	Felipe (2023-06-29 13:24:07, last updated 2023-06-29 13:24:22)
scientific name	Mycotretus fidelis Delkeskamp, 1939
status

Treatment

62. Mycotretus fidelis Delkeskamp, 1939

Brachysphaenus (Barytopus) parallelus Kuhnt, 1909: 30 [nec Crotch, 1876]. Type locality: “ Peru ”. Mycotretus fidelis Delkeskamp, 1939: 27 [replacement name].

Brachysphaenus (Barytopus) parallelus – Kuhnt 1911: 18. — Mader 1938: 17; 1942: 171. — Blackwelder 1945: 459.

Mycotretus parallelus – Delkeskamp 1939: 27. — Alvarenga 1994: 25.

Mycotretus fidelis – Alvarenga 1994: 25. — McHugh & Chaboo 2015: 278.

Primary type

Holotype ( Fig. 12C)

PERU • “79163 [printed] \ Perum [?] Khimia [?] [green label, handwritten] \ Coll. Thieme [printed] \ Type [red label, printed] \ Barytopus parallelus Kuhnt [handwritten] \ HOLOTYPE, Brachysphaenus (Barytopus) parallelus Kuhnt, 1909 , labelled by I. Pecci-Maddalena 2017 [red label, printed] \ Mycotretus fidelis Delkeskamp, 1939 , det. I. Pecci-Maddalena, 2017 [printed]”; MFN.

Distribution

Unknown locality in Peru.

Remarks

Mycotretus fidelis was described in Brachysphoenus Lacordaire (currently Iphiclus Chevrolat , apud Alvarenga 1994). Delkeskamp (1939) noted it belonged to Mycotretus and proposed the replacement name “ M. fidelis ” to resolve the homonymy with M. parallelus Crotch ( Fig. 9B).

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. 1939. Kritik an Maders Arbeit Ueber neue und bekannte Erotyliden . Entomologische Blatter fur Biologie und Systematik der Kafer 35: 27 - 30.

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. 1938. Uber neue und bekannte Erotyliden. Entomologische Blatter 34 (1): 14 - 19.

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

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

Pecci-Maddalena I. S. C. & Lopes-Andrade C. 2017. Redescription of two species and proposal of a new synonym in the genus Mycotretus Lacordaire, 1842 (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Tritomini). Zootaxa 4282 (1): 147 - 165. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4282.1.9