Mycotretus decoratus ( Duponchel, 1825 )

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 : 62

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scientific name	Mycotretus decoratus ( Duponchel, 1825 )
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Treatment

67. Mycotretus decoratus ( Duponchel, 1825)

Erotylus decoratus Duponchel, 1825: 50 . Type locality: “ Brésil ”.

Mycotretus decoratus – Lacordaire 1842: 172. — Crotch 1876: 442. — Gemminger & Harold 1876: 3692. — Kuhnt 1909: 76; 1911: 49. — Blackwelder 1945: 466. — Alvarenga 1994: 23.

Primary type

Lectotype, here designated ( Fig. 13B View Fig )

BRAZIL • “ D. Latreille [handwritten] \ LECTOTYPE [printed], Erotylus decoratus Duponchel, 1825 [red label, handwritten] \ Mycotretus decoratus Duponchel [handwritten], det. I. Pecci-Maddalena 2017 [printed]”; MRSN.

Other specimens examined

BRAZIL • 1 ♂ (dissected); “Coleção M. Alvarenga [printed] \ OBIDOS, Pará BRASIL [printed], I. 1962 [handwritten], F.M. Oliveira [printed] \ Mycotretus decoratus (Dup.) [handwritten] \ M. Alvarenga det. [printed] 1964 [handwritten] \ DZUP 136175 [printed]”; DZUP • 1 ♀ (dissected); “Coleção M.Alvarenga [printed] \ TABATINGA, Amazonas BRASIL [printed], Out. [handwritten] -1956 [printed], F.M. Oliveira [printed] \ DZUP 136177 [printed]”; DZUP .

Distribution

North Brazil.

Remarks

The lectotype is kept in the Collection of M. le marquis de Brême (MRSN) and has a green label “D. Latreille”. As pointed out by Duponchel (1825) “Cette espèce, qui n’avoit pas encore été décrite, fait partie de la collection de M. Latreille”.

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

Duponchel P. A. J. 1825. Monographie du genre Erotyle. Memoires du Museum d'Histoire naturelle 12: 30 - 61, 156 - 176. Available from https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 3547723 [accessed 14 Apr. 2023].

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].

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

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

Figures

Fig. 13. A–D. Duponchel primary types (dorsal, labels). A–A’. Lectotype of Erotylus coronatus Duponchel, 1825 [currently Mycotretus coronatus (Duponchel)]. B–B’. Lectotype of E. decoratus Duponchel, 1825 [currently M. decoratus (Duponchel)]. C–C’. Lectotype of E. duodecimguttatus Duponchel, 1825 [currentlyM. duodecimguttatus (Duponchel)].D–D’. Lectotype ofE. melanophthalmus Duponchel, 1825 [currently Mycomystes melanophthalmus (Duponchel)]. E–E’. Specimen of M. minutus (Duponchel, 1825) from the DZUP collection (Brazil).F–F’. Specimen of M. nigropunctatus (Duponchel, 1825) from the Brême collection (MRSN). Scale bars: A–D = 1 mm; E = 0.5 mm; F = see Material and methods.

Abbreviations

MRSN	Italy, Torino, Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali
DZUP	Brazil, Parana, Curitiba, Universidade Federal do Parana, Museu de Entomologia Pe. Jesus Santiago Moure