Mycotretus egae 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 : 34

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2023.876.2149
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:63FDFE77-6D4F-412C-B77D-129F2AAE8C47
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8101123
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B942065D-C731-FFC9-FDD2-FC9FED317C00
treatment provided by	Felipe (2023-06-29 13:24:07, last updated 2024-11-25 22:10:11)
scientific name	Mycotretus egae Crotch, 1876
status

Treatment

25. Mycotretus egae Crotch, 1876

Mycotretus egae Crotch, 1876: 442 . Type locality: “Ega” [= Tefé, in the state of Amazonas, North Brazil].

Mycotretus basalis Crotch, 1876: 438 . Type locality: “Ega” [= Tefé, in the state of Amazonas, North Brazil] syn. nov. ( Fig. 4C View Fig ).

Mycotretus egae – Gemminger & Harold 1876: 3692. — Kuhnt 1909: 74; 1911: 49. — Blackwelder 1945: 466. — Alvarenga 1994: 25. — Skelley 1998b: 15.

Mycotretus basalis – Gemminger & Harold 1876: 465. — Kuhnt 1909: 76; 1911: 52. — Alvarenga 1994: 21. — Skelley 1998b: 15.

Primary type

Lectotype, here designated ( Fig. 6C View Fig )

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

Other specimens examined

BRAZIL • 1 ♀ (dissected); “Coleção M. Alvarenga [printed] \ Homeotipo [red label, printed] \ TEFÉ, Amazonas, Brasil, XII-1961, F.M. Oliveira [printed] \ Comparado com tipo [printed] Mycotretus basalis Crotch, 1876 [handwritten] M. Alvarenga det. 1971 [printed]”; MNRJ • 1 ♀ (dissected); “ Borba. Amazonas. [printed] 3.943 [handwritten] \ Coll. J. Guerin. S. Paulo. Brasil. [printed] 18974 [handwritten] \ BORBA, Amazonas, BRASIL [printed] III-1943 [handwritten] Alexandre PARKO [printed] \ Mycotretus basalis Crotch [handwritten] J. Guerin det. 19[printed] 53 [handwritten]”; MZSP .

Distribution

North Brazil ( Alvarenga 1994).

Remarks

Mycotretus egae differs from M. basalis in the more elongated elytral band. However, such a small difference in body coloration is expected to occur in conspecific Mycotretus within the same locality.

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].

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

Figures

Fig. 4. Crotch primary types (dorsal, labels). A–A’. Lectotype of Mycotretus adalioides Crotch, 1876. B–B’. Lectotype of M. balteatus Crotch, 1876. C–C’. Lectotype of M. basalis Crotch, 1876. D–D’. Lectotype of M. bisseptemguttatus Crotch, 1876. E–E’. Lectotype of M. brasilianus Crotch, 1876. F–F’. Lectotype of M. chilensis Crotch, 1876. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Fig. 6. Crotch primary types (dorsal, labels) cont. A–A’. Lectotype of Mycotretus deyrollei Crotch, 1876. B–B’. Lectotype of M. dimidiatus Crotch, 1876 [= M. seminiger Harold, 1876]. C–C’. Lectotype of M. egae Crotch, 1876. D–D’. Lectotype of M. episcaphoides Crotch, 1876. E–E’. Lectotype of M. fulviceps Crotch, 1876. F–F’. Lectotype of M. fulvilabris Crotch, 1876. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Abbreviations

MNRJ	Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Cristovao, Universidade do Rio Janeiro, Museu Nacional
MZSP	Brazil, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo