Mycotretus pebasensis 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 : 46-48

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scientific name	Mycotretus pebasensis Crotch, 1876
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44. Mycotretus pebasensis Crotch, 1876

Mycotretus pebasensis Crotch, 1876: 439 . Type locality: “Pebas” [ Peru].

Mycotretus pebasensis – Gemminger & Harold 1876: 3692. — Kuhnt 1909: 76; 1911: 52. — Mader 1942: 175; 1951: 223. — Blackwelder 1945: 467. — Alvarenga 1994: 32. — Skelley 1998b: 15. — McHugh & Chaboo 2015: 278.

Primary type

Lectotype, here designated ( Fig. 9C)

PERU • “TYPE [blue label, printed] \ TYPE. [printed], Pebasensis Pebas [handwritten] \ LECTOTYPE [printed], Mycotretus pebasensis Crotch, 1876 [red label, handwritten]”; UMZC .

Other specimens examined

BRAZIL • 1 ♂ (dissected); “ Coleção M. Alvarenga [printed] \ Homeotipo [red label, printed] \ Comparado com tipo [printed] Mycotretus pebasensis Crotch, 1876 [handwritten] M. Alvarenga det. 1971 [printed] \ TABATINGA [printed], Amazonas Brasil [printed] iv. 1958 [handwritten] E. S. Lima [printed] \ 2029 [printed] \ DZUP 136162 [printed]”; DZUP • 1 ♂ (dissected); “ Coleção M. Alvarenga [printed] \ TABATINGA [printed], Amazonas Brasil [printed] v. 1957 [handwritten] E. Sousa Lima [printed] \ 2030 [printed] \ Mycotretus 033 [handwritten] \ DZUP 136164 [printed]”; DZUP • 1 ♀ (dissected); “ Coleção M. Alvarenga [printed] \ TABATINGA [printed], Amazonas Brasil [printed] v. 1957 [handwritten] E. Sousa Lima [printed] \ 2031 [printed] \ Mycotretus 033 [handwritten] \ DZUP 136163 [printed]”; DZUP .

Distribution

Peru, North Brazil.

Remarks

The dissected female of M. pebasensis has the pronotal black spot slightly “split”, resembling that of M. separandus ( Fig. 10F). In fact, M. pebasensis , M. separandus , M. egae ( Fig. 6C), M. decoratus ( Fig. 13B) and M. hilaris ( Fig. 31B) are morphologically similar, based on their colour pattern, body shape and morphology of male genitalia. However, we noted a few differences in the sclerotization of the penile flagellum and flagellar head morphology. These species may be synonyms, a decision that is not possible to take before examining more specimens and determining whether their variations are diagnostic for keeping species separated or constitute infraspecific variations of a single species.

References

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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.