Mycotretus psylloboroides 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 : 48-49

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scientific name	Mycotretus psylloboroides Crotch, 1876
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46. Mycotretus psylloboroides Crotch, 1876

Mycotretus psylloboroides Crotch, 1876: 443 . Type locality: “Ega” [= Tefé, in the state of Amazonas, North Brazil].

Mycotretus psylloboroides – Gemminger & Harold 1876: 3694. — Kuhnt 1909: 72; 1911: 52. — Blackwelder 1945: 467. — Alvarenga 1994: 33. — Skelley 1998b: 16.

Primary type

Lectotype, here designated ( Fig. 9E View Fig )

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

Other specimens examined

BRAZIL • 1 ♀ (dissected); “ Coleção M. Alvarenga [printed] \ Homeotipo [red label, printed] \ TEFE, Amazonas BRASIL, 27 a 31–VII–1956, M. Alvarenga legit [printed] \ Comparado com tipo [printed] Mycotretus psylloboroides Crotch., 1876 [handwritten] M. Alvarenga det. 1971 [printed] \ 1838 [printed]”; MNRJ • 1 ♂ (dissected); “ BRASIL Pará, Serra dos Carajas, II. 1988, Roppa & Magro [printed]”; MNRJ .

Distribution

North Brazil.

Remarks

The dissected male specimen has the central elytral spot split into two elongated spots, whereas in the dissected female the spot is undivided (as in the lectotype). It would be important to better compare additional males and females of the species and evaluate whether this is a sexual dimorphism.

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. 9. Crotch primary types (dorsal, labels) cont. A–A’. Lectotype of Ischyrus pallidior Crotch, 1876 [currently Mycotretus pallidior (Crotch)]. B–B’. Lectotype of Mycotretus parallelus Crotch, 1876. C–C’. Lectotype of M. pebasensis Crotch, 1876. D–D’. Lectotype of M. peruae Crotch, 1876. E–E’. Lectotype of M. psylloboroides Crotch, 1876. F–F’. Lectotype of M. quadripunctatus Crotch, 1876. Scale bars = 1 mm.