Mycotretus unicolor Fauvel, 1860

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 : 71

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scientific name	Mycotretus unicolor Fauvel, 1860
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Treatment

Mycotretus unicolor Fauvel, 1860: 326 . Type locality: “Cayenne” [ French Guiana].

Mycotretus unicolor – Gemminger & Harold 1876: 3695. — Kuhnt 1911: 54. — Blackwelder 1945: 468. — Alvarenga 1994: 37. — Pecci-Maddalena et al. 2021b: 3080 View Cited Treatment [synonym of Mycomystes coccineus ].

Type specimen

Not located.

Remarks

Junior synonym of Mycomystes coccineus ( Lacordaire, 1842) ( Fig. 27C View Fig , see below), see Pecci-Maddalena et al. (2021b). Part of Fauvel’s collection is now in the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, RBINS ( Horn et al. 1990a) and the specimen shown in Fig. 14D View Fig belongs to that collection. Although it is a “topotype”, we believe that this specimen is not that used by Fauvel on his description. According to Fauvel (1860: 326): “(…) Palpes, épistome et base des antennes tescés (…)” and after: “L’exemplaire unique que j’ai sous les yeux perdu ses antennes moins deux articles de chaque côté”. We did not examine the individual shown in the plate ( Fig. 14D View Fig , image sent by the RBINS curator); however, it is possible to note that its right antennal club is present and, therefore, that specimen may not be Fauvel’s type.

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

Fauvel C. A. A. 1860. Catalogue des insects recueillis a la Guyane Francaise. Bulletin de la Societe linneenne de Normandie 5: 299 - 327.

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

Horn W., Kahle F. I., Friese G. & Gaedike R. 1990 a. Collectiones entomologicae. Ein Kompendium uber den Verbleib entomologischer Sammlungen der Welt bis 1960. Teil 1, A bis K. Akademie der Landwirtschaftwissenschaften der D. D. R, Berlin.

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., Skelley P. & Lopes-Andrade C. 2021 b. Taxonomic review of Mycomystes Gorham, 1888 (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Tritomini). Journal of Natural History 54 (47 - 48): 3075 - 3102. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222933.2021.1890254

Figures

Fig. 27. Lacordaire specimens.A–B, D–F. Primary types (dorsal, labels).A–A’. Lectotype ofMycotretus bistrigatus Lacordaire, 1842. B–B’. Lectotype of M. clitelliger Lacordaire, 1842. C–C’. Specimen of M. coccineus (Lacordaire, 1842) from the Crotch collection (UMZC, United Kingdom) (current combination Mycomystes coccineus (Lacordaire)]. D–D’. Lectotype of M. coelestinus Lacordaire, 1842. E–E’. Lectotype of M. cognatus Lacordaire, 1842. F–F’. Lectotype of M. cyanopterus Lacordaire, 1842. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Fig. 14. A–C, E–F. Primary types (dorsal, labels). A–A’. Lectotype of Erotylus ornatus Duponchel [currently Mycotretus ornatus (Duponchel)]. B–B’. Lectotype of E. maculosus Duponchel, 1825 [currently M. maculosus (Duponchel)]. C–C’. Lectotype of E. sanguineus Duponchel, 1825 [currently M. sanguineus (Duponchel)]. D–D’. Topotype of M. unicolor Fauvel, 1860 from RBINS (Belgium) [synonym of Mycomystes coccineus (Lacordaire, 1842)]. E–E’. Lectotype of M. aegrotus Gorham, 1888. F–F’. Lectotype of M. alternans Gorham, 1888. Scale bars = 1 mm.