Mycotretus bipunctatus Gorham, 1888

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 : 75-76

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scientific name	Mycotretus bipunctatus Gorham, 1888
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Treatment

81. Mycotretus bipunctatus Gorham, 1888

Mycotretus bipunctatus Gorham, 1888: 58 . Type locality: “ Panama, Bugaba”.

Mycotretus bipunctatus – Kuhnt 1909: 73; 1911: 48. — Blackwelder 1945: 466. — Alvarenga 1994: 21.

Primary type

Lectotype, here designated ( Fig. 15C View Fig )

PANAMA • “Bugaba, 800–1,500 ft. Champion. [printed] \ B.C.A.,Col.,VII. Mycotretus [printed] \ Mycotretus bipunctatus, Gor. [handwritten] \ Type [disc-shaped label, printed] \ LECTOTYPE Mycotretus bipunctatus Gorham, 1888 [red label, printed]”; BMNH.

Other specimens examined

Paralectotypes

PANAMA • 1 ♂ (dissected); “ Bugaba, 800–1,500 ft. Champion. [printed] \ B.C.A.,Col.,VII. Mycotretus [printed] stramineus [handwritten] \ PARALECTOTYPE, Mycotretus bipunctatus Gorham, 1888 [yellow label, printed]”; BMNH • 1 spec.; “ Bugaba, Panama. Champion . [printed] \ B.C.A.,Col.,VII. Mycotretus [printed] stramineus [handwritten] \ PARALECTOTYPE, Mycotretus bipunctatus Gorham, 1888 [yellow label, printed]”; BMNH .

Distribution

Panama.

Remarks

The lectotype is probably teneral.

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

Gorham H. S. 1888. Erotylidae, Endomychidae and Coccinellidae. In: Godman F. & Salvin O. (eds) Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Coleoptera. Vol. VII. [1887 - 1899]. R. H. Porter, London. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 730

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].

Figures

Fig. 15. Gorham primary types (dorsal, labels). A–A’. Holotype of Mycotretus atricaudatus Gorham, 1888. B–B’. Lectotype of M. badius Gorham, 1888. C–C’. Lectotype of M. bipunctatus Gorham, 1888. D–D’. Holotype of M. brevis Gorham, 1888. E–E’. Lectotype of M. cercyonoides Gorham, 1888. F–F’. Lectotype of M. coccidulinus Gorham, 1888. Scale bars = 1 mm.