Mycotretus coccidulinus 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 : 78

84. Mycotretus coccidulinus Gorham, 1888

Mycotretus coccidulinus Gorham, 1888: 63 . Type locality: “ British Honduras, Belize, R. Hondo” [Hondo River, Belize].

Mycotretus coccidulinus – Kuhnt 1909: 72; 1911: 48. — Blackwelder 1945: 466. — Guérin 1946: 370. — Alvarenga 1994: 22.

Primary type

Lectotype, here designated ( Fig. 15F )

BELIZE • “B.C.A.,Col.,VII. Mycotretus [printed] \ M. coccidulinus [handwritten] \ Rio Hondo, B Honduras., Blancaneau. [printed] \ Type. Sp. figured. [printed] \ Type [disc-shaped label, printed] \ LECTOTYPE Mycotretus coccidulinus Gorham, 1888 [red label, printed]”; BMNH.

Other specimens examined

Paralectotypes

GUATEMALA • 1 spec.; “Chiacaman, Vera Paz. Champion [printed] \ B.C.A.,Col.,VII. Mycotretus [printed] coccidulinus [handwritten] \ PARALECTOTYPE Mycotretus coccidulinus Gorham, 1888 [yellow label, printed]”; BMNH • 1 spec.; “Capetillo, Guatemala. C. Champion. [printed] \ B.C.A.,Col.,VII. Mycotretus [printed] coccidulinus [handwritten] \ PARALECTOTYPE Mycotretus coccidulinus Gorham, 1888 [yellow label, printed]”; BMNH .

Additional material

BELIZE • 1 spec.; “ Belize. Blancaneaux. [printed] \ coccidulinus [handwritten] \ B.C.A., Col., VII. Mycotretus [printed]”; BMNH .

Distribution

Belize, Guatemala.

Remarks

The specimen labelled “ Belize, Blancaneaux” is also a paralectotype, but due to a mistake it was not labelled by the senior author during his visit to the BMNH.

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.