Iphiclus virgatus ( Kuhnt, 1910 ), 2023

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 : 117

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scientific name	Iphiclus virgatus ( Kuhnt, 1910 )
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Iphiclus virgatus ( Kuhnt, 1910) comb. nov.

Mycotretus virgatus Kuhnt, 1910: 243 . Type locality: “ Brasilien ”.

Mycotretus virgatus – Kuhnt 1911: 54. — Blackwelder 1945: 468. — Guérin 1948: 20. — Alvarenga 1994: 37.

Primary type

Lectotype, here designated ( Fig. 26A View Fig )

BRAZIL • “21324 [printed] \ Brasilien [printed] \ Brasil. Sello. [handwritten] \ det. P. Kuhnt [printed] Mycotretus virgatus Kuhnt. [handwritten] \ Type [red label, printed] \ Kuhnt det. [printed] \ LECTOTYPE Mycotretus virgatus Kuhnt, 1910 det. I. Pecci-Maddalena 2017 [red label, printed]”; MFN.

Other specimens examined

BRAZIL • 1 ♂ (dissected); “Coleção M. Alvarenga [printed] \ Pedra Azul , M. Gerais Brasil, XII–1970, F.M. Oliveira [printed] \ Mycotretus virgatus Kuhnt, 1910 [handwritten] M. Alvarenga det. [printed] 1984 [handwritten] \ Iphiclus ? [handwritten]”; MNRJ • 1 ♀ (dissected); “Coleção M. Alvarenga [printed] \ Homeotipo [printed] \ Jacaré P. N. XINGU , M. Grosso Brasil, XI–1961, Alvarenga e Werner [printed] \ Comparado c/ tipo Mycotretus virgatus Kuhnt, 1910 [handwritten] M. Alvarenga det. 1971 [printed] \ 1757 [printed]”; MNRJ .

Distribution

Southeast and South Brazil.

Remarks

The smooth body without depressions on the upper surface, triangular structure of the mentum, terminal maxillary palpomere triangularly dilated, penis with a posterior and narrowed lobe and metendosternite without laminae and with a narrowed stalk clearly remove “ virgatus ” from Mycotretus and place it in Iphiclus Chevrolat, 1837 (Erotylini) . Iphiclus is grossly paraphyletic ( Robertson et al. 2004) and currently includes ten recognized subgenera ( Alvarenga 1994). Further studies are needed to evaluate which of these subgenera have phylogenetic support. Aside from that, they are barely supported taxonomically and we prefer not to include Iphiclus virgatus ( Kuhnt, 1910) in any of them until revisionary studies are carried out.

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

Guerin J. 1948. Catalogo dos Erotylidae (Col.) das colecoes do Instituto de Ecologia e Experimentacao Agricolas do Ministerio da Agricultura, com a descricao de algumas especies novas. Boletim do Instituto de Ecologia e Experimentacao Agricolas 8: 1 - 26.

Kuhnt P. 1910. Neue Erotylidae. (Col.). Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift 219 - 270. Available from https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 35571530 [accessed 14 Apr. 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].

Pecci-Maddalena I. S. C. & Lopes-Andrade C. 2017. Redescription of two species and proposal of a new synonym in the genus Mycotretus Lacordaire, 1842 (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Tritomini). Zootaxa 4282 (1): 147 - 165. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4282.1.9

Robertson J. A., McHugh J. V. & Whiting M. F. 2004. A molecular phylogenetic analysis of the pleasing fungus beetles (Coleoptera: Erotylidae): evolution of colour patterns, gregariousness and mycophagy. Systematic Entomology 29: 173 - 187. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 0307 - 6970.2004.00242. x

Figures

Fig. 26. A–B, D–F. Primary types (dorsal, labels). A–A’. Lectotype of Mycotretus virgatus Kuhnt, 1910 [= Iphiclus virgatus (Kuhnt), comb. nov.]. B–B’. Holotype of M. ziczac ziczac Kuhnt, 1910. C–C’. Specimen of M. aestuans Lacordaire, 1842 from the Alvarenga collection (MNRJ, Brazil). D–D’. Lectotype of M. ambulator Lacordaire, 1842. E–E’. Lectotype of M. apicalis Lacordaire, 1842 [current combinationMycomystes apicalis (Lacordaire)]. F–F’. Lectotype of M. argus Lacordaire, 1842. Scale bars: A = see Material and methods; B–F = 1 mm.