Mycotretus argus Lacordaire, 1842

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 : 120

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149. Mycotretus argus Lacordaire, 1842

Mycotretus argus Lacordaire, 1842: 161 . Type locality: “Cayenne” [ French Guiana].

Mycotretus argus – Crotch 1876: 439. — Gemminger & Harold 1876: 3692. — Kuhnt 1909: 71; 1911: 48. — Blackwelder 1945: 465. — Alvarenga 1994: 21.

Primary type

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

FRENCH GUIANA • “ D. Lacordaire. [printed]”; MRSN.

Other specimen examined

BRAZIL • 1 ♀ (dissected); “Vilhena [printed] 20 [handwritten]-2-1961 [printed] \ Brasil, R O, J. & B. Bechyné [printed] \ MG [printed] \ argus [handwritten]”; MNRJ • 1 ♂ (dissected); “Coleção M. Alvarenga [printed] \ Jacareacanga, Pará, Brasil [printed] V. 1969 [handwritten] F.R. Barbosa [printed] \ DZUP 136039 [printed]”; DZUP .

Distribution

French Guiana, North Brazil.

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].

Lacordaire J. T. 1842. Monographie des Erotyliens, famille de l'ordre des Coleopteres. Roret, Paris. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 51458

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.

Abbreviations

MRSN	Italy, Torino, Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali
MNRJ	Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Cristovao, Universidade do Rio Janeiro, Museu Nacional
DZUP	Brazil, Parana, Curitiba, Universidade Federal do Parana, Museu de Entomologia Pe. Jesus Santiago Moure