Mycotretus ternotatus 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 : 97

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scientific name	Mycotretus ternotatus Gorham, 1888
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115. Mycotretus ternotatus Gorham, 1888

Mycotretus ternotatus Gorham, 1888: 51 . Type locality: “ Mexico, Jalapa”.

Mycotretus ternotatus – Kuhnt 1909: 76; 1911: 54. — Blackwelder 1945: 467. — Alvarenga 1994: 36.

Primary type

Holotype ( Fig. 21A View Fig )

MEXICO • “Type [disc-shaped label, printed] \ Jalapa, Vera Cruz. Höge. [printed] \ Type. Sp. figured. [printed] \ Mycotretus ternotatus [handwritten] \? [handwritten] signatellus [handwritten] \ B.C.A.,Col.,VII. Mycotretus [printed] \ HOLOTYPE Mycotretus ternotatus Gorham, 1888 [red label, printed]”; BMNH.

Distribution

Mexico.

Remarks

Mycotretus ternotatus resembles M. signatellus Crotch ( Fig. 11B View Fig ) in colour and body shape.

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. 21. Primary types (dorsal, labels). A–A’. Holotype of Mycotretus ternotatus Gorham, 1888. B–B’. Holotype of M. tibialis Gorham, 1888. C–C’. Lectotype of M. vittatus Gorham, 1888. D–D’. Holotype of M. anchoralis Guérin, 1956. E–E’. Holotype of M. bicinctus Guérin, 1949. F–F’. Holotype of M. monrosi Guérin, 1949. Scale bars: A–C, F = 1 mm; D–E = 0.5 mm.

Fig. 11. Crotch primary types (dorsal, labels) cont. A–A’. Lectotype of Mycotretus sericeonitens Crotch, 1876. B–B’. Lectotype of M. signatellus Crotch, 1876. C–C’. Lectotype of M. signatellus imperfectus Crotch, 1876. D–D’. Lectotype of M. succinctus Crotch, 1876. E–E’. Lectotype of M. tricolor Crotch, 1876. Scale bars = 1 mm.