Mycotretus vittatus 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 : 98

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Treatment

117. Mycotretus vittatus Gorham, 1888

Mycotretus vittatus Gorham, 1888: 57 . Type locality: “ Guatemala, Pantaleon, Zapote”.

Mycotretus vittatus – Gorham 1898: 253. — Kuhnt 1909: 76; 1911: 54. — Blackwelder 1945: 468. — Alvarenga 1994: 37.

Primary type

Lectotype, here designated ( Fig. 21C View Fig )

GUATEMALA • “Type [disc-shaped label, printed] \ Mycotretus vittatus . Gorham [handwritten] \ Type. Sp. figured. [printed] \ B.C.A.,Col.,VII. Mycotretus [printed] \ Zapote, Guatemala, C. Champion. [printed] \ LECTOTYPE Mycotretus vittatus Gorham, 1888 [red label, printed]”; BMNH.

Other specimens examined

MEXICO • 1 spec.; “ Temax , N. Yucatan. Gaumer. [printed] \ Mycotretus vittatus, Gorh [handwritten] \ B.C.A.,Col.,VII. Mycotretus [printed]”; BMNH .

EL SALVADOR • 1 ♂ (dissected); “Coleção M.Alvarenga [printed] \ Homeotipo [printed] \ V. S. Vicente, Finca Lapaz, El Salvador, 3.VIII.1959, J. Bechyné [handwritten] \ Comparado com tipo [printed] Mycotretus vittatus Gorham, 1888 [handwritten] M. Alvarenga det. 1971 [printed] \ 1756 [printed]”; MNRJ .

Distribution

Mexico, Guatemala.

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

Gorham H. S. 1898. Erotylidae, Endomychidae and Coccinellidae. Biologia Centrali-Americana Coleoptera. Supplement 7: 253 - 257.

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.

Abbreviations

BMNH	United Kingdom, London, The Natural History Museum [formerly British Museum (Natural History)]
MNRJ	Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Cristovao, Universidade do Rio Janeiro, Museu Nacional