Mycotretus posticus 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 : 148

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193. Mycotretus posticus Lacordaire, 1842

Mycotretus posticus Lacordaire, 1842: 147 . Type locality: “ Colombie ”.

Mycotretus posticus – Crotch 1876: 450 [junior synonym of M. godarti Lacordaire ]. — Gemminger & Harold 1876: 3693. — Kuhnt 1909: 76 [variety of M. ornatus ]; 1911: 52. — Mader 1942: 175; 1951: 218, 221. — Blackwelder 1945: 467. — Alvarenga 1994: 31.

Type specimen

Not located.

Remarks

New junior synonym of M. ornatus ( Duponchel, 1825) ( Fig. 14A View Fig , see above).

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

Duponchel P. A. J. 1825. Monographie du genre Erotyle. Memoires du Museum d'Histoire naturelle 12: 30 - 61, 156 - 176. Available from https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 3547723 [accessed 14 Apr. 2023].

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].

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

Mader L. 1942. Erotylidae (Col.). In: Titschack (ed.) Beitrage zur Fauna Perus. G. Fischer, Hamburg.

Mader L. 1951. Die Erotyliden von Peru (Col.). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei Munchen 2 (1): 197 - 225.

Figures

Fig. 14. A–C, E–F. Primary types (dorsal, labels). A–A’. Lectotype of Erotylus ornatus Duponchel [currently Mycotretus ornatus (Duponchel)]. B–B’. Lectotype of E. maculosus Duponchel, 1825 [currently M. maculosus (Duponchel)]. C–C’. Lectotype of E. sanguineus Duponchel, 1825 [currently M. sanguineus (Duponchel)]. D–D’. Topotype of M. unicolor Fauvel, 1860 from RBINS (Belgium) [synonym of Mycomystes coccineus (Lacordaire, 1842)]. E–E’. Lectotype of M. aegrotus Gorham, 1888. F–F’. Lectotype of M. alternans Gorham, 1888. Scale bars = 1 mm.