Mycotretus pusillus 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 : 151-152

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196. Mycotretus pusillus Lacordaire, 1842

Mycotretus pusillus Lacordaire, 1842: 188 . Type locality: “Cayenne” [ French Guiana].

Mycotretus pusillus – Crotch 1876: 456. — Gemminger & Harold 1876: 3694. — Kuhnt 1909: 72; 1911: 52. — Blackwelder 1945: 467. — Alvarenga 1994: 33. — Skelley 1998b: 17.

Primary type

Lectotype, here designated ( Fig. 35B View Fig )

FRENCH GUIANA • “Cayen [handwritten] \ TYPE. [printed] pusillus R [handwritten] \ TYPE [blue label, printed] \ LECTOTYPE [printed] Mycotretus pusillus Lacordaire, 1842 [red label, handwritten]”; UMZC.

Other specimens examined

BRAZIL • 1 ♂ (dissected); “Coleção M. Alvarenga [printed] \ Jacareacanga, Pará Brasil, XII–1968, M.Alvarenga [printed] \ Malaise [handwritten] \ 1622 [printed] \ Mycotretus 184 [handwritten] \ pusillus Lac., 1842 [handwritten]”; MNRJ .

Distribution

French Guiana, North Brazil.

Remarks

Mycotretus pusillus resembles M. pygmaeus Lacordaire ( Fig. 35C View Fig ) in body shape, coloration and morphology of male genitalia, but differs from the latter in the more elongated penile flagellum.

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

Skelley P. E. 1998 b. A catalogue of the Crotch collection of Erotylidae (Coleoptera). Annales Zoologici 48 (1 / 2): 1 - 44.

Figures

Fig. 35. Lacordaire primary types (dorsal, labels) cont. A–A’. Lectotype of Mycotretus pulicarius Lacordaire, 1842 [synonym of Mycomystes apicalis (Lacordaire, 1842)]. B–B’. Lectotype of M. pusillus Lacordaire, 1842. C–C’. Lectotype of M. pygmaeus Lacordaire, 1842. D–D’. Lectotype of M. quadrinus Lacordaire, 1842. E–E’. Lectotype of M. quatuordecimguttatus Lacordaire, 1842. F–F’. Lectotype of M. rhodosomus Lacordaire, 1842. Scale bars = 1 mm.