Mycotretus pygmaeus 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 : 152

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197. Mycotretus pygmaeus Lacordaire, 1842

Mycotretus pygmaeus Lacordaire, 1842: 156 . Type locality: “Cayenne” [ French Guiana].

Mycotretus pygmaeus – Crotch 1876: 455. — Gemminger & Harold 1876: 3694. — Gorham 1888: 62. — Kuhnt 1909: 72; 1911: 52. — Bruch 1914: 384. — Curran 1941: 286. — Mader 1942: 172; 1951: 211. — Blackwelder 1945: 467. — Guérin 1948: 20. — Alvarenga 1994: 33. — Skelley 1998b: 17. — McHugh & Chaboo 2015: 278.

Primary type

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

FRENCH GUIANA — “Cayenne [handwritten] \ Pygmaeus Lac [handwritten] \ Type [handwritten] \ Ex-Musaeo Mniszech [printed] \ LECTOTYPE [printed] Mycotretus pygmaeus Lacordaire, 1842 [red label, handwritten]”; MNHN.

Other specimens examined

FRENCH GUIANA • 1 spec.; “ D. Guerin. [handwritten]”; MRSN • 1 spec.; “Cayenne Lacordaire. [handwritten] \ TYPE. [printed, crossed out] pygmaeus coll. Reiche. [handwritten]”; UMZC .

BRAZIL • 1 ♂ (dissected); “Coleção M. Alvarenga [printed] \ Jacaré P.N.XINGU , M. Grosso Brasil, XI–1961, Alvarenga e Werner [printed] \ DZUP 371368 [printed]”; DZUP • 1 ♀; “Coleção M. Alvarenga [printed] \ SERRA do NAVIO , Terr. Amapá BRASIL, IX–1957, K. Lenko leg. [printed] \ DZUP 371396 [printed]”; DZUP • 1 ♂ (dissected); “Coleção M. Alvarenga [printed] \ CHAPADA GUIMARÃES , Mato Grosso Brasil, XI–1963, Alvarenga e Werner [printed] \ DZUP 371440 [printed]”; DZUP .

Distribution

From Mexico to Argentina.

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

Bruch C. 1914. Catalogo sistematico de los coleopteros de la republica Argentina. Revista del Museo de La Plata 19: 346 - 441.

Crotch G. R. 1876. A revision of the coleopterous family Erotylidae. Cistula Entomologica 1: 377 - 572. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 9222

Curran C. H. 1941. Erotylidae of Kartabo, Barctica, British Guiana (Coleoptera). Zoologica: Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society 26 (3): 281 - 288.

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

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

Guerin J. 1948. Catalogo dos Erotylidae (Col.) das colecoes do Instituto de Ecologia e Experimentacao Agricolas do Ministerio da Agricultura, com a descricao de algumas especies novas. Boletim do Instituto de Ecologia e Experimentacao Agricolas 8: 1 - 26.

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

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.

McHugh J. V. & Chaboo C. S. 2015. Beetles (Coleoptera) of Peru: a survey of the families. Erotylidae Latreille, 1802. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 88 (2): 274 - 282. https: // doi. org / 10.2317 / kent- 88 - 02 - 274 - 282.1

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.

Abbreviations

MNHN	France, Paris, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle
MRSN	Italy, Torino, Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali
DZUP	Brazil, Parana, Curitiba, Universidade Federal do Parana, Museu de Entomologia Pe. Jesus Santiago Moure