Mycotretus quattuordecimguttatus 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 : 154

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199. Mycotretus quattuordecimguttatus Lacordaire, 1842

Mycotretus quattuordecimguttatus Lacordaire, 1842: 163 . Type locality: Colombia ( Fig. 35E). Mycotretus bisseptemguttatus Crotch, 1876: 441 . Type locality: “Cayenne” [Cayenne, French Guiana]

syn. nov. ( Fig. 4D)

Mycotretus quattuordecimguttatus – Crotch 1876: 439. — Gemminger & Harold 1876: 3694. — Kuhnt 1909: 71; 1911: 53. — Deelder 1942: 89. — Blackwelder 1945: 467. — Alvarenga 1994: 33. — Skelley 1998b: 15.

Mycotretus bisseptemguttatus – Gemminger & Harold 1876: 3692. — Kuhnt 1909: 71; 1911: 48. — Blackwelder 1945: 466. — Alvarenga 1994: 21.

Primary type

Lectotype, here designated ( Fig. 35E)

COLOMBIA • “TYPE [blue label, printed] \ TYPE. [printed] 14-guttatus R [handwritten] \ Colomb [handwritten] \ LECTOTYPE [printed] Mycotretus quatuordecimguttatus Lacordaire, 1842 [red label, handwritten]”; UMZC .

Other specimens examined

BRAZIL • 1 ♀ (dissected); “ Coleção M. Alvarenga [printed] \ Homeotipo [red label, printed] \ XI-60, Ter. Amapá, Serra do Navio , R. Bicelli col. [handwritten] \ Comparado com tipo [printed] Mycotretus quattuordecimguttatus ; Lac, 1842 [handwritten] M. Alvarenga det. 1971 [printed] \ Comparado com tipo [printed] Mycotretus bisseptemguttatus Crotch, 1876 [handwritten] M. Alvarenga det. 1971 [printed] \ 1827 [printed]”; MNRJ .

Remarks

Mycotretus bisseptemguttatus Crotch differs from M. quattuordecimguttatus Lacordaire only in the circular elytral spots, which are comparatively larger in the former species.

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

Deelder C. L. 1942. Revision of the Erotylidae (Coleoptera) of the Leiden Museum. Zoologische Mededelingen 24: 49 - 115. Available from https: // repository. naturalis. nl / pub / 318060 [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].

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.