Mycotretus melanopterus 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 : 142

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182. Mycotretus melanopterus Lacordaire, 1842

Mycotretus melanopterus Lacordaire, 1842: 162 . Type locality: “ Colombie ”.

Mycotretus xanthosomus Lacordaire, 1842: 162 ( Fig. 37F View Fig ). Type locality: “ Colombie ”.

Mycotretus melanopterus – Gemminger & Harold 1876: 3693. — Kuhnt 1909: 71; 1911: 51. — Blackwelder 1945: 466. — Alvarenga 1994: 29. — Skelley 1998b: 15.

Mycotretus xanthosomus – Crotch 1876: 439 [synonym of M. melanopterus Lacordaire, 1842 ]. — Blackwelder 1945: 466. — Alvarenga 1994: 29.

Primary type

Lectotype, here designated ( Fig. 32F View Fig )

COLOMBIA • “TYPE [blue label, printed] \ TYPE. [printed] melanopterus R [handwritten] \ Nova Gr [handwritten] \ LECTOTYPE [printed] Mycotretus melanopterus Lacordaire, 1842 [red label, handwritten]”; UMZC.

Distribution

Unknown locality in Colombia.

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. 37. Lacordaire primary types (dorsal, labels) cont. A–A’. Lectotype of Mycotretus silaceus (Lacordaire, 1842).B–B’. Lectotype of M. singularis Lacordaire, 1842. C–C’. Holotype ofM. terminalis Lacordaire, 1842. D–D’. Lectotype of M. tigratus Lacordaire, 1842. E–E’. Lectotype of M. trabeatus Lacordaire, 1842. F–F’. Lectotype of M. xanthosomus Lacordaire, 1842. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Fig. 32. Lacordaire specimens cont. A, C–F. Primary types (dorsal, labels). A–A’. Lectotype of Mycotretus leprosus Lacordaire, 1842. B–B’. Specimen of M. limbatus (Lacordaire, 1842) from the Crotch collection (UMZC, UK). C–C’. Lectotype of M. luteipes Lacordaire, 1842. D–D’. Lectotype of M. magus Lacordaire, 1842. E–E’. Holotype of M. marginicollis Lacordaire, 1842. F–F’. Lectotype of M. melanopterus Lacordaire, 1842. Scale bars = 1 mm.