Mycotretus melanostictus 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 : 142-143

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183. Mycotretus melanostictus Lacordaire, 1842

Mycotretus melanostictus Lacordaire, 1842: 139 ( Fig. 33A). Type locality: “ Colombie ”.

Mycotretus melanostictus – Crotch 1876: 450. — Gemminger & Harold 1876: 3693. — Gorham 1888: 47 [junior synonym of M. ornatus ]. — Kuhnt 1909: 76 [variety of M. ornatus ]; 1911: 52. — Mader 1942: 175; 1951: 221. — Blackwelder 1945: 467. — Guérin 1948: 20. — Alvarenga 1994: 31. — Skelley 1998b: 16.

Primary type

Lectotype, here designated ( Fig. 33A)

COLOMBIA • “Ex-Musaeo Mniszech [printed] \ Type [handwritten] \ Melanostictus Lac [handwritten] \ Colombie [handwritten] \ LECTOTYPE [printed] Mycotretus melanostictus Lacordaire, 1842 [red label, handwritten]”; MNHN .

Remarks

Junior synonym of M. ornatus ( Duponchel, 1825) ( Fig. 14A, see above).

References

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

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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.

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