Mycotretus miniatus 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 : 143

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scientific name	Mycotretus miniatus Lacordaire, 1842
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184. Mycotretus miniatus Lacordaire, 1842

Mycotretus miniatus Lacordaire, 1842: 183 . Type locality: “ Mexique ”.

Mycotretus miniatus – Crotch 1876: 449. — Gemminger & Harold 1876: 3693. — Gorham 1888: 65. — Kuhnt 1909: 73; 1911: 51. — Blackwelder 1945: 466. — Alvarenga 1994: 29.

Primary type

Lectotype, here designated ( Fig. 33B View Fig )

MEXICO • “Orizaba [handwritten] \ LECTOTYPE [printed] Mycotretus miniatus Lacordaire, 1842 [red label, handwritten]”; MRSN .

Distribution

Mexico, Guatemala.

Remarks

Based on label information of the lectotype ( Fig. 33 View Fig B’), the type locality of M. miniatus is Orizaba, Mexico.

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

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

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

Figures

Fig. 33. Lacordaire specimens cont. A–B, E–F. Primary types (dorsal, labels). A–A’. Lectotype of Mycotretus melanostictus Lacordaire, 1842. B–B’. Lectotype of M. miniatus Lacordaire, 1842. C–C’. Specimen of M. misellus Lacordaire, 1842 from the Crotch collection (UMZC, UK). D–D’. Specimen of M. nigrivittis Lacordaire, 1842 from MZSP (Brazil). E–E’. Lectotype of M. nigrocinctus Lacordaire, 1842. F–F’. Lectotype of M. nigroterminatus Lacordaire, 1842 [synonym of Mycomystes apicalis (Lacordaire, 1842)]. G–G’. Specimen of M. nugator Lacordaire, 1842 from the Alvarenga collection (MNRJ, Brazil). Scale bars: A–F = 1 mm; G = 0.5 mm.