Mycotretus maculatus ( Olivier, 1792 )

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 : 168

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223. Mycotretus maculatus ( Olivier, 1792)

Erotylus maculatus Olivier, 1792: 436 . Type locality: “ Surinam ”.

Mycotretus figuratus Lacordaire, 1842: 159 ( Fig. 29D View Fig ). Type locality: “Cayenne” [ French Guiana].

Mycotretus mutabilis Crotch, 1876: 438 . Type locality: “Ega” [= Tefé, in the state of Amazonas, North Brazil] syn. nov. ( Fig. 7E View Fig ).

Erotylus maculatus – Duponchel 1825: 176. — Lacordaire 1842: 192.

Mycotretus figuratus – Chevrolat 1843: 79 [synonym of M. maculatus ( Olivier, 1792) ]. — Alvarenga 1994: 29.

Mycotretus maculatus – Crotch 1876: 438. — Gemminger & Harold 1876: 3693. — Gorham 1888: 49. — Kuhnt 1909: 76; 1911: 50. — Curran 1941: 286–287. — B1ackwelder 1945: 466. — Guérin 1948: 20. — Alvarenga 1994: 28. — Skelley 1998b: 15. — McHugh & Chaboo 2015: 278.

Mycotretus mutabilis – Gemminger & Harold 1876: 3694. — Kuhnt 1909: 76; 1911: 51. — Blackwelder 1945: 467. — Alvarenga 1994: 30. — Skelley 1998b: 15.

Type specimen

Not located.

Other specimens examined

BRAZIL • 1 ♂ (dissected); “Coleção M. Alvarenga [printed] \ SINOP 12º31’S, 55º37’W, BR 163 km 500 a 600, Mato Grosso, BRASIL, 350 m [printed] X. 1975 [handwritten], Roppa & Alvarenga col. [printed] \ Mycotretus mutabilis Crotch, 1876 [handwritten] M. Alvarenga det. [printed] 1984 [handwritten]”; MNRJ GoogleMaps • 1 ♂ (dissected); “ Hansa . S. Catarina. [printed] 11. 941? [handwritten] \ Coll. J. Guerin. S. Paulo. Brasil. [printed] 18709 [handwritten] \ Mycotretus maculatus Ol. [handwritten] J. Guerin. det. 19 [printed] 54 [handwritten]”; MZSP .

PANAMA • 1 ♂ (dissected); ( Fig. 39E View Fig ); “ Bugaba , 800–1,500 ft. Champion. [printed] \ Sp. figured. [printed] \ Mycotretus maculatus [handwritten] \ B.C.A., Vol., VII. Mycotretus [printed]”; BMNH .

Distribution

Neotropical region.

Remarks

1)There are no morphological or colour pattern differences between M. maculatus Olivier and M.figuratus Lacordaire , and we confirm the synonymy first proposed by Chevrolat (1843). 2) In spite of small colour differences between M. maculatus Olivier and M. mutabilis Crotch , the male genitalia and ventral/dorsal features of both species have the same morphology. Therefore we synonymized M. mutabilis under M. maculatus . 3) Crotch (1876: 438) mentioned one specimen named “ M. tricintus ” in the description of M. mutabilis . However it is not clear whether it was considered a variety of M. mutabilis or any other specimen examined. In this case, we considered the “ M. tricinctus specimen” as a paralectotype of M. mutabilis , but we included a question mark on its label (see Remarks on M. mutabilis above).

References

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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

Chevrolat L. A. A. 1843. Observations sur des especes du genre Erotylus de Fabricius et d'Olivier, examinees et reconnues par M. A. Chevrolat, et rappel de ces especes aux genres nouvellement etablis. Revue zoologique 1843: 79 - 81. Available from https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 2271134 [accessed 14 Apr. 2023].

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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

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

Olivier A. G. 1792. Encyclopedie methodique. Histoire naturelle. Insectes. Panckoucke, Paris.

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

Figures

Fig. 29. Lacordaire specimens cont. A, C–F. Primary types (dorsal, labels). A–A’. Lectotype of Mycotretus dytiscoides Lacordaire, 1842. B–B’. Specimen of M. episcopalis Lacordaire, 1842 from the Alvarenga collection (MNRJ, Brazil). C–C’. Lectotype of M. fasciolatus Lacordaire, 1842. D–D’. Lectotype of M. figuratus Lacordaire, 1842. E–E’. Lectotype of M. flavomarginatus Lacordaire, 1842. F–F’. Holotype of M. floriger Lacordaire, 1842. Scale bars: A, C–F = 1 mm; B = 0.5 mm.

Fig. 7. Crotch primary types (dorsal, labels) cont. A–A’. Lectotype of Mycotretus guatemalae Crotch, 1876. B–B’. Lectotype of M. illustris Crotch, 1876. C–C’. Lectotype of M. laeviventris Crotch, 1876. D–D’. Lectotype of M. lissomoides Crotch, 1876. E–E’. Lectotype of M. mutabilis Crotch, 1876. F–F’. Lectotype of M. mycetophagoides Crotch, 1876. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Fig. 39. A–D, G. Primary types (dorsal, labels). A–A’. Holotype of Mycotretus partitialis Mader, 1940. B–B’. Holotype of M. prioteloides Mader, 1942. C–C’. Holotype of M. tigrinoides Mader, 1942. D–D’. Holotype of M. tigripennis Mader, 1942. E–E’. Specimen of M. maculatus (Olivier, 1791) from the BMNH collection (UK). F–F’. Topotype of M. tigrinus (Olivier, 1791) from RBINS (Belgium). G–G’. Holotype of M. alvarengai Pecci-Maddalena & Lopes-Andrade, 2018. Scale bars: A–C, E–G = 1 mm; D = 2 mm.

Abbreviations

MNRJ	Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Cristovao, Universidade do Rio Janeiro, Museu Nacional
MZSP	Brazil, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo
BMNH	United Kingdom, London, The Natural History Museum [formerly British Museum (Natural History)]