Mycotretus discoidalis Taschenberg, 1870

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 : 173

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scientific name	Mycotretus discoidalis Taschenberg, 1870
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Treatment

Mycotretus discoidalis Taschenberg, 1870: 199 ( Fig. 40D View Fig ). Type locality: “ Colombia ”.

Mycotretus discoidalis – Gemminger & Harold 1876: 3692. — Kuhnt 1909: 73; 1911: 49. — Mader 1942: 173; 1951: 214. — Blackwelder 1945: 466. — Alvarenga 1994: 24. — McHugh & Chaboo 2015: 278. — Pecci-Maddalena et al. 2021b: 3080 View Cited Treatment [synonym of Mycomystes melanophthalmus ].

Primary type

Lectotype ( Fig. 40D View Fig )

COLOMBIA • “LECTOTYPE, Mycotretus discoidalis Taschenberg, 1870 , det. I. Pecci-Maddalena 2017 [red label, printed] \ discoidalis, Zeitschr. 1870 . Colomb. Wallis [handwritten]”; ZNS.

Remarks

Synonym of Mycomystes melanophthalmus ( Duponchel, 1825) ( Pecci-Maddalena et al. 2021b; Fig. 13D View Fig above).

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

Duponchel P. A. J. 1825. Monographie du genre Erotyle. Memoires du Museum d'Histoire naturelle 12: 30 - 61, 156 - 176. Available from https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 3547723 [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].

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.

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

Pecci-Maddalena I. S. C. & Lopes-Andrade C. 2017. Redescription of two species and proposal of a new synonym in the genus Mycotretus Lacordaire, 1842 (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Tritomini). Zootaxa 4282 (1): 147 - 165. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4282.1.9

Pecci-Maddalena I. S. C., Skelley P. & Lopes-Andrade C. 2021 b. Taxonomic review of Mycomystes Gorham, 1888 (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Tritomini). Journal of Natural History 54 (47 - 48): 3075 - 3102. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222933.2021.1890254

Taschenberg E. L. 1870. Neue Kafer aus Columbien und Ecuador. Zeitschrift fur die gesammten Naturwissenschaften 35: 177 - 199.

Figures

Fig. 40. Taschenberg specimens. B–D, F. Primary types (dorsal, labels). A–A’. Specimen of Mycotretus bicolor Taschenberg, 1870 from Alvarenga collection (MNRJ, Brazil). B–B’. Lectotype of M. coccinelloides Taschenberg, 1870 [synonym of Mycomystes apicalis (Lacordaire, 1842)]. C–C’. Lectotype of M. dimidiatus Taschenberg, 1870. D–D’. Lectotype of M. discoidalis Taschenberg, 1870 [synonym of Mycomystes melanophthalmus (Duponchel, 1825)]. E–E’. Specimen of M. dispar Taschenberg, 1870 from the Alvarenga collection (MNRJ, Brazil).F–F’. Lectotype ofM. multimaculatus Taschenberg, 1870. Scale bars: A = 0.5 mm; E = 1 mm; B–D, F = see Material and methods.

Fig. 13. A–D. Duponchel primary types (dorsal, labels). A–A’. Lectotype of Erotylus coronatus Duponchel, 1825 [currently Mycotretus coronatus (Duponchel)]. B–B’. Lectotype of E. decoratus Duponchel, 1825 [currently M. decoratus (Duponchel)]. C–C’. Lectotype of E. duodecimguttatus Duponchel, 1825 [currentlyM. duodecimguttatus (Duponchel)].D–D’. Lectotype ofE. melanophthalmus Duponchel, 1825 [currently Mycomystes melanophthalmus (Duponchel)]. E–E’. Specimen of M. minutus (Duponchel, 1825) from the DZUP collection (Brazil).F–F’. Specimen of M. nigropunctatus (Duponchel, 1825) from the Brême collection (MRSN). Scale bars: A–D = 1 mm; E = 0.5 mm; F = see Material and methods.