Mycotretus coccidulinus Gorham, 1888

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 : 78

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scientific name	Mycotretus coccidulinus Gorham, 1888
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84. Mycotretus coccidulinus Gorham, 1888

Mycotretus coccidulinus Gorham, 1888: 63 . Type locality: “ British Honduras, Belize, R. Hondo” [Hondo River, Belize].

Mycotretus coccidulinus – Kuhnt 1909: 72; 1911: 48. — Blackwelder 1945: 466. — Guérin 1946: 370. — Alvarenga 1994: 22.

Primary type

Lectotype, here designated ( Fig. 15F View Fig )

BELIZE • “B.C.A.,Col.,VII. Mycotretus [printed] \ M. coccidulinus [handwritten] \ Rio Hondo , B Honduras., Blancaneau. [printed] \ Type. Sp. figured. [printed] \ Type [disc-shaped label, printed] \ LECTOTYPE Mycotretus coccidulinus Gorham, 1888 [red label, printed]”; BMNH.

Other specimens examined

Paralectotypes

GUATEMALA • 1 spec.; “ Chiacaman, Vera Paz. Champion [printed] \ B.C.A.,Col.,VII. Mycotretus [printed] coccidulinus [handwritten] \ PARALECTOTYPE Mycotretus coccidulinus Gorham, 1888 [yellow label, printed]”; BMNH • 1 spec.; “ Capetillo, Guatemala. C. Champion. [printed] \ B.C.A.,Col.,VII. Mycotretus [printed] coccidulinus [handwritten] \ PARALECTOTYPE Mycotretus coccidulinus Gorham, 1888 [yellow label, printed]”; BMNH .

Additional material

BELIZE • 1 spec.; “ Belize. Blancaneaux . [printed] \ coccidulinus [handwritten] \ B.C.A., Col., VII. Mycotretus [printed]”; BMNH .

Distribution

Belize, Guatemala.

Remarks

The specimen labelled “ Belize, Blancaneaux” is also a paralectotype, but due to a mistake it was not labelled by the senior author during his visit to the BMNH.

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

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. 1946. Notas informativas e descricao de novas especies de Erotylidae . Revista brasileira de Biologia 6 (3): 365 - 372.

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].

Figures

Fig. 15. Gorham primary types (dorsal, labels). A–A’. Holotype of Mycotretus atricaudatus Gorham, 1888. B–B’. Lectotype of M. badius Gorham, 1888. C–C’. Lectotype of M. bipunctatus Gorham, 1888. D–D’. Holotype of M. brevis Gorham, 1888. E–E’. Lectotype of M. cercyonoides Gorham, 1888. F–F’. Lectotype of M. coccidulinus Gorham, 1888. Scale bars = 1 mm.