Mycotretus pallidior ( Crotch, 1876 )

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 : 45-46

42. Mycotretus pallidior ( Crotch, 1876)

Ischyrus pallidior Crotch, 1876: 428 . Type locality: “ Mexico ”.

Mycotretus nigrotinctus Crotch, 1876: 454 . Type locality: “Teapa” [state of Tabasco, Southeast Mexico].

Ischyrus pallidior – Gemminger & Harold 1876: 3691.

Mycotretus pallidior – Gorham 1888: 52. — Kuhnt 1909: 75; 1911: 52. — Blackwelder 1945: 467. — Alvarenga 1994: 32. — Skelley 1998b: 17.

Mycotretus nigrotinctus – Gorham 1888: 52 [junior synonym]. — Alvarenga 1994: 32. — Skelley 1998b: 17.

Primary type

Lectotype, here designated ( Fig. 9A )

MEXICO • “TYPE [blue label, printed] \ Mexico, Salle [green label, handwritten] \ Chevr . [printed] \ TYPE. [printed], pallidior [handwritten] \ LECTOTYPE [printed], Ischyrus pallidior Crotch, 1876 [red label, handwritten] \ Mycotretus pallidior (Crotch) [handwritten], det. I. Pecci-Maddalena 2017 [printed]”; UMZC.

Other specimens examined

MEXICO • 1 ♂ (dissected); “Coleção M. Alvarenga [printed] \ Mexico: Plan de Las Hayas, Edo. de Veracruz . 26–VI.1972, P. Reyes cols. [handwritten] \ Cafetal:Alt.- 650-680 m. [handwritten] \ Mycotretus pallidior ( Crotch, 1876) [handwritten] M. Alvarenga det. [printed] 1984 [handwritten]”; MNRJ .

HONDURAS • 1 spec.; “Coleção M.Alvarenga [printed] \ HONDURAS, Sta. B., 13 Km. SE. El Mochito , July 22, 1977 CW&L. O’Brien & Marshall [printed] \ mycotr. 715 [handwritten] \ M. sexpunctatus ? [handwritten] \ verificar o desenho na bca [handwritten]”; MNRJ .

Distribution

Mexico.

Figures

Fig. 9. Crotch primary types (dorsal, labels) cont. A–A’. Lectotype of Ischyrus pallidior Crotch, 1876 [currently Mycotretus pallidior (Crotch)]. B–B’. Lectotype of Mycotretus parallelus Crotch, 1876. C–C’. Lectotype of M. pebasensis Crotch, 1876. D–D’. Lectotype of M. peruae Crotch, 1876. E–E’. Lectotype of M. psylloboroides Crotch, 1876. F–F’. Lectotype of M. quadripunctatus Crotch, 1876. Scale bars = 1 mm.