Mycotretus erraticus Gorham, 1898

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 : 82

91. Mycotretus erraticus Gorham, 1898

Mycotretus erraticus Gorham, 1888: 254 . Type locality: “ Mexico, Chilpancingo in Guerrero 4600 feet ” [state of Guerrero, Mexico].

Mycotretus erraticus – Kuhnt 1909: 73; 1911: 49. — Blackwelder 1945: 466. — Alvarenga 1994: 25.

Primary type

Lectotype, here designated ( Fig. 17A )

MEXICO • “B.C.A.,Col.,VII. Mycotretus [printed] \ Mycotretus erraticus, Gorh. [handwritten] \ Chilpancingo, Guerrero, 4600 ft. July. H.H. Smith. [printed] \ Type [disc-shaped label, printed] \ LECTOTYPE Mycotretus erraticus Gorham, 1888 [printed] (left) [red label, handwritten]”; BMNH.

Other specimens examined

Paralectotype

MEXICO • “B.C.A.,Col.,VII. Mycotretus [printed] \ Mycotretus erraticus, Gorh. [handwritten] \ Chilpancingo, Guerrero, 4600 ft. July. H.H. Smith. [printed] \ Type [disc-shaped label, printed] \ PARALECTOTYPE Mycotretus erraticus Gorham, 1888 [printed] (right) [yellow label, handwritten]”; BMNH

Distribution

Mexico.

Remarks

The lectotype and paralectotype are mounted on the same card on the left and right sides, respectively. Only the lectotype is shown here ( Fig. 17A ).

Figures

Fig. 17. Gorham primary types (dorsal, labels) cont. A–A’. Lectotype of Mycotretus erraticus Gorham, 1888. B–B’. Lectotype of M. geminus Gorham, 1888. C–C’. Lectotype of M. haemapterus Gorham, 1888. D–D’. Holotype of M. haematicus Gorham, 1888. E–E’. Holotype of M. hirudo Gorham, 1888. F–F’. Lectotype of M. incarnatus Gorham, 1888. Scale bars = 1 mm.