Mycotretus sandicatus 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 : 93-94

111. Mycotretus sandicatus Gorham, 1888

Mycotretus sandicatus Gorham, 1888: 54 . Type locality: “ Guatemala, Purula, San Gerónimo”.

Mycotretus sandicatus – Kuhnt 1909: 72; 1911: 53. — Blackwelder 1945: 467. — Alvarenga 1994: 34.

Primary type

Lectotype, here designated ( Fig. 20C )

GUATEMALA • “Type [disc-shaped label, printed] \ B.C.A.,Col.,VII. Mycotretus [printed] \ Purula, Vera Paz . Champion. [printed] \ Mycotretus sandicatus Gorham [handwritten] \ LECTOTYPE Mycotretus sandicatus Gorham, 1888 [red label, printed]”; BMNH.

Other specimens examined

Paralectotypes

GUATEMALA • 1 ♀ (dissected); “ Purula, Vera Paz . Champion. [printed] \ B.C.A.,Col.,VII. [printed] sandicatus [handwritten] \ PARALECTOTYPE Mycotretus sandicatus Gorham, 1888 [yellow label, printed]”; BMNH • 1 spec.; “ S. Geronimo, Guatemala. Champion. [printed] \ B.C.A.,Col.,VII. [printed] sandicatus [handwritten] \ PARALECTOTYPE Mycotretus sandicatus Gorham, 1888 [yellow label, printed]”; BMNH .

Distribution

Guatemala.

Figures

Fig. 20. Gorham primary types (dorsal, labels) cont. A–A’. Lectotype of Mycotretus rubidus Gorham, 1888. B–B’. Holotype of M. rufipennis Gorham, 1888. C–C’. Lectotype of M. sandicatus Gorham, 1888. D–D’. Lectotype of M. sexpunctatus Gorham, 1888. E–E’. Lectotype of M. spadiceus Gorham, 1888. F–F’. Lectotype of M. stramineus Gorham, 1888. Scale bars = 1 mm.