Mycotretus trifasciatus Guérin, 1956

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 : 100-101

121. Mycotretus trifasciatus Guérin, 1956

Mycotretus trifasciatus Guérin, 1956: 63 . Type locality: “Nova Teutonia, Estado de Santa Catarina ” [state of Santa Catarina, Brazil].

Mycotretus trifasciatus – Alvarenga 1994: 37. — Pecci-Maddalena & Lopes-Andrade 2017: 153 .

Primary type

Holotype ( Fig. 22A )

BRAZIL • “TIPO [red label, printed] \ N. Teutonia., S. Catarina. [printed], 12.948 [handwritten] \ Coll. J. Guérin., S. Paulo., Brasil. [printed], 18407 [handwritten] \ 194, Brasilien, Nova Teutonia, 27º 11 B, 52º 23’ L, Fritz Plaumann, 3500 m [printed] \ Mycotretus trifasciatus J. Guer [handwritten], J. Guerin det. 19[printed]54 [handwritten]”; MZSP.

Other specimens examined

See Pecci-Maddalena & Lopes-Andrade (2017).

Distribution

South and Southeast Brazil, with one doubtful record in Obidos (in the state of Pará, North Brazil) ( Pecci-Maddalena & Lopes-Andrade 2017).

Figures

Fig. 22. A–C, D–F. Primary types (dorsal, labels). A–A’. Holotype of Mycotretus trifasciatus Guérin, 1956. B–B’. Lectotype of Erotylus cinctellus Guérin-Méneville, 1841 [= M. cinctellus; synonym of Mycomystes melanophthalmus (Duponchel, 1825)]. C–C’. Lectotype of M. fallax Guérin-Méneville, 1841. D–D’. Specimen of M. sedecimguttatus (Guérin-Méneville, 1844) from the UMZC collection. E–E’. Lectotype of Erotylus (Brachymerus) sobrinus Guérin-Méneville, 1841 [currently M. sobrinus (Guérin-Meneville)]. F–F’. Lectotype of M. dichrous Kirsch, 1876. Scale bars: A = 0.5 mm; B–F = 1 mm.