Mycotretus quattuordecimguttatus Lacordaire, 1842

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 : 154

199. Mycotretus quattuordecimguttatus Lacordaire, 1842

Mycotretus quattuordecimguttatus Lacordaire, 1842: 163 . Type locality: Colombia ( Fig. 35E ).

Mycotretus bisseptemguttatus Crotch, 1876: 441 . Type locality: “Cayenne” [Cayenne, French Guiana] syn. nov. ( Fig. 4D )

Mycotretus quattuordecimguttatus – Crotch 1876: 439. — Gemminger & Harold 1876: 3694. — Kuhnt 1909: 71; 1911: 53. — Deelder 1942: 89. — Blackwelder 1945: 467. — Alvarenga 1994: 33. — Skelley 1998b: 15.

Mycotretus bisseptemguttatus – Gemminger & Harold 1876: 3692. — Kuhnt 1909: 71; 1911: 48. — Blackwelder 1945: 466. — Alvarenga 1994: 21.

Primary type

Lectotype, here designated ( Fig. 35E )

COLOMBIA • “TYPE [blue label, printed] \ TYPE. [printed] 14-guttatus R [handwritten] \ Colomb [handwritten] \ LECTOTYPE [printed] Mycotretus quatuordecimguttatus Lacordaire, 1842 [red label, handwritten]”; UMZC.

Other specimens examined

BRAZIL • 1 ♀ (dissected); “Coleção M. Alvarenga [printed] \ Homeotipo [red label, printed] \ XI-60, Ter. Amapá, Serra do Navio , R. Bicelli col. [handwritten] \ Comparado com tipo [printed] Mycotretus quattuordecimguttatus ; Lac, 1842 [handwritten] M. Alvarenga det. 1971 [printed] \ Comparado com tipo [printed] Mycotretus bisseptemguttatus Crotch, 1876 [handwritten] M. Alvarenga det. 1971 [printed] \ 1827 [printed]”; MNRJ .

Remarks

Mycotretus bisseptemguttatus Crotch differs from M. quattuordecimguttatus Lacordaire only in the circular elytral spots, which are comparatively larger in the former species.

Figures

Fig. 35. Lacordaire primary types (dorsal, labels) cont. A–A’. Lectotype of Mycotretus pulicarius Lacordaire, 1842 [synonym of Mycomystes apicalis (Lacordaire, 1842)]. B–B’. Lectotype of M. pusillus Lacordaire, 1842. C–C’. Lectotype of M. pygmaeus Lacordaire, 1842. D–D’. Lectotype of M. quadrinus Lacordaire, 1842. E–E’. Lectotype of M. quatuordecimguttatus Lacordaire, 1842. F–F’. Lectotype of M. rhodosomus Lacordaire, 1842. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Fig. 4. Crotch primary types (dorsal, labels). A–A’. Lectotype of Mycotretus adalioides Crotch, 1876. B–B’. Lectotype of M. balteatus Crotch, 1876. C–C’. Lectotype of M. basalis Crotch, 1876. D–D’. Lectotype of M. bisseptemguttatus Crotch, 1876. E–E’. Lectotype of M. brasilianus Crotch, 1876. F–F’. Lectotype of M. chilensis Crotch, 1876. Scale bars = 1 mm.