Mycotretus hepaticus 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 : 133-135

170. Mycotretus hepaticus Lacordaire, 1842

Mycotretus hepaticus Lacordaire, 1842: 190 . Type locality: “ Colombie ”.

Mycotretus hepaticus – Crotch 1876: 457. — Gemminger & Harold 1876: 3693. — Kuhnt 1909: 72; 1911: 50. — Blackwelder 1945: 466. — Alvarenga 1994: 27.

Primary type

Lectotype, here designated ( Fig. 31A )

COLOMBIA • “Ex-Musaeo Mniszech [printed] \ Type [printed] \ Hepaticus Lac [handwritten] \ Colombie [handwritten] \ LECTOTYPE [printed] Mycotretus hepaticus Lacordaire, 1842 [red label, handwritten]”; MNHN.

Distribution

Unknown locality in Colombia.

Remarks

The present species was not dissected and must be examined again to confirm whether it belongs to Mycotretus or to another genus in Erotylidae (e.g., Cyclomorphus Hope, 1841 ). Presently, we have no specimens for dissection and, therefore, we prefer to keep it in Mycotretus .

Figures

Fig. 31. Lacordaire specimens cont. A–D, F. Primary types (dorsal, labels). A–A’. Lectotype of Mycotretus hepaticusLacordaire, 1842. B–B’. Holotype of M. hilaris Lacordaire, 1842. C–C’. Lectotype of M. intermedius Lacordaire, 1842. D–D’. Lectotype of M. jocosus Lacordaire, 1842. E–E’. Specimen of M. lacertosus Lacordaire, 1842 from the Alvarenga collection (MNRJ, Brazil). F–F’. Lectotype of M. lepidus Lacordaire, 1842. Scale bars: A–D, F = 1 mm; E = 0.5 mm.