Mycotretus magus 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 : 140

180. Mycotretus magus Lacordaire, 1842

Mycotretus magus Lacordaire, 1842: 184 . Type locality: “ Brésil ”.

Mycotretus magus – Crotch 1876: 456. — Gemminger & Harold 1876: 3693. — Kuhnt 1909: 76; 1911: 50. — Blackwelder 1945: 466. — Alvarenga 1994: 29.

Primary type

Lectotype, here designated ( Fig. 32D )

BRAZIL • “Brésil [handwritten] \ Magus Lac [handwritten] \ Type [handwritten] \ Ex-Musaeo Mniszech [printed] \ LECTOTYPE [printed] Mycotretus magus Lacordaire, 1842 [red label, handwritten]”; MNHN.

Other specimens examined

BRAZIL • 1 ♀ (dissected); “Coleção M. Alvarenga [printed] \ Itapetinga, Bahia Brasil, XI–1969, F.M. Oliveira [printed] \ Mycotretus magus Lac. 1842 [handwritten] M. Alvarenga det. [printed] 1984 [handwritten]”; MNRJ • 1 ♀ (dissected); “Coleção M. Alvarenga [printed] \ REPRÊSA RIO GRANDE Guanabara BRASIL [printed] XI. 1970 [handwritten] F.M.Oliveira [printed] \ Mycotretus magus Lac. 1842 [handwritten] M. Alvarenga det. [printed] 1984 [handwritten]”; MNRJ .

Distribution

Northeast and South Brazil.

Figures

Fig. 32. Lacordaire specimens cont. A, C–F. Primary types (dorsal, labels). A–A’. Lectotype of Mycotretus leprosus Lacordaire, 1842. B–B’. Specimen of M. limbatus (Lacordaire, 1842) from the Crotch collection (UMZC, UK). C–C’. Lectotype of M. luteipes Lacordaire, 1842. D–D’. Lectotype of M. magus Lacordaire, 1842. E–E’. Holotype of M. marginicollis Lacordaire, 1842. F–F’. Lectotype of M. melanopterus Lacordaire, 1842. Scale bars = 1 mm.