Mycotretus miniatus 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 : 143

184. Mycotretus miniatus Lacordaire, 1842

Mycotretus miniatus Lacordaire, 1842: 183 . Type locality: “ Mexique ”.

Mycotretus miniatus – Crotch 1876: 449. — Gemminger & Harold 1876: 3693. — Gorham 1888: 65. — Kuhnt 1909: 73; 1911: 51. — Blackwelder 1945: 466. — Alvarenga 1994: 29.

Primary type

Lectotype, here designated ( Fig. 33B )

MEXICO • “Orizaba [handwritten] \ LECTOTYPE [printed] Mycotretus miniatus Lacordaire, 1842 [red label, handwritten]”; MRSN.

Distribution

Mexico, Guatemala.

Remarks

Based on label information of the lectotype ( Fig. 33 B’), the type locality of M. miniatus is Orizaba, Mexico.

Figures

Fig. 33. Lacordaire specimens cont. A–B, E–F. Primary types (dorsal, labels). A–A’. Lectotype of Mycotretus melanostictus Lacordaire, 1842. B–B’. Lectotype of M. miniatus Lacordaire, 1842. C–C’. Specimen of M. misellus Lacordaire, 1842 from the Crotch collection (UMZC, UK). D–D’. Specimen of M. nigrivittis Lacordaire, 1842 from MZSP (Brazil). E–E’. Lectotype of M. nigrocinctus Lacordaire, 1842. F–F’. Lectotype of M. nigroterminatus Lacordaire, 1842 [synonym of Mycomystes apicalis (Lacordaire, 1842)]. G–G’. Specimen of M. nugator Lacordaire, 1842 from the Alvarenga collection (MNRJ, Brazil). Scale bars: A–F = 1 mm; G = 0.5 mm.