Mycotretus misellus 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

185. Mycotretus misellus Lacordaire, 1842

Mycotretus misellus Lacordaire, 1842: 183 . Type locality: “Cayenne?” [ French Guiana].

Mycotretus misellus – Crotch 1876: 447. — Gemminger & Harold 1876: 3693. — Kuhnt 1909: 72; 1911: 51. — Blackwelder 1945: 466. — Guérin 1948: 20. — Alvarenga 1994: 29. — Skelley 1998b: 16.

Type specimen

Not located.

Other specimens examined

COLOMBIA • 1 spec. ( Fig. 33C ); “ Nova Gr [handwritten] \ TYPE. [printed, crossed out] misellus C. Reiche [handwritten]”; UMZC .

Distribution

Colombia, French Guiana, Southeast Brazil.

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.