Mycotretus bipunctatus Gorham, 1888

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 : 75-76

81. Mycotretus bipunctatus Gorham, 1888

Mycotretus bipunctatus Gorham, 1888: 58 . Type locality: “ Panama, Bugaba”.

Mycotretus bipunctatus – Kuhnt 1909: 73; 1911: 48. — Blackwelder 1945: 466. — Alvarenga 1994: 21.

Primary type

Lectotype, here designated ( Fig. 15C )

PANAMA • “ Bugaba, 800–1,500 ft. Champion. [printed] \ B.C.A.,Col.,VII. Mycotretus [printed] \ Mycotretus bipunctatus, Gor. [handwritten] \ Type [disc-shaped label, printed] \ LECTOTYPE Mycotretus bipunctatus Gorham, 1888 [red label, printed]”; BMNH.

Other specimens examined

Paralectotypes

PANAMA • 1 ♂ (dissected); “ Bugaba, 800–1,500 ft. Champion. [printed] \ B.C.A.,Col.,VII. Mycotretus [printed] stramineus [handwritten] \ PARALECTOTYPE, Mycotretus bipunctatus Gorham, 1888 [yellow label, printed]”; BMNH • 1 spec.; “ Bugaba, Panama. Champion. [printed] \ B.C.A.,Col.,VII. Mycotretus [printed] stramineus [handwritten] \ PARALECTOTYPE, Mycotretus bipunctatus Gorham, 1888 [yellow label, printed]”; BMNH .

Distribution

Panama.

Remarks

The lectotype is probably teneral.

Figures

Fig. 15. Gorham primary types (dorsal, labels). A–A’. Holotype of Mycotretus atricaudatus Gorham, 1888. B–B’. Lectotype of M. badius Gorham, 1888. C–C’. Lectotype of M. bipunctatus Gorham, 1888. D–D’. Holotype of M. brevis Gorham, 1888. E–E’. Lectotype of M. cercyonoides Gorham, 1888. F–F’. Lectotype of M. coccidulinus Gorham, 1888. Scale bars = 1 mm.