Mycotretus elegans 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 : 80-82

89. Mycotretus elegans Gorham, 1888

Mycotretus elegans Gorham, 1888: 55 . Type locality: “ Guatemala, San Gerónimo”.

Mycotretus elegans – Kuhnt 1909: 71; 1911: 49. — Blackwelder 1945: 466. — Alvarenga 1994: 25.

Primary type

Lectotype, here designated ( Fig. 16E )

GUATEMALA • “ Mycotretus elegans, Gorh [handwritten] \ S. Geronimo, Guatemala. Champion. [printed] \ Type. Sp. figured. [printed] \ Type [disc-shaped label, printed] \ LECTOTYPE Mycotretus elegans Gorham, 1888 [red label, printed]”; BMNH.

Other specimens examined

Paralectotypes

GUATEMALA • 1 ♀ (dissected); “ S. Geronimo, Guatemala. Champion. [printed] \ B.C.A.,Col.,VII. Mycotretus [printed] elegans Gorh. [handwritten] \ PARALECTOTYPE Mycotretus elegans Gorham, 1888 [yellow label, printed]”; BMNH • 1 spec.; “ San Geronimo, Vera Paz. Champion. [printed] \ B.C.A., Col.,VII. Mycotretus [printed] elegans Gorh. [handwritten] \ PARALECTOTYPE Mycotretus elegans Gorham, 1888 [yellow label, printed]”; BMNH.

Distribution

Guatemala.

Figures

Fig. 16. Gorham primary types (dorsal, labels) cont. A–A’. Lectotype of Mycotretus consanguineus Gorham, 1888. B–B’. Lectotype of M. cribratus Gorham, 1888. C–C’. Holotype of M. crudus Gorham, 1888. D–D’. Lectotype of M. cruentus Gorham, 1888. E–E’. Lectotype of M. elegans Gorham, 1888. F–F’. Holotype of M. epopterus Gorham, 1888. Scale bars = 1 mm.