Mycotretus luizi Alvarenga, 1983

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 : 17-19

4. Mycotretus luizi Alvarenga, 1983

Mycotretus luizi Alvarenga, 1983: 588 . Type locality: “ BRASIL, Amazonas, Estirão do Equador (coordenadas aproximadas, long 71º38’W e lat 4º33’S)”.

Mycotretus luizi – Alvarenga 1994: 28.

Primary type

BRAZIL • Holotype ( Fig. 2D ); “Coleção M. Alvarenga [printed] \ HOLOTIPO [red label, printed] \ Estirão do Equador, Amazonas, Brasil X.1979, M.Alvarenga [printed] \ Mycotretus luizi m. [handwritten] M. Alvarenga det. [printed] 1983 [handwritten]”; MNRJ.

Remarks

New junior synonym of M. cinctiger Crotch, 1876 ( Fig. 5B , see below).

Figures

Fig. 2. Alvarenga holotypes (dorsal, labels). A–A’. Mycotretus bistrioculatus Alvarenga, 1983. B–B’. M. fragosoi Alvarenga, 1983. C–C’. M. lopesi Alvarenga, 1989. D–D’. M. luizi Alvarenga, 1983. E–E’. M. octoculatus Alvarenga, 1983. F–F’. M. quadrioculatus Alvarenga, 1983. Scale bars: A–B, D–F = 0.5 mm; C = 1 mm.

Fig. 5. Crotch primary types (dorsal, labels) cont. A–A’. Lectotype of Mycotretus chontalesi Crotch, 1873. B–B’. Lectotype of M. cinctiger Crotch, 1876. C–C’. Lectotype of M. corallipennis Crotch, 1876 [synonym of Mycomystes apicalis (Lacordaire, 1842)]. D–D’. Lectotype of M. cordiger Crotch, 1876. E–E’. Lectotype of M. cruciger Crotch, 1876. F–F’. Lectotype of M. decorus Crotch, 1876. Scale bars = 1 mm.