Mycotretus jocosus, Lacordaire, 1842

Pecci-Maddalena, Italo Salvatore De Castro, Lopes-Andrade, Cristiano & Skelley, Paul, 2020, The metendosternite and penile flagellum: two unexplored character systems of pleasing fungus beetles (Coleoptera: Erotylidae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193, pp. 953-972 : 969

3. Mycotretus jocosus + M. marginicollis

( Fig. 1N, O ; character 12:1, Fig. 5E ) ‘outer edge of posterior borders of flagellum head with two parallel, narrowed and sclerotized tips’. The remaining characters of the flagellum in these species are similar to other Mycotretus species , such as M. pebasensis Crotch, 1876 , M. separandus Crotch, 1876 and M. egae Crotch, 1876 (not included here), although it is not clear if ‘character 12:1’ is also present on those species.

Figures

Figure 1. Species of Mycotretus examined. A, M. cribratus; B, M. apicalis; C, M. quadrioculatus; D, M. pygmaeus; E, M. coccineus; F, M. fuscitarsis; G, M. trifasciatus; H, M. scitulus; I, M. minutus; J, M. fallax; K, M. cordiger; L, M. melanophthalmus; M, M. lesueuri; N, M. jocosus; O, M. marginicollis; P, M. ornatus; Q, M. floriger; R, M. sobrinus; S, M. rhodosomus; T, M. reticulatus; U, M. flavomarginatus. Scale bar: A–U = 1.5 mm.

Figure 5. A–L, characters and character states of the penile flagellum in Erotylinae (Tritomini) (see text for a definition of each character statement). A, Tritoma bipustulata; B, Mycotretus apicalis; C, Mycotretus melanophthalmus; D, Mycotretus pygmaeus; E, Mycotretus marginicollis; F, Triplax brasiliensis; G, Mycotretus trifasciatus; H, Mycotretus lesueuri; I, Mycotretus flavomarginatus; J, Mycotretus reticulatus; K, Mycotretus fallax; L, Mycotretus trifasciatus. Scale bars: A, L = 0.2 mm; B–K = 0.1 mm.