Mycotretus quadripunctatus Crotch, 1876

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 : 49

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2023.876.2149
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:63FDFE77-6D4F-412C-B77D-129F2AAE8C47
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8101175
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B942065D-C720-FFD8-FD8B-FC5AED727DF6
treatment provided by	Felipe (2023-06-29 13:24:07, last updated 2024-11-25 22:10:11)
scientific name	Mycotretus quadripunctatus Crotch, 1876
status

Treatment

47. Mycotretus quadripunctatus Crotch, 1876

Mycotretus quadripunctatus Crotch, 1876: 450 . Type locality: “N. Peru ” [Northern Peru, apud Alvarenga 1994].

Mycotretus quadripunctatus – Gemminger & Harold 1876: 3694. — Kuhnt 1909: 76; 1911: 52. — Mader 1942: 174; 1951: 219, 223. — Blackwelder 1945: 467. — Alvarenga 1994: 33. — Skelley 1998b: 17. — McHugh & Chaboo 2015: 278.

Primary type

Lectotype, here designated ( Fig. 9F View Fig )

PERU • “TYPE [blue label, printed] \ TYPE. [printed], 4-punctatus N. Peru. Bates [handwritten] \ LECTOTYPE [printed], Mycotretus quadripunctatus Crotch, 1876 [red label, handwritten]”; UMZC.

Distribution

Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.

Remarks

As pointed out by Skelley (1998b), and confirmed here, the lectotype lacks prothorax and head.

References

Alvarenga M. 1994. Catalogo dos Erotylidae (Coleoptera) Neotropicais. Revista brasileira de Zoologia 11 (1): 1 - 175. https: // doi. org / 10.1590 / S 0101 - 81751994000100001

Blackwelder R. E. 1945. Checklist of the coleopterous insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and South America. Part 3. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 185 (3): 343 - 550. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 03629236.185.3

Crotch G. R. 1876. A revision of the coleopterous family Erotylidae. Cistula Entomologica 1: 377 - 572. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 9222

Gemminger M. & Harold E. 1876. Familia LXX. Erotylidae. In: Gemminger M. & Harold E. (eds) Catalogus Coleopterorum hucusque descriptorum synonymicus et systematicus. Vol. 10. Gummi, Monachii [Munich]. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 9089

Kuhnt P. 1909. Coleoptera, fam. Erotylidae, subfam. Erotylinae. In: Wytsman P. A. G. (ed.) Genera Insectorum 88. Available from https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 43211062 [accessed 14 Feb. 2023].

Kuhnt P. 1911. Erotylidae. In: Junk W. & Schenkling S. (eds) Coleopterorum Catalogus Pars 34. W. Junk, Berlin. Available from https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 59206376 [accessed 14 Apr. 2023].

Mader L. 1942. Erotylidae (Col.). In: Titschack (ed.) Beitrage zur Fauna Perus. G. Fischer, Hamburg.

Mader L. 1951. Die Erotyliden von Peru (Col.). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei Munchen 2 (1): 197 - 225.

McHugh J. V. & Chaboo C. S. 2015. Beetles (Coleoptera) of Peru: a survey of the families. Erotylidae Latreille, 1802. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 88 (2): 274 - 282. https: // doi. org / 10.2317 / kent- 88 - 02 - 274 - 282.1

Skelley P. E. 1998 b. A catalogue of the Crotch collection of Erotylidae (Coleoptera). Annales Zoologici 48 (1 / 2): 1 - 44.

Figures

Fig. 9. Crotch primary types (dorsal, labels) cont. A–A’. Lectotype of Ischyrus pallidior Crotch, 1876 [currently Mycotretus pallidior (Crotch)]. B–B’. Lectotype of Mycotretus parallelus Crotch, 1876. C–C’. Lectotype of M. pebasensis Crotch, 1876. D–D’. Lectotype of M. peruae Crotch, 1876. E–E’. Lectotype of M. psylloboroides Crotch, 1876. F–F’. Lectotype of M. quadripunctatus Crotch, 1876. Scale bars = 1 mm.