Mycotretus alternans 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 : 74-75

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scientific name	Mycotretus alternans Gorham, 1888
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Treatment

78. Mycotretus alternans Gorham, 1888

Mycotretus alternans Gorham, 1888: 57 . Type locality: “ Panama, Bugaba”.

Mycotretus alternans – Kuhnt 1909: 75; 1911: 48. — Blackwelder 1945: 465. — Alvarenga 1994: 20.

Primary type

Lectotype, here designated ( Fig. 14F View Fig )

PANAMA • “B.C.A.,Col.,VII. Mycotretus [printed] \ Mycotretus alternans, Gr. [handwritten] \ Bugaba, Panama. Champion. [printed] \ Type [disc-shaped label, printed] \ LECTOTYPE Mycotretus alternans Gorham, 1888 [red label, printed]”; BMNH.

Other specimens examined

Paralectotypes

PANAMA • 1 ♂ (dissected); “ Bugaba, Panama. Champion. [printed] \ Mycotretus alternans [handwritten] \ B.C.A., Col., VII, Mycotretus [printed] \ PARALECTOTYPE Mycotretus alternans Gorham, 1888 [yellow label, printed]”; BMNH • 1 spec.; “ Bugaba, 800–1500 ft. Champion. [printed] \ Mycotretus alternans [handwritten] \ B.C.A., Col., VII, Mycotretus [printed] \ PARALECTOTYPE Mycotretus alternans Gorham, 1888 [yellow label, printed]”; BMNH .

Remarks

New junior synonym of M. dorsonotatus Lacordaire, 1842 ( Fig. 28D View Fig , see below).

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

Gorham H. S. 1888. Erotylidae, Endomychidae and Coccinellidae. In: Godman F. & Salvin O. (eds) Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Coleoptera. Vol. VII. [1887 - 1899]. R. H. Porter, London. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 730

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].

Lacordaire J. T. 1842. Monographie des Erotyliens, famille de l'ordre des Coleopteres. Roret, Paris. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 51458

Figures

Fig. 14. A–C, E–F. Primary types (dorsal, labels). A–A’. Lectotype of Erotylus ornatus Duponchel [currently Mycotretus ornatus (Duponchel)]. B–B’. Lectotype of E. maculosus Duponchel, 1825 [currently M. maculosus (Duponchel)]. C–C’. Lectotype of E. sanguineus Duponchel, 1825 [currently M. sanguineus (Duponchel)]. D–D’. Topotype of M. unicolor Fauvel, 1860 from RBINS (Belgium) [synonym of Mycomystes coccineus (Lacordaire, 1842)]. E–E’. Lectotype of M. aegrotus Gorham, 1888. F–F’. Lectotype of M. alternans Gorham, 1888. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Fig. 28. Lacordaire specimens cont. B, D–F. Primary types (dorsal, labels). A–A’. Specimen of Mycotretus difficilis Lacordaire, 1842 from the MZSP collection (Brazil).B–B’. Lectotype ofM. distigma Lacordaire, 1842. C–C’. Specimen of M. dorsofasciatus Lacordaire, 1842 from the Crotch collection (UMZC, UK). D–D’. Holotype of M. dorsonotatus Lacordaire, 1842. E–E’. Lectotype of M. dubius Lacordaire, 1842. F–F’. Lectotype of M. durius Lacordaire, 1842. Scale bars = 1 mm.