Mycotretus dichrous Kirsch, 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 : 105

126. Mycotretus dichrous Kirsch, 1876

Mycotretus dichrous Kirsch, 1876: 100 . Type locality: “ Peru ” [based on type label = “Pozuzu” (= locality of Pozuzo), in the department of Pasco, Peru].

Mycotretus dichrous – Gemminger & Harold 1876: 3692. — Kuhnt 1909: 71; 1911: 49. — Mader 1942: 172; 1951: 212. — Blackwelder 1945: 466. — Alvarenga 1994: 23. — McHugh & Chaboo 2015: 278.

Primary type

Lectotype, here designated ( Fig. 22F )

PERU • “ Pozuzu M. Kirsch [printed] \ Typus [printed] \ Mycotretus dichrous Kirsch Typus! [handwritten] \ HOLOTYPUS [red label, printed] \ Staatl. Museum für Tierkunde Dresden [printed]”; SNSD.

Other specimens examined

BRAZIL • 1 ♂ (dissected); “Coleção M. Alvarenga [printed] \ SINOP 12º31’S, 55º37’W, BR 163 km 500 a 600 Mato Grosso, BRASIL 350 m [printed] X. 1975 [handwritten] Roppa & Alvarenga col. [printed] \ Mycotretus dichrous Kirsch, 1876 [handwritten] M. Alvarenga det. [printed] 1984 [handwritten] \ PMMD [handwritten]”; MNRJ .

Distribution

Peru, Central-West and North Brazil.

Figures

Fig. 22. A–C, D–F. Primary types (dorsal, labels). A–A’. Holotype of Mycotretus trifasciatus Guérin, 1956. B–B’. Lectotype of Erotylus cinctellus Guérin-Méneville, 1841 [= M. cinctellus; synonym of Mycomystes melanophthalmus (Duponchel, 1825)]. C–C’. Lectotype of M. fallax Guérin-Méneville, 1841. D–D’. Specimen of M. sedecimguttatus (Guérin-Méneville, 1844) from the UMZC collection. E–E’. Lectotype of Erotylus (Brachymerus) sobrinus Guérin-Méneville, 1841 [currently M. sobrinus (Guérin-Meneville)]. F–F’. Lectotype of M. dichrous Kirsch, 1876. Scale bars: A = 0.5 mm; B–F = 1 mm.