Mycotretus posticus Lacordaire, 1842

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 : 148

193. Mycotretus posticus Lacordaire, 1842

Mycotretus posticus Lacordaire, 1842: 147 . Type locality: “ Colombie ”.

Mycotretus posticus – Crotch 1876: 450 [junior synonym of M. godarti Lacordaire ]. — Gemminger & Harold 1876: 3693. — Kuhnt 1909: 76 [variety of M. ornatus ]; 1911: 52. — Mader 1942: 175; 1951: 218, 221. — Blackwelder 1945: 467. — Alvarenga 1994: 31.

Type specimen

Not located.

Remarks

New junior synonym of M. ornatus ( Duponchel, 1825) ( Fig. 14A , see above).

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.