Mycotretus polyophthalmus 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

192. Mycotretus polyophthalmus Lacordaire, 1842

Mycotretus polyophthalmus Lacordaire, 1842: 163 . Type locality: “Cayenne” [ French Guiana].

Mycotretus polyophthalmus – Crotch 1876: 441. — Gemminger & Harold 1876: 3694. — Kuhnt 1909: 74; 1911: 52. — Blackwelder 1945: 467. — Alvarenga 1994: 33.

Primary type

Lectotype, here designated ( Fig. 34D )

FRENCH GUIANA • “ D. Lacordaire [handwritten]”; MRSN.

Other specimens examined

FRENCH GUIANA • 1 spec.; “Ex-Musaeo Mniszech [printed] \ Type [handwritten] \ Cayenne [handwritten] \ Polyophthalmus Lac. [handwritten]”; MNHN • 1 ♂ (dissected); “Coleção M. Alvarenga [printed] \ Porto Platon [printed] 24 [handwritten]-7-1961 [printed] \ Brasil, A P, J. & B. Bechyné [printed] \ Mycotretus polyophthalmus Lac. 1842 [handwritten] M. Alvarenga det. [printed] 1984 [handwritten]”; MNRJ .

Distribution

French Guiana, Venezuela, North Brazil.

Remarks

The examined specimen (MNHN) was mistakenly labelled as “ lectotype ”. The specimen from MRSN ( Fig. 34D ) is the correct lectotype (see the case of the lectotype of M. palmiphilus above, Fig. 34A ).

Figures

Fig. 34. Lacordaire primary types (dorsal, labels) cont. A–A’. Lectotype of Mycotretus palmiphilus Lacordaire, 1842. B–B’. Lectotype of M. partitus Lacordaire, 1842. C–C’. Lectotype of M. pecari Lacordaire, 1842. D–D’. Lectotype of M. polyophthalmus Lacordaire, 1842. E–E’. Lectotype of M. psittacus Lacordaire, 1842. F–F’. Holotype of M. pulchellus Lacordaire, 1842. Scale bars: A–B, E–F = 1 mm; C–D = see Material and methods.