Mycotretus jocosus 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 : 136

174. Mycotretus jocosus Lacordaire, 1842

Mycotretus jocosus Lacordaire, 1842: 173 . Type locality: “ Brésil?”.

Mycotretus jocosus – Crotch 1876: 443. — Gemminger & Harold 1876: 3693. — Kuhnt 1909: 75: 1911: 50. — Blackwelder 1945: 466. — Alvarenga 1994: 28.

Primary type

Lectotype, here designated ( Fig. 31D )

BRAZIL • “2247. 22. [?] [handwritten] \ Mycotretus jocosus . [handwritten] \ Lectotipo [red label, printed]”; MNHN.

Other specimens examined

BRAZIL • 1 ♂ (dissected); “Coleção M. Alvarenga [printed] \ CORCOVADO , Guanabara BRASIL [printed] IX. 1969 [handwritten] Alvarenga & Seabra [printed] \ 1944 [printed] \ Mycotretus 013 [handwritten] \ DZUP 136236 [printed]”; DZUP • 1 ♀ (dissected); “Coleção M. Alvarenga [printed] \ Homeotipo [printed] \ Comparado com tipo [printed] Mycotretus jocosus Lac. 1842 [handwritten] M. Alvarenga det. 1971 [printed] \ REPRESA RIO GRANDE , Guanabara Brasil [printed] X.1965 [handwritten] F.M.Oliveira [printed] \ DZUP 136233 [printed]”; DZUP .

Distribution

Southeast Brazil.

Remarks

As well as in the case of M. coronatus ( Duponchel, 1825) ( Fig. 13A ), the printed label “Lectotipo” of the M. jocosus lectotype is the style used by Moacyr Alvarenga. He likely placed it on the specimen when he studied it. We accept and validate that designation.

Figures

Fig. 31. Lacordaire specimens cont. A–D, F. Primary types (dorsal, labels). A–A’. Lectotype of Mycotretus hepaticusLacordaire, 1842. B–B’. Holotype of M. hilaris Lacordaire, 1842. C–C’. Lectotype of M. intermedius Lacordaire, 1842. D–D’. Lectotype of M. jocosus Lacordaire, 1842. E–E’. Specimen of M. lacertosus Lacordaire, 1842 from the Alvarenga collection (MNRJ, Brazil). F–F’. Lectotype of M. lepidus Lacordaire, 1842. Scale bars: A–D, F = 1 mm; E = 0.5 mm.

Fig. 13. A–D. Duponchel primary types (dorsal, labels). A–A’. Lectotype of Erotylus coronatus Duponchel, 1825 [currently Mycotretus coronatus (Duponchel)]. B–B’. Lectotype of E. decoratus Duponchel, 1825 [currently M. decoratus (Duponchel)]. C–C’. Lectotype of E. duodecimguttatus Duponchel, 1825 [currentlyM. duodecimguttatus (Duponchel)].D–D’. Lectotype ofE. melanophthalmus Duponchel, 1825 [currently Mycomystes melanophthalmus (Duponchel)]. E–E’. Specimen of M. minutus (Duponchel, 1825) from the DZUP collection (Brazil).F–F’. Specimen of M. nigropunctatus (Duponchel, 1825) from the Brême collection (MRSN). Scale bars: A–D = 1 mm; E = 0.5 mm; F = see Material and methods.