Mycotretus melanostictus 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 : 142-143

183. Mycotretus melanostictus Lacordaire, 1842

Mycotretus melanostictus Lacordaire, 1842: 139 ( Fig. 33A ). Type locality: “ Colombie ”.

Mycotretus melanostictus – Crotch 1876: 450. — Gemminger & Harold 1876: 3693. — Gorham 1888: 47 [junior synonym of M. ornatus ]. — Kuhnt 1909: 76 [variety of M. ornatus ]; 1911: 52. — Mader 1942: 175; 1951: 221. — Blackwelder 1945: 467. — Guérin 1948: 20. — Alvarenga 1994: 31. — Skelley 1998b: 16.

Primary type

Lectotype, here designated ( Fig. 33A )

COLOMBIA • “Ex-Musaeo Mniszech [printed] \ Type [handwritten] \ Melanostictus Lac [handwritten] \ Colombie [handwritten] \ LECTOTYPE [printed] Mycotretus melanostictus Lacordaire, 1842 [red label, handwritten]”; MNHN.

Remarks

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

Figures

Fig. 33. Lacordaire specimens cont. A–B, E–F. Primary types (dorsal, labels). A–A’. Lectotype of Mycotretus melanostictus Lacordaire, 1842. B–B’. Lectotype of M. miniatus Lacordaire, 1842. C–C’. Specimen of M. misellus Lacordaire, 1842 from the Crotch collection (UMZC, UK). D–D’. Specimen of M. nigrivittis Lacordaire, 1842 from MZSP (Brazil). E–E’. Lectotype of M. nigrocinctus Lacordaire, 1842. F–F’. Lectotype of M. nigroterminatus Lacordaire, 1842 [synonym of Mycomystes apicalis (Lacordaire, 1842)]. G–G’. Specimen of M. nugator Lacordaire, 1842 from the Alvarenga collection (MNRJ, Brazil). Scale bars: A–F = 1 mm; G = 0.5 mm.

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.