Mycomystes Gorham, 1888

Pecci-Maddalena, Italo S. C., Skelley, Paul & Lopes-Andrade, Cristiano, 2021, Taxonomic review of Mycomystes Gorham, 1888 (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Tritomini), Journal of Natural History 54 (47 - 48), pp. 3075-3102 : 3078-3080

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2021.1890254

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scientific name

Mycomystes Gorham, 1888
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Mycomystes Gorham, 1888

Mycomystes Gorham 1888: 71 ; Kuhnt 1909: 58, 77; Deelder 1942: 54; Alvarenga 1965: 86, 1994: 38; Skelley and Powell 2018: 312; Pecci-Maddalena and Lopes-Andrade 2020: 579.

Type species

Mycomystes ferrugineus Gorham, 1888 ( Figure 34–35 View Figures 34-39 ), by monotypy.

Distribution

Neotropical ( Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guiana, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela).

Included species

Mycomystes apicalis ( Lacordaire, 1842) , new combination

= Mycotretus gemmula Lacordaire, 1842 , new synonym

= Mycotretus gentilis Lacordaire, 1842 , new synonym

= Mycotretus nigroterminatus Lacordaire, 1842 , new synonym

= Mycotretus pulicarius Lacordaire, 1842 , new synonym

= Mycotretus coccinelloides Taschenberg, 1870 , new synonym

= Mycotretus corallipennis Crotch, 1876 , new synonym

Mycomystes coccineus ( Lacordaire, 1842) , new combination

= Mycotretus unicolor Fauvel, 1860 , new synonym

= Mycotretus sanguinosus Crotch, 1876 , new synonym

Mycomystes ferrugineus Gorham, 1888

Mycomystes fuscitarsis ( Lacordaire, 1842) new combination

Mycomystes melanophthalmus ( Duponchel, 1825) , new combination

= Erotylus (Brachymerus) cinctellus Guérin-Méneville, 1841 , new synonym

= Mycotretus discoidalis Taschenberg, 1870 , new synonym

Mycomystes nigriventris Pecci-Maddalena and Lopes-Andrade, 2020

Mycomystes peruvianus ( Kirsch, 1876) , new combination

Generic diagnosis

Body small (TL: 2.8–7.5 mm) oval to almost circular, glossy. Head: antennal club with four antennomeres, antennomeres IX–XI distinctly transverse; complete clypeal marginal bead present ( Figure 1 View Figures 1-12 ); subgenal braces obliquely towards the inner edge of eyes, with a complete inner carina which is parallel to an outer carina ( Figure 2 View Figures 1-12 , arrow). Mouthparts: apical maxillary palpomere asymmetrically widened, semicircular medially and elongated laterally to a gradual acute apex ( Figure 3 View Figures 1-12 , big black arrows) and approximately 5× wider than apical labial palps ( Figure 3 View Figures 1-12 , small white arrow); right mandible with a conspicuous and glabrous tooth on the inner side (absent in left mandible) ( Figure 4 View Figures 1-12 , arrow); large subpentagonal mentum with subequal sides, with a nearly rounded outline ( Figures 5–6 View Figures 1-12 ). Thorax: basal elytral marginal bead present ( Figure 7 View Figures 1-12 , arrows); apex of prosternal process wider than procoxae, extending laterally outwardly ( Figure 3 View Figures 1-12 ); procoxal lines inconspicuous; tibiae short, sometimes conspicuously widened apically ( Figures 8–9 View Figures 1-12 ); metendosternite well-developed ( Figures 10–11 View Figures 1-12 ), laminae present, anterior tendons usually thin ( Figure 10 View Figures 1-12 , arrow) but conspicuously widened in the males of M. coccineus ( Figure 11 View Figures 1-12 ). Abdomen: coxal lines conspicuous and very long, extending laterally outwardly and sometimes reaching the posterior edge of ventrite 1 ( Figure 12 View Figures 1-12 , arrows). Genitalia. Males: Except for M. peruvianus , which has a flagellar head with the inner contour widely separated at posterior border and gradually converging to anterior border, the general pattern observed in the other species is the following: flagellar head with the inner contours closely separated at posterior border and gradually diverging from posterior to anterior border, which can be completely fused or not at middle ( Figures 13–16 View Figures 13-18 ). Females: vaginal process present and usually elongate to the level of gonostyli ( Figures 17–18 View Figures 13-18 , arrows).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Erotylidae

Loc

Mycomystes Gorham, 1888

Pecci-Maddalena, Italo S. C., Skelley, Paul & Lopes-Andrade, Cristiano 2021
2021
Loc

Mycomystes

Skelley PE & Powell GS 2018: 312
Alvarenga M 1994: 38
Alvarenga M 1965: 86
Deelder CL 1942: 54
Kuhnt P 1909: 58
Gorham HS 1888: 71
1888
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