Mycotretus sexpunctatus Gorham, 1888

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 : 94

112. Mycotretus sexpunctatus Gorham, 1888

Mycotretus sexpunctatus Gorham, 1888: 50 . Type locality: “ Panama, Bugaba, Volcan de Chiriqui ” [province of Chiriquí, Panama].

Mycotretus sexpunctatus – Kuhnt 1909: 76; 1911: 53. — Blackwelder 1945: 467. — Alvarenga 1994: 35.

Primary type

Lectotype, here designated ( Fig. 20D )

PANAMA • “Type [disc-shaped label, printed] \ B.C.A.,Col.,VII. Mycotretus [printed] \ Type. Sp. figured. [printed] \ Bugaba, Panama. Champion. [printed] \ M. sexpunctatus Gorham [handwritten] \ LECTOTYPE Mycotretus sexpunctatus Gorham, 1888 [red label, printed]”; BMNH.

Other specimens examined

Paralectotypes

PANAMA • 1 ♂ (dissected) and 1 spec. (on the same card); “ Bugaba, Panama. Champion. [printed] \ Mycotretus sexpunctatus Gorham [handwritten] \ B.C.A.,Col.,VII. Mycotretus [printed] \ PARALECTOTYPE Mycotretus sexpunctatus Gorham, 1888 [yellow label, printed]”; BMNH • 2 specs (on same card); “ Bugaba, Panama. Champion. [printed] \ B.C.A.,Col.,VII. Mycotretus [printed] 6-punctatus [handwritten]” \ PARALECTOTYPE Mycotretus sexpunctatus Gorham, 1888 [yellow label, printed]”; BMNH • 1 spec.; “ Bugaba, 800–1500 ft. Champion. [printed] \ B.C.A.,Col.,VII. Mycotretus [printed] 6-punctatus [handwritten]” \ PARALECTOTYPE Mycotretus sexpunctatus Gorham, 1888 [yellow label, printed]”; BMNH • 1 spec.; “ Bugaba, Panama. Champion. [printed] \ B.C.A.,Col.,VII. Mycotretus [printed] 6-punctatus [handwritten] \ PARALECTOTYPE Mycotretus sexpunctatus Gorham, 1888 [yellow label, printed]”; BMNH 1 spec.; “ V. de Chiriqui, 2–3000 ft. Champion. [printed] \ near M. Lepidus [handwritten] \ B.C.A.,Col.,VII. Mycotretus [printed] 6-punctatus [handwritten] \ PARALECTOTYPE Mycotretus sexpunctatus Gorham, 1888 [yellow label, printed]”; BMNH • 1 spec.; “ V. de Chiriqui, 25–4000 ft. Champion. [printed] \ B.C.A.,Col.,VII. Mycotretus [printed] 6-punctatus [handwritten] \ PARALECTOTYPE Mycotretus sexpunctatus Gorham, 1888 [yellow label, printed]”; BMNH.

Distribution

Panama.

Figures

Fig. 20. Gorham primary types (dorsal, labels) cont. A–A’. Lectotype of Mycotretus rubidus Gorham, 1888. B–B’. Holotype of M. rufipennis Gorham, 1888. C–C’. Lectotype of M. sandicatus Gorham, 1888. D–D’. Lectotype of M. sexpunctatus Gorham, 1888. E–E’. Lectotype of M. spadiceus Gorham, 1888. F–F’. Lectotype of M. stramineus Gorham, 1888. Scale bars = 1 mm.