Mycomystes coccineus ( 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 : 121-123

Mycomystes coccineus ( Lacordaire, 1842)

Lybas coccineus Lacordaire, 1842: 239 [description]. Type locality: “Rio-Janeiro” [= Rio de Janeiro, state? locality?, Southeast Brazil].

Mycotretus unicolor Fauvel, 1860: 326 [description] ( Fig. 14D ).

Mycotretus sanguinosus Crotch, 1876: 458 [description] ( Fig. 10E ).

Mycotretus coccineus – Crotch 1876: 458. — Gemminger & Harold 1876: 3692. — Kuhnt 1909: 72; 1911: 48. — Curran 1941: 286. — Deelder 1942: 88. — Blackwelder 1945: 466. — Alvarenga 1994: 22. — Skelley 1998b: 18. — Pecci-Maddalena & Lopes-Andrade 2020: 585. — Pecci-Maddalena et al. 2021a: 955.

Mycotretus unicolor – Gemminger & Harold 1876: 3695. — Kuhnt 1911: 54. — Blackwelder 1945: 468. — Alvarenga 1994: 37. — Pecci-Maddalena et al. 2021b: 3080 [synonym of Mycomystes coccineus ].

Mycotretus unicolor – Gemminger & Harold 1876: 3695. — Kuhnt 1911: 54. — Blackwelder 1945: 468. — Alvarenga 1994: 37 — Pecci-Maddalena et al. 2021b: 3080 [synonym of Mycomystes coccineus ].

Mycotretus sanguinosus – Gemminger & Harold 1876: 3695. — Gorham 1888: 68. — Kuhnt 1909: 72; 1911: 53. — Curran 1941: 286 [doubtful synonym of L. coccineus ]. — Blackwelder 1945: 467. — Alvarenga 1994: 34. — Skelley 1998b: 18. — Pecci-Maddalena et al. 2021b: 3080 [synonym of Mycomystes coccineus ].

Mycomystes coccineus – Pecci-Maddalena et al. 2021b: 3078 .

Type specimen

Not located (MRSN?).

Other specimen examined

BRAZIL • 1 spec. ( Fig. 27C ); “Bras [handwritten] \ TYPE. [printed, crossed out] coccineus Bras Reiche [handwritten]”; UMZC .

See other records in Pecci-Maddalena et al. (2021b).

Distribution

North and Southeast Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guiana, French Guiana, Panama, Suriname ( Pecci-Maddalena et al. 2021b).

Remarks

See Pecci-Maddalena et al. (2021b).

Figures

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.

Fig. 10. Crotch primary types (dorsal, labels) cont.A–A’. Lectotype of Mycotretus quatuordecimguttatus conjunctus Crotch, 1876.B–B’. Lectotype ofM.rastratus Crotch, 1876. C–C’. Lectotype ofM. reticulatus Crotch, 1876. D–D’. Lectotype of M. sallaei Crotch, 1876. E–E’. Lectotype of M. sanguinosus Crotch, 1876 [synonym of Mycomystes coccineus (Lacordaire, 1842)]. F–F’. Lectotype of M. separandus Crotch, 1876. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Fig. 27. Lacordaire specimens.A–B, D–F. Primary types (dorsal, labels).A–A’. Lectotype ofMycotretus bistrigatus Lacordaire, 1842. B–B’. Lectotype of M. clitelliger Lacordaire, 1842. C–C’. Specimen of M. coccineus (Lacordaire, 1842) from the Crotch collection (UMZC, United Kingdom) (current combination Mycomystes coccineus (Lacordaire)]. D–D’. Lectotype of M. coelestinus Lacordaire, 1842. E–E’. Lectotype of M. cognatus Lacordaire, 1842. F–F’. Lectotype of M. cyanopterus Lacordaire, 1842. Scale bars = 1 mm.