Mycotretus vittatus 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 : 98

117. Mycotretus vittatus Gorham, 1888

Mycotretus vittatus Gorham, 1888: 57 . Type locality: “ Guatemala, Pantaleon, Zapote”.

Mycotretus vittatus – Gorham 1898: 253. — Kuhnt 1909: 76; 1911: 54. — Blackwelder 1945: 468. — Alvarenga 1994: 37.

Primary type

Lectotype, here designated ( Fig. 21C )

GUATEMALA • “Type [disc-shaped label, printed] \ Mycotretus vittatus . Gorham [handwritten] \ Type. Sp. figured. [printed] \ B.C.A.,Col.,VII. Mycotretus [printed] \ Zapote, Guatemala, C. Champion. [printed] \ LECTOTYPE Mycotretus vittatus Gorham, 1888 [red label, printed]”; BMNH.

Other specimens examined

MEXICO • 1 spec.; “ Temax , N. Yucatan. Gaumer. [printed] \ Mycotretus vittatus, Gorh [handwritten] \ B.C.A.,Col.,VII. Mycotretus [printed]”; BMNH .

EL SALVADOR • 1 ♂ (dissected); “Coleção M.Alvarenga [printed] \ Homeotipo [printed] \ V. S. Vicente, Finca Lapaz, El Salvador, 3.VIII.1959, J. Bechyné [handwritten] \ Comparado com tipo [printed] Mycotretus vittatus Gorham, 1888 [handwritten] M. Alvarenga det. 1971 [printed] \ 1756 [printed]”; MNRJ .

Distribution

Mexico, Guatemala.

Figures

Fig. 21. Primary types (dorsal, labels). A–A’. Holotype of Mycotretus ternotatus Gorham, 1888. B–B’. Holotype of M. tibialis Gorham, 1888. C–C’. Lectotype of M. vittatus Gorham, 1888. D–D’. Holotype of M. anchoralis Guérin, 1956. E–E’. Holotype of M. bicinctus Guérin, 1949. F–F’. Holotype of M. monrosi Guérin, 1949. Scale bars: A–C, F = 1 mm; D–E = 0.5 mm.