Mycotretus seminiger Harold, 1876

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 : 104-105

125. Mycotretus seminiger Harold, 1876

Mycotretus dimidiatus Crotch, 1876: 444 [nec Taschenberg, 1870]. Type locality: “Ega” [= Tefé, in the state of Amazonas, North Brazil].

Mycotretus seminiger Harold, 1876: 174 . Type locality: “Ega” [= Tefé, in the state of Amazonas, North Brazil].

Mycotretus dimidiatus – Alvarenga 1994: 35. — Skelley 1998b: 16.

Mycotretus seminiger – Alvarenga 1994: 35. — Skelley 1998b: 16.

Primary type

Lectotype, here designated ( Fig. 6B )

BRAZIL • “TYPE [blue label, printed] \ TYPE. Dimidiatus Ega Bates, handwritten] \ LECTOTYPE [printed], Mycotretus dimidiatus Crotch, 1876 [red label, handwritten]”; UMZC.

Other specimens examined

1 ♂ (dissected); “Coleção M. Alvarenga [printed] \ Homeotipo [printed] \ FORTE PRINCIPE, Rondônia, Brasil [printed] XI. 1962 [handwritten] W. Bokermann [printed] \ Comparado com tipo [printed], Mycotretus dimidiatus Crotch, 1876 [handwritten], M. Alvarenga det. 1971 [printed] \ Mycotretus seminiger Harold, 1876 [handwritten], M. Alvarenga det. [printed], 1984 [handwritten] \ 20-38-A [handwritten]”; MNRJ.

Remarks

Harold (1876) proposed the new specific name Mycotretus seminiger Harold, 1876 to replace Mycotretus dimidiatus Crotch, 1876 . Taschenberg (1870) described a species called M. dimidiatus , so therefore the name proposed by Crotch (1876) is a junior homonym. The present combination is a replacement name, Mycotretus seminiger Harold, 1876 , not Mycotretus dimidiatus Taschenberg, 1870 , fide Alvarenga (1994) and Skelley (1998b).

Figures

Fig. 6. Crotch primary types (dorsal, labels) cont. A–A’. Lectotype of Mycotretus deyrollei Crotch, 1876. B–B’. Lectotype of M. dimidiatus Crotch, 1876 [= M. seminiger Harold, 1876]. C–C’. Lectotype of M. egae Crotch, 1876. D–D’. Lectotype of M. episcaphoides Crotch, 1876. E–E’. Lectotype of M. fulviceps Crotch, 1876. F–F’. Lectotype of M. fulvilabris Crotch, 1876. Scale bars = 1 mm.