Mycotretus bicoloratus Kuhnt, 1911

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 : 107-109

130. Mycotretus bicoloratus Kuhnt, 1911

Mycotretus bicolor Kirsch, 1976: 101 [nec Taschenberg 1870]. Type locality: “ Peru ” [based on type label = “Pozuzu” (= locality of Pozuzo), in the department of Pasco, Peru].

Mycotretus bicoloratus Kuhnt, 1911: 48 [replacement name].

Mycotretus bicoloratus – Mader 1942: 172; 1951: 211. — Blackwelder 1945: 465. — Alvarenga 1994: 21. — McHugh & Chaboo 2015: 278.

Mycotretus bicolor – Alvarenga 1994: 21.

Primary type

Holotype ( Fig. 23E )

PERU • “ Pozuzu M. Kirsch [printed] \ Mycotretus ? [handwritten] \ HOLOTYPUS [red label, printed] bicolor Kirsch [handwritten] \ Staatl. Museum für Tierkunde Dresden [printed]”; SNSD.

Distribution

Peru.

Remarks

Kuhnt (1911) proposed the new specific name Mycotretus bicoloratus to replace Mycotretus bicolor Kirsch, 1876 . Taschenberg (1870) described a species called M. bicolor ; therefore, the name proposed by Kirsch (1876) is a junior homonym.

Figures

Fig. 23. Primary types (dorsal, labels). A–A’. Lectotype of Mycotretus pelliciens Kirsch, 1876. B–B’. Lectotype of M. peruvianus (Kirsch, 1876) [present combination Mycomystes peruvianus (Kirsch)]. C–C’. Lectotype of M. puncticeps Kirsch, 1865. D–D’. Lectotype of M. suturalis Kirsch, 1876. E–E’. Lectotype of M. bicoloratus Kuhnt, 1911 [= M. bicolor Kirsch, 1876 (invalid name)]. F–F’. Lectotype of M. derasofasciatus Kuhnt, 1910. Scale bars: A–E = 1 mm; F = see Material and methods.