Mycotretus figuratus 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 : 129

164. Mycotretus figuratus Lacordaire, 1842

Mycotretus figuratus Lacordaire, 1842: 159 . Type locality: “Cayenne” [ French Guiana].

Mycotretus figuratus – Chevrolat 1843: 79. — Alvarenga 1994: 29. — Skelley 1998b: 15.

Primary type

Lectotype, here designated ( Fig. 29D )

FRENCH GUIANA • “ D. Lacordaire [handwritten]”; MRSN.

Remarks

Junior synonym of M. maculatus Olivier, 1792 ( Fig. 39E , see below).

Figures

Fig. 29. Lacordaire specimens cont. A, C–F. Primary types (dorsal, labels). A–A’. Lectotype of Mycotretus dytiscoides Lacordaire, 1842. B–B’. Specimen of M. episcopalis Lacordaire, 1842 from the Alvarenga collection (MNRJ, Brazil). C–C’. Lectotype of M. fasciolatus Lacordaire, 1842. D–D’. Lectotype of M. figuratus Lacordaire, 1842. E–E’. Lectotype of M. flavomarginatus Lacordaire, 1842. F–F’. Holotype of M. floriger Lacordaire, 1842. Scale bars: A, C–F = 1 mm; B = 0.5 mm.

Fig. 39. A–D, G. Primary types (dorsal, labels). A–A’. Holotype of Mycotretus partitialis Mader, 1940. B–B’. Holotype of M. prioteloides Mader, 1942. C–C’. Holotype of M. tigrinoides Mader, 1942. D–D’. Holotype of M. tigripennis Mader, 1942. E–E’. Specimen of M. maculatus (Olivier, 1791) from the BMNH collection (UK). F–F’. Topotype of M. tigrinus (Olivier, 1791) from RBINS (Belgium). G–G’. Holotype of M. alvarengai Pecci-Maddalena & Lopes-Andrade, 2018. Scale bars: A–C, E–G = 1 mm; D = 2 mm.