Mycotretus major Mader, 1955

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 : 164

217. Mycotretus major Mader, 1955

Mycotretus major Mader, 1955: 477 . Type locality: “ Paraguay: Villarica” ( Fig. 38D ).

Mycotretus major – Alvarenga 1994: 29.

Primary type

Holotype ( Fig. 38D )

PARAGUAY • “ Villarica, Paraguay, XI, 1951[handwritten] \ Holotype major m. [red label, handwritten]”; NMBS.

Remarks

New junior synonym of M. flavomarginatus Lacordaire, 1842 ( Fig. 29E , see above).

Figures

Fig. 38. A–B, D–F. Mader primary types (dorsal, labels). A–A’. Holotype of Mycotretus antesignatus Mader, 1942 [= Mycolybas antesignatus (Mader) comv. nov.]. B–B’. Holotype of M. cunctans Mader, 1942. C–C’. M. quadripunctatus ab. luteobifasciatus Mader, 1942 (invalid name). D–D’. Holotype of M. major Mader, 1955. E–E’. Holotype of M. opalizans Mader, 1942. F–F’. M. opalizans ab. posticenigrum Mader, 1942 (invalid name). Scale bars: A, C–F = 1 mm; B = 2 mm.

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.