Mycotretus nigromanicatus Boyle, 1954

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 : 22-23

10. Mycotretus nigromanicatus Boyle, 1954

Mycotretus nigromanicatus Boyle, 1954: 48 . Type locality: “Pinery Canyon (6000 ft.), Chiricahua Mts., Cochise County, Arizona ” [Arizona, USA].

Mycotretus nigromanicatus – Boyle 1956: 138. — Alvarenga 1994: 30.

Primary type

Holotype ( Fig. 3D )

USA • “HOLOTYPE, Mycotretus nigromanicatus Boyle [red label, printed \ 10701, Mycotretus nigromanicatus Boyle [handwritten] TYPE [printed] \ Cochise Co., Ariz [printed] VII-19 -[handwritten] 1919 [printed] Witmer Stone [printed] \ Pinery Canyon 6000 feet Chiricahua Mts.”; ANSP.

Other specimens examined

USA • 1 ♂ (dissected); “ Madera Cn., Santa Rita, 8-VIII-1963 Mts., Ariz. Vincent Vesterby [printed] \ Mycotretus nigromanicatus Boyle det WW Boyle [printed] \ W. Boyle, US Coll’n Rec. 2016 [printed] \ Mycotretus nigromanicatus Boyle [handwritten] det. P.E.Skelley [printed]”; CELC.

Distribution

Southwest USA and Mexico.

Remarks

Mycotretus nigromanicatus resembles M. bistrigatus Lacordaire ( Fig. 27A ) in body shape and colour. It is possible these two species are closely related or even synonymous, but we had no male specimens of M. bistrigatus at hand for comparison.

Figures

Fig. 3. Primary types (dorsal, labels). A–A’. Holotype of Mycotretus tucuriensis Alvarenga, 1983. B–B’. Lectotype of M. centralis Arrow, 1909. C–C’. Lectotype of M. distinguendus Arrow, 1909. D–D’. Holotype of M. nigromanicatus Boyle, 1954. E–E’. Lectotype of M. nubifer Casey, 1916. F–F’. Lectotype of M. lesueuri (Chevrolat, 1835). Scale bars = 1 mm.

Fig. 27. Lacordaire specimens.A–B, D–F. Primary types (dorsal, labels).A–A’. Lectotype ofMycotretus bistrigatus Lacordaire, 1842. B–B’. Lectotype of M. clitelliger Lacordaire, 1842. C–C’. Specimen of M. coccineus (Lacordaire, 1842) from the Crotch collection (UMZC, United Kingdom) (current combination Mycomystes coccineus (Lacordaire)]. D–D’. Lectotype of M. coelestinus Lacordaire, 1842. E–E’. Lectotype of M. cognatus Lacordaire, 1842. F–F’. Lectotype of M. cyanopterus Lacordaire, 1842. Scale bars = 1 mm.