Mycotretus cruentus Gorham, 1888

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 : 80

88. Mycotretus cruentus Gorham, 1888

Mycotretus cruentus Gorham, 1888: 59 . Type locality: “ Guatemala, Zapote, San Juan in Vera Paz, Senahu”.

Mycotretus cruentus – Kuhnt 1909: 73; 1911: 49. — Blackwelder 1945: 466. — Alvarenga 1994: 23.

Primary type

Lectotype, here designated ( Fig. 16D )

GUATEMALA • “B.C.A.,Col.,VII. Mycotretus [printed] \ M. cruentus [handwritten] \ Senahu , Vera Paz. Champion. [printed] \ Type. Sp. figured. [printed] \ Type [disc-shaped label] \ LECTOTYPE Mycotretus cruentus Gorham, 1888 [red label, printed]”; BMNH.

Other specimens examined

Paralectotype

GUATEMALA • 1spec.; “ San Juan, Vera Paz.Champion.[printed] \ Mycotretus cruentus G. [handwritten] \ B.C.A.,Col.,VII. Mycotretus [printed] \ PARALECTOTYPE Mycotretus cruentus Gorham, 1888 [yellow label, printed]”; BMNH.

Distribution

Guatemala.

Figures

Fig. 16. Gorham primary types (dorsal, labels) cont. A–A’. Lectotype of Mycotretus consanguineus Gorham, 1888. B–B’. Lectotype of M. cribratus Gorham, 1888. C–C’. Holotype of M. crudus Gorham, 1888. D–D’. Lectotype of M. cruentus Gorham, 1888. E–E’. Lectotype of M. elegans Gorham, 1888. F–F’. Holotype of M. epopterus Gorham, 1888. Scale bars = 1 mm.