Catálogo dos Erotylidae (Coleoptera) Neotropicais

A molecular phylogenetic analysis of the pleasing fungus beetles (Coleoptera: Erotylidae): evolution of colour patterns, gregariousness and mycophagy

“…Within the Erotylinae, however, the genus Iphiclus is grossly paraphyletic. Iphiclus currently includes ten recognized subgenera (Alvarenga, 1994). Our results, however, support the recognition of at least some of the Iphiclus subgenera at the generic level.…”

List of types of Erotylidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) of the Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

“…According to the present circumstances in the taxonomy of the family, and also to the recommendation 72F.4 of the code (ICZN, 1999) for type-bearing institutions to publish types lists, extending the invaluable contribution once provided by Alvarenga (1994).…”

Redescriptions, Lectotype Designations, New Synonyms and New Geographic Records for the “Tiger” Species of Mycotretus Lacordaire, 1842 (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Tritomini)

“…The Neotropical Mycotretus Lacordaire, 1842 is one of the largest genera in the family Erotylidae, encompassing more than 200 described species widespread in the Neotropical region [1,2,3]. The genus is taxonomically problematic as most species are known only from older descriptions [1,4,5], information about male and female terminalia is scarce [3,6,7], and no taxonomic revision has been provided to date.…”

“…Among Mycotretus there is an assemblage of six valid species—called the “tiger” Mycotretus from now on in the text—recognized by the presence of many pronotal and elytral black spots, usually sparsely distributed in no discernable pattern, as follows: M. tigrinus (Olivier, 1792); M. multimaculatus Taschenberg, 1870; M. centralis Arrow, 1909; M. tigrinoides Mader, 1942; M. tigripennis Mader, 1942; and M. prioteloides Mader, 1942. The first one, M. tigrinus , was described from Suriname and is common and widespread in the Neotropical region [2]. Lacordaire [4] synonymized M. conspersus (Germar, 1824) with M. tigrinus , and Crotch [5], described M. tigrinus pardalis Crotch, 1876, originally as a new “variety”.…”

“…Lacordaire [4] synonymized M. conspersus (Germar, 1824) with M. tigrinus , and Crotch [5], described M. tigrinus pardalis Crotch, 1876, originally as a new “variety”. Later, Kuhnt [8] proposed M. leopardus Gorham, 1888 as a synonym of M. tigrinus (see Alvarenga [2]).…”