Taxonomic review of<i>Mycomystes</i>Gorham, 1888 (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Tritomini)

Pecci-Maddalena, Italo Salvatore De Castro; Skelley, Paul E.; Lopes‐Andrade, Cristiano

doi:10.1080/00222933.2021.1890254

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“…The first described members of Mycotretus were originally placed under Erotylus Fabricius, 1775, as follows: Erotylus maculatus Olivier, 1792 and E. tigrinus Olivier, 1792, from Suriname;and E. conspersus Germar, 1824, E. humeralis Germar, 1824and E. ocellatus Germar, 1824 After these works, Duponchel (1825) published the Monographie du genre Erotyle, containing almost all Erotylinae Latreille, 1802 as presently interpreted (Węgrzynowicz 2002), and described ten species of Erotylus later transferred to Mycotretus (one of them was recently placed in Mycomystes Gorham, 1888;Pecci-Maddalena et al 2021b). Ten years after Duponchel's work, Chevrolat (1835) described Erotylus lesueuri from Mexico.…”

Section: Taxonomic History Of the Genus Mycotretus Lacordaire 1842mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Because Dejean names lacked descriptions, they were often disregarded as valid names by early taxonomists (Skelley 1998a). In 1841, Guérin-Méneville described Erotylus (Brachymerus) cinctellus (currently in Mycomystes, see Pecci-Maddalena et al (2021b)), Erotylus (Brachymerus) sobrinus and Erotylus (Mycotretus Chevr. ) fallax, the latter case using the name "Mycotretus" as a subgroup of Erotylus.…”

Section: Taxonomic History Of the Genus Mycotretus Lacordaire 1842mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…After Alvarenga (1989), no species was included in Mycotretus until recently, when Mycophtorus peruvianus PECCI-MADDALENA I.S. de C. et al, Catalogue of Mycotretus Kirsch, 1876 was transferred to Mycotretus by (currently M. peruvianus is under Mycomystes, see Pecci-Maddalena et al 2021b) and Mycotretus alvarengai Pecci-Maddalena & Lopes-Andrade, 2018 was described from North Brazil. That description was based on a single adult male, originally from the private collection of the late Moacyr Alvarenga (1915Alvarenga ( -2010.…”

Section: Taxonomic History Of the Genus Mycotretus Lacordaire 1842mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As noted previously, the penile flagellum is a taxonomically powerful structure used to distinguish species in Erotylidae (Boyle 1956;Pecci-Maddalena et al 2021a) and, in most cases, it was used here to support proposals of new synonyms, along with dorsal and ventral morphological similarities, geographical distribution congruences, and other characteristics. Colour pattern variations, among conspecific individuals, are common in the Erotylidae and may be related to clinal factors, differences in the teneral vs fully pigmented adults or some unknown genetic mechanism (Pecci-Maddalena & Lopes-Andrade 2018b; Powell & Skelley 2021;Pecci-Maddalena et al 2021b). Most of these variations consist of differences in the degree of fusion of the colour marks, the absence of spots in tenerals that usually are present in fully pigmented specimens, etc.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The species of Mycomystes Gorham, 1888 listed here were placed in Mycotretus and were recently transferred to Mycomystes in Pecci-Maddalena et al (2021b). Due to their historical positioning under Mycotretus, these taxa (unnumbered) are cited in the present catalogue along with their current combinations.…”

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Catalogue of Mycotretus Lacordaire, 1842 (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Tritomini): an annotated, illustrated and historical approach

Pecci-Maddalena

Lopes‐Andrade

Skelley

2023

EJT

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The New World genus Mycotretus Lacordaire, 1842 (Erotylidae: Erotylinae: Tritomini) is the second most speciose genus within Erotylidae and is found mainly in the Neotropical region. Currently, the genus includes 231 available names, of which 204 are valid. Accurate species identification is hampered by the lack of taxonomic revisions, identification keys or an illustrated catalogue for Mycotretus. To correct this problem and to allow further studies, the objective in this paper is to provide an illustrated catalogue for Mycotretus and propose some taxonomic acts promoting taxonomic stability within the genus. The present catalogue is the result of more than six years of morphological studies and careful comparisons of specimens, including research in several scientific collections throughout America and Europe, searching for identified specimens and types of available names of Mycotretus. The historical literature was examined and all available names listed in the catalogue of Blackwelder (1945) are included here, along with updated information from the catalogue of Alvarenga (1994). Our main results are: (i) examination of types of 216 former available names within Mycotretus, including 74 types previously not examined or not located by Alvarenga (1994); (ii) lectotype designations for 143 available names of Mycotretus; (iii) proposal of 41 new synonyms and three new combinations; (iv) the number of valid species of Mycotretus is reduced from 204 to 174; (v) plates providing images (most of them types) of specimens representing most available names within Mycotretus. The present work is the first major step towards a nomenclatural stability that will allow further revisionary and phylogenetic studies on Mycotretus.

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Section: Taxonomic History Of the Genus Mycotretus Lacordaire 1842mentioning

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Section: Taxonomic History Of the Genus Mycotretus Lacordaire 1842mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Taxonomic History Of the Genus Mycotretus Lacordaire 1842mentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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Catalogue of Mycotretus Lacordaire, 1842 (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Tritomini): an annotated, illustrated and historical approach

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Lopes‐Andrade

Skelley

2023

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Life History of Erotylina jaspidea (Erichson, 1847) (Coleoptera, Erotyloidea, Erotylidae, Erotylini)

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The life history of Erotylina jaspidea (Erichson, 1847) (Coleoptera, Erotyloidea, Erotylidae, Erotylini) is described. A female specimen was found in an Atlantic Forest remnant in Northeast Brazil. After oviposition, individuals were reared in Petri dish and terrarium, feeding on basidiomes of Lentinus substrictus (Bolton) Zmitr. & Kovalenko, Favolus tenuiculus P. Beauv (Polyporaceae) and an unidentified resupinate fungus. Growth and feeding behaviors were regularly observed. We provide information on the observed life history stages, together with morphological descriptions, and photographs of eggs, larvae, pupae and adults. We compared our description of the teneral E. jaspidea to species of similar color pattern. Furthermore, we discuss hypotheses about larval defensive behavior and total instar durations in E. jaspidea and other Erotylinae representatives. The present work is the first to provide a description for the life history of a species of the genus Erotylina.

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Taxonomic review ofMycomystesGorham, 1888 (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Tritomini)

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Catalogue of Mycotretus Lacordaire, 1842 (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Tritomini): an annotated, illustrated and historical approach

Catalogue of Mycotretus Lacordaire, 1842 (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Tritomini): an annotated, illustrated and historical approach

Life History of Erotylina jaspidea (Erichson, 1847) (Coleoptera, Erotyloidea, Erotylidae, Erotylini)

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