176. Mycotretus lepidus Lacordaire, 1842

Mycotretus lepidus Lacordaire, 1842: 178. Type locality: “Cayenne” [French Guiana].

Mycotretus graniformis Lacordaire, 1842: 152. Type locality: “Cayenne” [French Guiana] syn. nov. (Fig. 30E).

Mycotretus chontalesi Crotch, 1873b: 145. Type locality: “Santo Domingo, Chontales, Nicaragua ” [Department of Chontales, Nicaragua] syn. nov. (Fig. 5A).

Mycotretus lepidus – Crotch 1876: 446. — Gemminger & Harold 1876: 3693. — Kuhnt 1909: 72; 1911: 50. — Deelder 1942: 88. — Blackwelder 1945: 466. — Alvarenga 1994: 28.

Mycotretus graniformis – Crotch 1876: 453. — Gemminger & Harold 1876: 3693. — Kuhnt 1909: 72; 1911: 50. — Blackwelder 1945: 466. — Alvarenga 1994: 26.

Mycotretus chontalesi – Crotch: 1876: 446. — Gemminger & Harold 1876: 3692. — Gorham 1888: 70. — Kuhnt 1909: 72; 1911: 48. — Blackwelder 1945: 466. — Alvarenga 1994: 22.

Primary type

Lectotype, here designated (Fig. 31F)

FRENCH GUIANA • “ D. Lacordaire [handwritten] \ LECTOTYPE [printed] Mycotretus lepidus Lacordaire, 1842 [red label, handwritten]”; MRSN.

Other specimens examined

BRAZIL • 1 ♂ (dissected); “Coleção M.Alvarenga [printed] \ 1790 [printed] \ Jacareacanga, Pará, Brasil, XII-1968, M. Alvarenga [printed] \ Homeotipo [red label, printed] \ suturalis [handwritten] \ não confere com a descrição [handwritten]”; MNRJ • 1 ♂ (dissected); “ Chaparé, Bolivia, 10948 [handwritten] \ Coll. J. Guerin. S. Paulo. Brasil. [printed] 18173 [handwritten] \ Mycotretus derasofasciatus Kuhnt. [handwritten] J Guerin det. 19 [printed] 50 [handwritten]”; MZSP • 1 ♂ (dissected); “Coleção M. Alvarenga [printed] \ MANAUS, Amazonas Brasil [printed] XI. 1966, S.J. Oliveira [handwritten] \ 1784 [printed] \ DZUP 127837 [printed] \ malaise [handwritten] \ Mycotretus 023 [handwritten]”; DZUP • 1 ♀ (dissected); “ PERU: Loreto Pr.:nr. Jct. Rio Maranon & Ucayali, 73.5ºW 4.8ºS, 6–20–VIII–1994, P. Skelley, day catch [printed] \ Mycotretus Lepidus Lac. [handwritten] det. P.E. Skelley 1996 [printed] \ Col. MCN 238413 [printed]”; MCNZ.

Distribution

Nicaragua, North Brazil, Bolivia, French Guiana, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru.

Remarks

The dorsal colour patterns of Mycotretus lepidus, M. chontalesi, M. graniformis are almost identical. Those species differ only by the spots close to the basal elytral edge, which can be completely ‘divided’ or ‘entire’ depending on the individuals. Aside from these small differences, we dissected individuals showing those phenotypes and observed that their male genitalia have the same morphology.