<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>Mycotretus alternans Gorham 1888</title> <meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="content-type"/> </head> <body> <p> 78. <i>Mycotretus alternans</i> Gorham, 1888</p> <p> <i>Mycotretus alternans</i> Gorham, 1888: 57. Type locality: “ Panama, Bugaba”.</p> <p> <i>Mycotretus alternans –</i> Kuhnt 1909: 75; 1911: 48. — Blackwelder 1945: 465. — Alvarenga 1994: 20.</p> <h3>Primary type</h3> <p> <b>Lectotype</b>, here designated (Fig. 14F)</p> <p>PANAMA • “B.C.A.,Col.,VII. Mycotretus [printed] \ Mycotretus alternans, Gr. [handwritten] \ Bugaba, Panama. Champion. [printed] \ Type [disc-shaped label, printed] \ LECTOTYPE Mycotretus alternans Gorham, 1888 [red label, printed]”; BMNH.</p> <h3>Other specimens examined</h3> <p> <b>Paralectotypes</b></p> <p>PANAMA • 1 ♂ (dissected); “ Bugaba, Panama. Champion. [printed] \ Mycotretus alternans [handwritten] \ B.C.A., Col., VII, Mycotretus [printed] \ PARALECTOTYPE Mycotretus alternans Gorham, 1888 [yellow label, printed]”; BMNH • 1 spec.; “ Bugaba, 800–1500 ft. Champion. [printed] \ Mycotretus alternans [handwritten] \ B.C.A., Col., VII, Mycotretus [printed] \ PARALECTOTYPE Mycotretus alternans Gorham, 1888 [yellow label, printed]”; BMNH.</p> <h3>Remarks</h3> <p> New junior synonym of <i>M. dorsonotatus</i> Lacordaire, 1842 (Fig. 28D, see below).</p> </body> </html>