Mycotretus alvarengai sp. nov. is described from Maués, in the state of Amazonas, North Brazil. The description is based on a single adult male originally from the private collection of the late Moacyr Alvarenga, part of which is now housed in the Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ, Brazil). Information on the morphology of male terminalia is provided, together with comments on the morphological affinities of M. alvarengai sp. nov. with other species of the genus.
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1 November 2018
Mycotretus alvarengai sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Tritomini) from the Amazon Biome
Italo Salvatore De Castro Pecci-Maddalena,
Cristiano Lopes-Andrade
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Annales Zoologici
Vol. 68 • No. 4
December 2018
Vol. 68 • No. 4
December 2018
Brazil
Erotylinae
morphology
Neotropical Region
pleasing fungus beetles
taxonomy