trait Holders

case class MapHolder[A, B](f: A => B) extends Holders

trait Worker

case class MapWrk[A, B](f: A => B) extends Worker

object MyTypeErasureProblem extends App {

  val myFunc = MapHolder((x: Int) => x + 10)

  def buildWorker(hh: Holders) =
    hh match {
      case MapHolder(f) => MapWrk(f)
    }

  println(buildWorker(myFunc).f(10))
}

Error:(22, 35) type mismatch;
 found   : Nothing => Any
 required: A => Any
      case MapHolder(f) => MapWrk(f)
                                  ^
Error:(26, 33) type mismatch;
 found   : Int(10)
 required: Nothing
  println(buildWorker(myFunc).f(10))
                                ^

def buildWorker[A,B](hh: MapHolder[A,B]) = ...

case class ReduceHolder[V](f: (V,V) => V) extends Holders