Published November 10, 2023 | Version v1
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Epepeotes luscus subsp. luscus luscus (Fabricius 1787

  • 1. Institute of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei, 434025, China & Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, SW 7 5 BD, UK
  • 2. Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, SW 7 5 BD, UK
  • 3. Institute of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei, 434025, China

Description

Epepeotes luscus luscus (Fabricius, 1787)

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Lamia lusca Fabricius, 1787: 139. Type locality: Siam [Thailand].

Cerambyx (Lamia) luscus: Gmelin 1790: 1836.

Epepeotes luscus: Pascoe 1866a: 249.

Epepeotes fumosus Pascoe, 1866b: 301. Type locality: Flores [Indonesia].

Epepeotes luscus var. enganensis Gahan, 1907: 80. Type locality: Engano [Indonesia].

Epepeotes luscus ab. flavomaculatus Aurivillius, 1924: 27. Type locality: Sumatra [Indonesia].

Epepeotes soembanicus Schwarzer, 1931: 66. Type locality: Mao Marroe: Ost-Soemba [Indonesia].

Epepeotes luscus m. densemaculatus Breuning, 1943: 223. Type locality: Birmanie [Burma].

Epepeotes luscus m. ochreosticticus Breuning, 1943: 223. Type locality: Nicobar Island [India].

Epepeotes luscus m. interruptus Breuning, 1943: 223. Type locality: Nias Island [Indonesia].

Epepeotes luscus alorensis Breuning, 1960: 29. Type locality: Alor Island [Indonesia].

Epepeotes luscus var. subuniformis Gilmour & Breuning, 1963: 125. Type locality: Sumatra: P. Sebuku [Indonesia].

Type material.

Thailand. Holotype , male: 'Type [p, label circular, red framed]; Lam. Lusca / Fabr. Mant. Ins. n. 35 [h]; NHMUK014596790 [p]'. Indonesia. Holotype of Epepeotes fumosus Pascoe, 1866, female: 'Type [p, label circular, red framed]; Flores [h, label oval, dark green]; Pascoe / Coll. / 93-60 [p]; Epepeotes / Epepeotes fumosus / Type Pasc [h]; Epepeotes / Epepeotes fumosus / Flores Pa [h]; NHMUK014596286 [p]'; Indonesia. One syntype of Epepeotes luscus var. enganensis Gahan, 1907, male: 'Sumatra / Engano Is. [p]; Doherty [p]; 67584 [h]; Fry Coll. / 1905. 100. [p]; Epepeotes / Epepeotes luscus. F. / v. enganesis / ♂ Type Gahan [h], NHMUK014596282'; Indonesia. Syntypes of Epepeotes luscus var. enganensis Gahan, 1907, two females: 'Sumatra / Engano Is. [p]; Doherty [p]; 67584 [h]; Fry Coll. / 1905. 100. [p]'.

Non-type material.

264 specimens. Indonesia (77): Gunung Perak (1 female); Java (15 males, 7 females); Sumatra (27 males, 16 females); Borneo (4 males, 3 females); Tambang Sawah (1 male, 1 female); Lom. [Lombok] (1 male); Nias (1 female); Malaysia (135): N. Borneo (4 males, 3 females); Dindings (1 female); Malacca (1 male); Penang (2 males, 5 females); Perak (6 males, 4 females); Pahang (2 females); Malay (2 males, 1 female); Malay Peninsula (15 males, 12 females); Malaya (5 males, 5 females); Kinabalu (1 male), Kumching (6 males, 6 females); Malay States (4 males, 1 female); Sarawak (26 males, 16 females); Bukit kutu (1 male, 1 female); Gunung Angsi (1 female); Tenasserim Hill (2 males); Siam: Malay states (1 female); Pulau Tioman (1 male). Cambodia (2): Camboja (2 females). India (7): India (1 female), India Orient (3 males, 1 female); Jalor (2 males). Myanmar (5): Burmah (2 females), Rangoon (3 males). Thailand (6): Peninsular Siam, Nakon Sri Tammarat (2 males, 1 female), Siam, Me Song Forest (1 female); Khao Ram, Siam (1 female); Ronpilum (1 female). Laos (2): Phou Tiou (2 males). Singapore (10): Singapore (3 male, 5 females), Singapore Island (2 females). Country unknown (20): Bowring-Chevrolat collection (2): locality label not present (1 male); locality label unreadable (1 male). Ex. F. M. S. Museum (4): Gap (1 male); Kia moo (1 female); locality label unreadable (1 female); locality label not present (1 male). Pascoe collection (1): locality label unreadable (1 male). G. Bryant Collecton (3): Maling (3 males). E. I. C. (3): locality label not present (2 males, 1 female). Ind. Mus. (1): locality label not present (1 female). Imp. Bur. Ent. (1): Th Gap (1 male). Timol (1 male). Thassauaddy (1 male). Kne (1 female). locality label unreadable (1 male). locality label not present (1 male).

Comments.

Two specimens from Camboja [Cambodia] (Fig. 2k, l) and 10 specimens from Singapore (Fig. 2m, n) were found in the collection, which represent the new country record respectively.

Notes

Published as part of Xie, Guanglin, Barclay, Maxwell V. L. & Wang, Wenkai, 2023, The collection of the genus Epepeotes Pascoe, 1866 housed in the Natural History Museum, London (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae), pp. 19-39 in ZooKeys 1184 on page 19, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1184.111728

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References

  • Gmelin, JF, 1790. Caroli a Linne Systema Naturae per Regna tria Naturae, secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Classis V. Insecta. Editio 13. Lipsiae, Georg Emanuel Beer 1 (4): 1517 - 2224, http://biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83100
  • Pascoe, FP, 1866a. Catalogue of Longicorn Coleoptera, collected in the Island of Penang by James Lamb, Esq. (Part I.). The Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London 44: 222 - 267, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/90954