Pseudomeges varioti Le Moult, 1946

Bi, Wen-Xuan, Chen, Chang-Chin & Lin, Mei-Ying, 2022, Taxonomic studies on the genera Meges Pascoe, 1866 and Pseudomeges Breuning 1944 from China (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae, Lamiini), Zootaxa 5120 (2), pp. 242-250 : 247-248

Pseudomeges varioti Le Moult, 1946

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Pseudomeges varioti Le Moult, 1946: 136 . Type locality: Dalat , Annam, Vietnam.

Pseudomeges gigas Lepesme, 1947: 19 , fig. 1. Type locality: Tranninh , Xieng-Khouang , Laos. Synonymized by Weigel, 2012: 411.

Material examined. China (Guangdong): 1 female, Guangdong, Nanling , 2010, leg. Li-Zhen Li ( EUMJ) ; China (Yunnan): 1 female, Yunnan, Menghai County, Nanbanhe Nat. Rev., Guomenshan Station , 1120 m, 22.24497°N, 100.60635°, 2011.X.12, leg. Zhi-Ming Ma ( IZAS) . Thailand: 1 male , Thailand, Chiang Mai, Doi Inthanon , 1989. V.24, local collector ( EUMJ) ; 1 female, Thailand, Chiang Mai, Doi Inthanon , 1988.VIII.6 ( EUMJ) ; 1 male, ditto except 1988.VIII.22 ( EUMJ) ; 1 male, ditto except 1989.V.24 ( EUMJ) ; 1 female ditto except 1989.IX.9 ( EUMJ) . Myanmar: 1 male, S. E . Burma, Dauna , 1991.X.5, local collector ( EUMJ) . Laos: 1 female , Laos, Phu Soai Dao , 1992.IV.16, local collector ( EUMJ) .

Distribution. China: Guangdong (new Province record), Hainan, Sichuan, Yunnan; Vietnam; Laos; Myanmar (new country record).

Remarks. Weigel, Meng & Lin (2013) reported P. varioti from Xizang based on some pictures from internet and personal communications with collectors, but it was due to a misidentification of P. marmoratus . Therefore P. varioti is excluded from the fauna of Xizang.

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FIGURES 1–5. Male habitus of Meges spp. and Pseudomeges spp. 1, Meges gravidus (Pascoe, 1858) from Hangzhou City, Zhejiang, China; 2, M. tonkineus (Clermont, 1932) from Ledong County, Hainan, China; 3, Pseudomeges marmoratus (Westwood, 1848) from Motuo County, Xizang, China; 4, P. aureus Bi, Chen & Lin sp. nov. from Pingbian County, Yunnan, China; 5 Pseudomeges varioti Le Moult, 1946 from Chiang Mai, Thailand.