Epepeotes andamanicus Gahan, 1893

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), ZooKeys 1184, pp. 19-39 : 19

Epepeotes andamanicus Gahan, 1893

Fig. 8a-c

Epepeotes andamanicus Gahan, 1893: 380. Type locality: Andaman Islands [India].

Type material.

India. Lectotype, female (designated herein): 'Type [p, label circular, red framed]; Andaman. Is. / 61-61. [p]; Epepeotes / Epepeotes andamanicus / Type ♀ Gahan [h]; NHMUK014394970 [p]'.

Non-type material.

8 specimens. India (8): Andaman Islands (2 males, 6 females).

Comments.

One syntype was confirmed in the collection. Herein we designated it as the lectotype (Fig. 8b, c ), which has been labeled with a red-framed circular printed label and a handwritten identification label, both marked with ‘Type’.

Figures

Figure 8. Habitus of Epepeotes spp. a-c Epepeotes andamanicus Gahan, 1893 d-g Epepeotes taeniotinus taeniotinus (Heller, 1924) b, c lectotype a, d, f male b, e, g female.