Epepeotes meleagris (Pascoe, 1866)

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 meleagris (Pascoe, 1866)

Fig. 6h-k

Pelargoderus meleagris Pascoe, 1866: 279. Type locality: Tondano [Indonesia].

Epepeotes meleagris : Breuning 1943: 226.

Type material.

Indonesia. Holotype, male: 'Type [p, label circular, red framed]; Tondano [h, label oval, dark green]; Pascoe / Coll. / 93-60 [p]; Pelargoderus / Pelargoderus meleagris / Type Pasc. [h]; NHMUK014596272'.

Non-type material.

10 specimens. Indonesia (8): Celebes (6 males, 2 females). Country unknown (2): ex H. J. Carter (2 males).

Comments.

Dorsal markings of this species are reduced in some male individuals, as in females, with the eyelike black spot on each elytron is without conspicuous posterior pale margins and spots along the suture are uniting into a white line.

Figures

Figure 6. Habitus of Epepeotes spp. a-c Epepeotes diversus Pascoe, 1866 d-g Epepeotes lugubris (Pascoe, 1866) h-k Epepeotes meleagris (Pascoe, 1866) f, g holotype of Diochares impluviatus Pascoe, 1866 a, b, d, e, j, k holotype a, f, h, j male c, d, i female.