Epepeotes luscus luscus (Fabricius, 1787)

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 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.

Figures

Figure 2. Habitus of Epepeotes luscus luscus (Fabricius, 1787) a, b holotype of Lamia lusca Fabricius, 1787 c, d holotype of Epepeotes fumosus Pascoe, 1866 i, j syntype of Epepeotes luscus var. enganensis Gahan, 1907 b, e, g, i, o male c, k, m female f, h, l, n, p labels.