Epepeotes desertus rhobetor (Newman, 1842)

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 desertus rhobetor (Newman, 1842)

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Monohammus ? Rhobetor [sic] Newman, 1842: 276. Type locality: Manila [Philippines].

Diochares desertus var. rhobetor : Aurivillius 1922: 81.

Epepeotes desertus s.- sp. rhobetor : Breuning 1943: 229.

Epepeotes desertus ssp. rhobetor : Breuning 1961: 326.

Epepeotes desertus rhobetor : Barševskis 2020: 180.

Type material.

Phllippines. Holotype of Monohammus ? Rhobetor Newman, 1842, female: 'Type [p, label circular, red framed]; Phil / Isla [p]; Monohammus ? Rhobetor / Rhobetor fimbriatus Oliv. Pl 19 f 143 / Newman Entom. 276 [h]; Monohammus / Monohammus rhobetor / Type Newm [h]; NHMUK014596273 [p]'.

Non-type material.

40 specimens. Indonesia (33): Moluccas (1 male, 4 females); Amboina (2 males, 2 females); Ceram (5 males, 3 females); Celebes (1 female); Bouru [Borneo] (2 males, 1 female); Seram (4 females); Mausela (4 males, 4 females). Philippines (4): Philippine Islands (1 male, 3 females). India (1): Goram (1 female). Country unknown (2): Bowring collection (1): maki. (1 male); Ent. Club (1 male).

Figures

Figure 1. Habitus of Epepeotes desertus (Linnaeus, 1758) a-c Epepeotes desertus desertus (Linnaeus, 1758) d-f Epepeotes desertus rhobetor (Newman, 1842) g, h Epepeotes desertus obscurus (Aurivillius, 1926) d, e holotype a, f, g male b, d, h female.