Epepeotes strandi (Breuning, 1935)

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 strandi (Breuning, 1935)

Fig. 9a-f

Pelargoderus strandi Breuning, 1935: 253. Type locality: Andaman [India].

Epepeotes quadriplagiatus Breuning, 1936: 296. Type locality: Andaman [India].

Epepeotes strandi : Breuning 1943: 148, 226 (synonymy).

Type material.

India. Syntypes of Epepeotes quadriplagiatus Breuning, 1936: one male: 'Type [p, label circular, red framed]; Andaman Is. [p]; And. Is. [p]; Epepeotes / 4 plagiatus / mihi Typ. [h] / det. Breuning [p]; NHMUK014394973 [p]'; one male: 'Andaman Is. [p]; And. Is. [p]; Epepeotes / Epepeotes quadriplagiatus / mihi Typ! [h] / det. Breuning [p]; NHMUK014394960 [p]'. India. Paratypes of Epepeotes quadriplagiatus Breuning, 1936: one female: 'Andaman / Islands. [p]; Atkinson / Coll. / 92-3 [p]; Epepeotes / 4 plagiatus / Breun. Paratyp [h]; NHMUK014394962 [p]'; One male: '91-17 [p]; Epepeotes / 4 plagiatus / Breun. Paratyp [h]; NHMUK014394963 [p]'.

Comments.

A total of four type specimens of E. quadriplagiatus are found in the collection, of which two male specimens are marked with ‘Type’ and the others (one male and one female) are marked with ‘Paratype’ by Breuning’s handwriting (Fig. 9b, d, f ). Though Breuning (1936) originally designated one male as the type, the two male specimens labeled as ‘type’ by Breuning become de facto syntypes.

Figures

Figure 9. Habitus of Epepeotes spp. a-f types of Epepeotes quadriplagiatus Breuning, 1936 g, h holotype of Epepeotes gardneri Breuning, 1936 i, j holotype of Epepeotes integripennis Breuning, 1940 a, c, i male e, g female.