Epepeotes luscus subsp. luscus luscus (Fabricius 1787
Creators: name: Xie, Guanglin
name: Barclay, Maxwell V. L.
name: Wang, Wenkai
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Epepeotes
Epepeotes luscus
Epepeotes luscus luscus (fabricius, 1787)

description: Epepeotes luscus luscus (Fabricius, 1787)  
Fig. 2  
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.
description: Published as part of 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), pp. 19-39 in ZooKeys 1184 on page 19, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1184.111728