Epirinus davisi Scholtz & Howden, 1987

Figs. 2A, 4A, 5.

Epirinus hluhluwensis Medina & Scholtz, 2005 new subjective synonymy

Epirinus ngomae Medina & Scholtz, 2005 new subjective synonymy

In their revision of Epirinus, Medina & Scholtz (2005) describe Epirinus hluhluwensis Medina & Scholtz, 2005 and Epirinus ngomae Medina & Scholtz, 2005, as new species that are separated from other Epirinus by the presence of two pronounced lateral foveae and from one another by the shape of the clypeal teeth. With reference to characters given in the species descriptions and the accompanying identification key (Medina & Scholtz 2005), we compared paratype specimens of E. hluhluwensis and E. ngomae with paratype and newly collected specimens of Epirinus davisi Scholtz & Howden, 1987 . Only minor external morphological differences were observed between those specimens, which originated from five localities (Table 1, Figs. 2, 4, 5). With regards to external morphology of the aedeagi, there was very little difference between the specimens. Most notably we observed only slight variation in the depth of the median depression at the base of the pronotum. The observed minor differences are interpreted as intraspecific variability. We could not see the differences noted by Medina & Scholtz (2005) concerning sclerites X and Y. Hence, we propose that E. hluhluwensis and E. ngomae should be regarded as new junior subjective synonyms of E. davisi . As a result, E. davisi would now be known from widely-separated coastal and lower escarpment forest localities of northeast KwaZulu-Natal and eSwatini that represent an extent of occurrence (EOO) of ~ 11700 km 2.