Epicauta (Epicauta) obscurocephala Reitter, 1905

Pan, Zhao & Ren, Guo-Dong, 2020, New synonyms, combinations and status in the Chinese species of the family Meloidae Gyllenhal, 1810 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) with additional faunistic records, Zootaxa 4820 (2), pp. 260-286 : 270-271

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Epicauta (Epicauta) obscurocephala Reitter, 1905
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Epicauta (Epicauta) obscurocephala Reitter, 1905

Epicauta obscurocephala Reitter, 1905: 195 . Type locality: “Tientsin” (= Tianjin, China) . Type depository: HNHM .

Epicauta xantusi Kaszab, 1952a: 592 . Type locality: “ Shanghai, China ” . Type depository: HNHM, MGFT, ZMHB. syn. nov .

Epicauta xantusi ab. unicolora Kaszab, 1952a: 594 (unavailable name; homonym). Type locality: “ Kansu, Hweisin , China ” (= Hui County, Gansu, China) . Type depository: HNHM .

Epicauta xantusi ab. unicoloroides Kaszab, 1958b: 189 (unavailable name; replacement name).

Type material examined. Epicauta obscurocephala : Holotype: ♀, “ China Tientsin ”, “ obscurocephala sp. Tientsin”, “ Holotypus // 1905 ♀ // Epicauta obscurocephala Reitter ” ( HNHM; Fig. 13 View FIGURES 13–19 ).

Epicauta xantusi : Holotype: ♂, “ China, Shanghai // J. Xántus ”,“ Holotypus // 1952 // ♂ // Epicauta Xantusi Kaszab ” ( HNHM; Fig. 14 View FIGURES 13–19 ) . Paratypes: 1 ♀, “ China, Shanghai // Xántus J.”, “2”, “305/918”, “ Allotypus // 1952 // ♀ // Epicauta Xantusi Kaszab ” ( HNHM) ; 1 ♂, “ China, Shanghai // J. Xántus ”, “ Paratypus // 1952 // ♂ // Epicauta Xantusi Kaszab ” ( HNHM) .

Epicauta xantusi ab. unicolora: Holotype: ♂, “ Hweisin // Kansu ”, “ Holotypus // 1952 // Epicauta xantusi ab. unicolora Kaszab ” ( HNHM; Fig. 15 View FIGURES 13–19 ).

Other material examined from China. HEBEI: 1 ex., Anxin, Dazhangzhuang , 2012.VIII.2, Peng Jidong & Wang Nanning leg. (MHBUa); GoogleMaps 4 exx., Yi County, Yangguzhuang, 1981.VII, Xu Shao leg. ( MHBU); GoogleMaps 1 ex., Huan-ghua , 2004.VI.24, Shi Fuming leg. ( MHBU); GoogleMaps 1 ex., Mt. Xiaowutai , 2001.VII.6 ( MHBU); GoogleMaps 6 exx., Yu County, Mt. Xiaowutai , 2006.VII.7–10, Mao Benyong & Shi Fuming leg. ( MHBU); GoogleMaps 8 exx., Yu County, Mt. Xiaowutai , 2008. VII.6–17, Li Yalin leg. ( MHBU); GoogleMaps 123 exx., Yu County, Jinhekou, 2005.VII.10–16, Li Jing & Wang Fengyan leg. (1 cMAB; 122 MHBU); GoogleMaps 15 exx., Mt. Xiaowutai , Jinhekou , 2006.VII.7–11 ( MHBU). SHANXI: GoogleMaps 21 exx., Datong, Yungang , 2010.VIII.20, Ren Guodong et al. leg. ( MHBU); GoogleMaps 1 ex., E Yangquan (N37°53.655’ E113°35.783’, Elev. 721 m), 2012.VII.18, Niu Yiping & Sun Xiaojie leg. (MHBUa); GoogleMaps 2 exx., Zuoyun, Santun (N40°10.157’ E112°41.647’, Elev. 1567 m), 2012.VII.22, Niu Yiping & Sun Xiaojie leg. (1 MHBU;1 MHBUa). GoogleMaps INNER MONGOLIA: 1 ex., Darhan Muminggan, Baiyan Hua , 2004.VII.13–15, Du Zhigang & Liu Haoyu leg. ( MHBU); GoogleMaps 1 ex., Liangcheng , 2006. VII.17, Ren Guodong & Ba Yibin leg. ( MHBU); GoogleMaps 1 ex., Chahar Right Back Banner, Baiyin Chagan (N41°26.683’ E113°17.490’, Elev. 1480 m), 2012.VII.23, Niu Yiping & Sun Xiaojie leg. (MHBUa); GoogleMaps 2 exx., Ulanqab, Chang-hanliang (N40°46.982’ E112°49.278’, Elev. 1663 m), 2012.VII.23, Ba Yibin & Niu Yiping leg. (MHBUa); GoogleMaps 1 ex., Hinggan League, Jalaid Banner, Tumuji National Natural Reserve (N46°17.632’ E123°1.036’, Elev. 128 m), 2014. VII.23, Pan Zhao et al. leg. (MHBUa). GoogleMaps LIAONING: 2 exx., 1983.VI.1, Ren Guodong leg. ( MHBU). GoogleMaps JILIN: 1 ex., Tongyu, Mt. Xinglong (N44°47.473’ E112°28.883’, Elev. 152 m), 2012.VII.29, Ba Yibin & Niu Yiping leg. (MH-BUa); GoogleMaps 212 exx., Changling, Taipingchuan (N44°26.027’ E123°15.098’, Elev. 156 m), 2012.VII.30, Ba Yibin & Niu Yiping leg. (205 MHBU; 7 MHBUa). GoogleMaps SHAANXI: 2 exx., Qingjian , 2002.VIII.10, Wang Wenqiang leg. ( MHBU). GoogleMaps QINGHAI: 7 exx., Jainca, Yangjiang (N35°51.519’ E102°03.937 ’, Elev. 2081 m), 2012.VIII.2, Ren Guodong et al. leg. ( MHBU). GoogleMaps NINGXIA: 8 exx., Pingluo , 1989.VII.30 ( MHBU); GoogleMaps 10 exx., Pingluo, Nuanquan (N38°49.179’ E106°10.725’, Elev. 1135 m), 2010.VII.22, Wang Xinpu & Pan Zhao leg. (MHBUa). GoogleMaps

Distribution. China: Beijing, Gansu, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Jiangsu, Jilin (new record), Liaoning, Ningxia, Qinghai (new record), Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanghai, Shanxi, Sichuan, Tianjin, Zhejiang.

Remarks. The type locality of Epicauta xantusi ab. unicolora Kaszab, 1952 is “Hweisin, Kansu ”. Růžička et al. (2002) indicated this locality was Hua Xian, and gave its longitude and latitude, ca. 33°46´N 106°04´E. How-ever, no county is named Hua in Gansu Province. We searched the longitude and latitude, and found this locality is placed in the Hui County (= Huxian, in Chinese) of Longnan City, Ganus, which has a similar pronunciation to “Hweinsin”. Therefore, we considered the correct name of the type locality as Hui County.

E. xantusi Kaszab, 1952 could be distinguished from E. obscurocephala by their red temples, according to its original description ( Kaszab 1952a). Based on the examination of the type specimens of these two species, we confirm Kaszab’s point of view. However, after the study of more than 400 specimens (MHBU), we found that the red portion of temples varies greatly. Especially, in a few cases, the temples have only a very small brown spot, which are almost invisible. Meanwhile, as in the case of E. sibirica ( Pallas, 1773) , we conclude that this feature is not useful to determine species in Epicauta ( Liu et al. 2016) . In conclusion, E. xantusi is synonymized with E. obscurocephala .

HNHM

Hungarian Natural History Museum (Termeszettudomanyi Muzeum)

MGFT

Museum G. Frey

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Meloidae

Genus

Epicauta

Loc

Epicauta (Epicauta) obscurocephala Reitter, 1905

Pan, Zhao & Ren, Guo-Dong 2020
2020
Loc

Epicauta xantusi

Kaszab, Z. 1958: 189
1958
Loc

Epicauta xantusi Kaszab, 1952a: 592

Kaszab, Z. 1952: 592
1952
Loc

Epicauta xantusi

Kaszab, Z. 1952: 594
1952
Loc

Epicauta obscurocephala Reitter, 1905: 195

Reitter, E. 1905: 195
1905
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