Epicauta (Epicauta) interrupta ( Fairmaire, 1889 )

Pan, Zhao & Ren, Guodong, 2018, Taxonomic revision of the subfamily Meloinae (Coleoptera: Meloidae) from Xizang, China, with description of a new species, Zoological Systematics 43 (1), pp. 66-88 : 70-71

Epicauta (Epicauta) interrupta ( Fairmaire, 1889) ( Fig. 3 )

Lytta interrupta Fairmaire, 1889: 48 . Type locality: “ Atentsé , Thibet ” (Xizang, China) . Type depository: MNHN .

Epicauta desgodinsi Frivaldszky, 1892: 115 . Type locality: “ Tibet: Jarkalo ” (Xizang, China) . Type depository: HNHM. Synonymized by Kaszab, 1952b: 578 .

Epicauta interrupta: Kaszab, 1952b: 578 .

Epicauta (Epicauta) interrupta: Bologna, 2008: 373 .

Material examined from Xizang. 3 exs., Gonjo , Xiangpi (31°03.544′N, 98°13.160′E; elev. 3758 m), 2016.VIII.8, Xiumin Li et al. leg. (MHBUa) ; 2 exs., Markam County, Naxi (29°01.470'N, 98°36.652'E; elev. 2558 m), 2015.VIII.8, Guodong Ren et al. leg. ( MHBU) ; 3 exs., Qamdo , 2004.VI.9, Yibin Ba & Aimin Shi leg. ( MHBU) .

Distribution. China: Xizang ( Fairmaire, 1889; Frivaldszky, 1892; Borchmann, 1917; Kaszab, 1952b; Bologna, 2008) (Gonjo (MHBUa), Markam ( MHBU; Tan, 1981; Wang et al., 2003), Qamdo ( MHBU; Tan, 1981; Wang et al., 2003)),

Sichuan, Yunnan.

Figures

Figures 1–12. Habitus, dorsal view. 1. Denierella minutiserra Tan. 2. Epicauta hirticornis (Haag-Rutenberg). 3. Epicauta interrupta (Fairmaire). 4. Epicauta sibirica (Pallas). 5. Epicauta wellmani Kaszab. 6. Lytta fissicollis (Fairmaire). 7. Lytta satiata Escherich. 8. Lytta selanderi Saha. 9. Lytta rubrinotata Tan. 10. Lytta bieti Wellman. 11. Lytta roborowskyi (Dokhtouroff). 12. Lytta sifanica Semenov.