Epicauta (Epicauta) makliniana Kaszab, 1958

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 : 269-270

Epicauta (Epicauta) makliniana Kaszab, 1958

Lytta maklini Haag-Rutenberg, 1880: 88 (homonym). Type locality: “ Camboja, Siam” (= Cambodia, Thailand) . Type depository: MZH, ZSM .

Epicauta makliniana Kaszab, 1958b: 189 (replacement name).

Epicauta mojiangensis Tan et Deng, 1993: 155 . Type locality: “ Mojiang , Yunnan, China ” . Type depository: IZCAS. syn. nov .

Material examined from China. YUNNAN: 1 ex., Jinghong, 2000.VII.22, Li Zhe leg. ( MHBU); 23 exx., Jing-hong , Lancang River ( Elev. 570–580 m), 2000.VII.22–23, Li Zhe leg. ( MHBU); 1 ex., Jinghong , Wild Elephant Valley , 2006.VIII.4, Yang Yuxia leg. ( MHBU); 1 ex., Mohan (Elev. 610 m), 2000.VII.25, Li Zhe leg. ( MHBU); 2 exx., Menglong (Elev. 620 m), 2000.VII.29, Li Zhe leg. ( MHBU) ; 5 exx., Mengla , 1979.IX.17, Liu Shengli leg. ( TMNH) ; 5 exx., Mengla , Shangyong, 2007.VIII.3, Shi Fuming & Mao Shaoli leg. ( MHBU) ; 2 exx., Mengla , Mengban, 2007. VIII.4, 6, Shi Fuming & Mao Shaoli leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 ex., Jingdong , 2009.VIII.21, Shi Fuming leg. ( MHBU) .

Distribution. China: Yunnan; Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam.

Remarks. E. makliniana is distinctive in the genus Epicauta for the elytra densely covered by ocher setae. Tan & Deng (1993) described E. mojiangensis , and pointed out that it was allied to E. maklini (= E. makliniana ), but differed from it by the different color pattern of the elytra (the latter without three ocher longitudinal strips on each elytron). However, E. makliniana also has these longitudinal strips, but was described by Haag-Rutenberg (1880) in a different way: “Flügeldecken nicht viel breiter als der Thorax, 3mal so lang als zusammen breit, nach hinten sich verbreiternd, bräunlich, dicht ockergelb behaart, mit Ausnahme der Spitze, der Schultern und eines öfter undeutlichen Flecks neben dem Schildchen; von Sculptur ist kaum etwas zu bemerken”. For this reason, we considered E. mojiangensis and E. makliniana as synonyms.