New synonyms, combinations and status in the Chinese species of the family Meloidae Gyllenhal, 1810 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) with additional faunistic records Author Pan, Zhao The Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application, College of Life Sciences, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, P. R. China Author Ren, Guo-Dong 0000-0001-5808-9122 The Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application, College of Life Sciences, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, P. R. China & gdren @ hbu. edu. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5808 - 9122 gdren@hbu.edu.cn text Zootaxa 2020 2020-07-28 4820 2 260 286 journal article 8934 10.11646/zootaxa.4820.2.3 aff164bb-7a9c-48f5-b7a9-3f4545670f40 1175-5326 4397628 581C6773-3B96-48FD-9835-33E26B3B6FEB 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.