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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Xavier[/i] [br][img]http://www.cerambycoidea.com/forum/../public/imgforum/Xavier/202682116223_EpepeotesstrandiNK.jpg[/img][br][size=1] 463.51 KB[/size=1] 14 mm, male. Nong Khiaw, Luang Prabang Province,Laos. [img]http://www.cerambycoidea.com/forum/../public/imgforum/Xavier/20268211631_EpepeotesstrandiLP.JPG[/img][br][size=1] 475.28 KB[/size=1] 14 mm, male. Luang Prabang, Laos. I’d like to revisit this species, which has been posted on the forum several times, either by myself or by others. Three species with a similar appearance, belonging to the genus [i]Epepeotes[/i] Pascoe, 1866, have been considered: - [i]Epepeotes birmanus[/i] Breuning, 1969 from Myanmar (type specimen in the gallery). Length 11 mm. - [i]Epepeotes laosicus[/i] Breuning, 1965 from Laos. Length 13-14 mm. - [i]Epepeotes strandi[/i] (Breuning, 1935) = ([i]Pelargoderus strandi[/i] Breuning, 1935 (type specimen in the gallery) = [i]Epepeotes quadriplagiatus[/i] Breuning, 1936) from Andaman Islands. Length 15 mm. My Laotian specimens have a slightly trapezoidal forehead, with a grey longitudinal median stripe; the lower eye lobes are longer than the cheeks; the third antennal segment is slightly longer than the fourth; and the apex of the elytra is rounded. Cross-referencing Breuning’s descriptions, only [i]Epepeotes strandi[/i] (Breuning, 1935), illustrated in [blue]XIE [i]et al[/i]., 2023, The collection of the genus Epepeotes Pascoe, 1866 housed in the Natural History Museum, London[/blue], exhibits these characters. The overall appearance of the Andaman type specimens is, however, slightly different (elytral colouration). [/quote]    Insert an Image File Check here to include your profile signature.