Paraepepeotes gigas is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae (longhorn beetles). It was described by the Swedish entomologist Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1897 under the original name Epepeotes gigas. It is currently placed in the genus Paraepepeotes within the subfamily Lamiinae and tribe Lamiini.
Distribution: The species is known from Borneo and Malaysia (including Sabah and Kalimantan).
Description: Specimens have been recorded with body lengths of approximately 31–33 mm. Like other members of the Lamiinae subfamily, it is a flat-faced longhorn beetle.
Taxonomy:
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Coleoptera
- Family: Cerambycidae
- Subfamily: Lamiinae
- Tribe: Lamiini
- Genus: Paraepepeotes
- Species: P. gigas
Synonyms:
- Epepeotes gigas Aurivillius, 1897 (original combination)
- Parepepeotes gigas (Breuning, 1943) (lapsus calami)
