Rhagophthalmus brevipennis Fairmaire, 1896

Kundrata, Robin, Hoffmannova, Johana, Hinson, Kevin R., Keller, Oliver & Packova, Gabriela, 2022, Rhagophthalmidae Olivier, 1907 (Coleoptera, Elateroidea): described genera and species, current problems, and prospects for the bioluminescent and paedomorphic beetle lineage, ZooKeys 1126, pp. 55-130 : 55

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1126.90233
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scientific name	Rhagophthalmus brevipennis Fairmaire, 1896
status

Treatment

Rhagophthalmus brevipennis Fairmaire, 1896: 227.

Type depository.

Described based on an unknown number of specimens. Syntype, male (RMNH). Three additional male specimens (on one pin) from MNHN with labels different from the RMNH syntype are also labelled as “Type” but they probably represent a different species.

Type locality.

India: Maharashtra, Nagpur.

Distribution.

India (Maharashtra).

Literature.

Fairmaire (1896: 227): original description; Olivier (1902: 87): catalogue; Lefroy (1909: 327): catalogue; Olivier (1910: 1); catalogue; Olivier (1912: 470): revision; McDermott (1966: 121): catalogue; Li et al. (2008a: 265): distribution; Li et al. (2008b: 496): review.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Rhagophthalmidae
Genus	Rhagophthalmus