Menghuoius giganteus (Fairmaire, 1888)

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

Menghuoius giganteus (Fairmaire, 1888)

Rhagophthalmus giganteus Fairmaire, 1888: 25.

Menghuoius giganteus : Kawashima 2000: 139.

Rhagophthalmus gigantus : Moreira et al. 2022: 7 [unavailable name, incorrect subsequent spelling not in prevailing usage; page number may be changed when the publication is printed].

Type depository.

Described based on an unknown number of specimens. Syntype, male (MNHN).

Type locality.

China: Yunnan.

Distribution.

China (Anhui, Guangxi, Yunnan, Zhejiang).

Literature.

Fairmaire (1888: 25): original description [as R. giganteus ]; Fairmaire (1896: 227): comparison with R. ingens [as R. giganteus ]; Olivier (1902: 88): catalogue [as R. giganteus ]; Olivier (1910: 1): catalogue [as R. giganteus ]; Jakobson (1911: 687): catalogue [as R. giganteus ]; Olivier (1912: 469): revision [as R. giganteus ]; Winkler (1925: 522): catalogue [as R. giganteus ]; Wu (1937: 385): catalogue [as R. giganteus ]; McDermott (1966: 122): catalogue [as R. giganteus ]; Kawashima (2000: 139): comparison with R. ingens [as R. giganteus ]; Hua (2002: 71): catalogue [as R. giganteus ]; Bocak (2007: 225): catalogue; Li et al. (2008a: 264): distribution, morphology, biology, figures of male antenna and genitalia, and larval and female habitus [also as R. giganteus ]; Li et al. (2008b: 496): review [as R. giganteus ]; Chen et al. (2019: 3): molecular phylogeny; Liu et al. (2020: 46a): luciferase, phylogeny, figures of male and female habitus, and female bioluminescence; Moreira et al. (2022: 7): luciferase, molecular phylogeny [as R. gigantus [sic!]]. In addition to the aforementioned literature, this species was included in a PhD thesis by Jeng (2008).