Menghuoius ingens (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

Menghuoius ingens (Fairmaire, 1896)

Rhagophthalmus ingens Fairmaire, 1896: 227.

Menghuoius ingens : Kawashima 2000: 134.

Type depository.

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

Type locality.

China: probably Hong Kong ( Fairmaire 1896).

Distribution.

China (?Hong Kong), Vietnam.

Literature.

Fairmaire (1896: 227): original description [as R. ingens ]; Olivier (1902: 88): catalogue [as R. ingens ]; Olivier (1910: 1): catalogue [as R. ingens ]; Jakobson (1911: 687): catalogue [as R. ingens ]; Olivier (1912: 469): revision [as R. ingens ]; Winkler (1925: 522): catalogue [as R. ingens ]; Wu (1937: 385): catalogue [as R. ingens ]; McDermott (1966: 122): catalogue [as R. ingens ]; Kawashima (2000: 134): redescription; Hua (2002: 71): catalogue [as R. ingens ]; Kawashima (2002: 491): comparison with M. kusakabei ; Bocak (2007: 225): catalogue [also as R. ingens ]; Li et al. (2008a: 264): remark, distribution [also as R. ingens ]; Li et al. (2008b: 496): review [as R. ingens ]; Kawashima et al. (2010: 136): book chapter, drawings of head, tarsi and antenna; Yiu (2017: 60): comparison with R. motschulskyi [as R. ingens ]; Chen et al. (2019: 11): molecular phylogeny; Liu et al. (2020: 47): remark. In addition to the aforementioned literature, this species was included in a PhD thesis by Jeng (2008).

Remarks.

Olivier (1912) mentioned that R. ingens could be conspecific with R. giganteus .