Rhagophthalmus longipennis Pic, 1925

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

Rhagophthalmus longipennis Pic, 1925

Rhagophthalmus longipennis Pic, 1925a: 17.

Ochotyra longipennis : Bocak 2007: 225.

Type depository.

Described based on an unknown number of specimens. Syntype, male (MNHN); syntype, male (NHMUK); four syntypes, males (NHMB).

Type localities. Only “Chine” in the original description ( Pic 1925a). More detailed locality data available on the syntype labels: Sichuan, Kangding [ “Tatsienlu”] (MNHN), Shaanxi, Qinling [ “Kinling” or “Kinlung”] (NHMUK and NHMB, respectively).

Distribution.

China (Shaanxi, Sichuan).

Literature.

Pic (1925a: 17): original description; Wu (1937: 385): catalogue; McDermott (1966: 122): catalogue; Hua (2002: 71): catalogue; Bocak (2007: 225): catalogue [as Ochotyra longipennis ]; Li et al. (2008a: 265): distribution; Li et al. (2008b: 496): review; Yiu (2017: 62): comparison with R. hiemalis .

Remarks.

Some previous authors erroneously considered 1923 as the year of original description of this species (as " Pic 1923: 29"); however, it was described as a new species in 1925 ( Pic 1925a).