Dodecatoma bicolor Westwood, 1849

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

Dodecatoma bicolor Westwood, 1849

Dodecatoma bicolor Westwood, 1849: 1.

Type depository.

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

Type locality.

India: Deccan Plateau (without further details; "North India" on the label of the syntype in OUMNH).

Distribution.

India (Karnataka, Maharashtra).

Literature.

Westwood (1849: 1): original description, drawings of male habitus and body parts; Schaum (1850: 165): morphology, remark; Gemminger (1869: 1686): catalogue; Gorham (1895: 309): distributional note; Olivier (1910: 8): catalogue; Lucas (1920: 246): catalogue; Pic (1924: 714): comparison with D. testaceiceps Pic, 1924; Pic (1930b: 321): remark; Wittmer (1944: 211): catalogue; Lawrence and Newton (1995: 858): catalogue, remark; Bocak (2007: 225): catalogue; Johnson et al. (2012: 178): ICZN case; ICZN (2014: 195): ICZN case; Lawrence et al. (2021: 456): wing morphology, figure of hind wing. In addition to the aforementioned literature, this species was included in PhD theses by Jeng (2008) and Roza (2022).