Rhagophthalmus semiustus (Pascoe, 1862)

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 semiustus (Pascoe, 1862)

Ochotyra semiusta Pascoe, 1862: 323.

Rhagophthalmus ( Ochrotyra [sic!]) Ochrotyra semiusta [sic!]: Lefroy 1909: 327.

Rhagophthalmus semiustus : Wittmer in Wittmer and Ohba 1994: 342.

Type depository.

Holotype, male (NHMUK).

Type locality.

India: “Malabar”.

Distribution.

India (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu) ["Malabar, Coromandel"], Sri Lanka.

Literature.

Pascoe (1862: 323): original description, drawing of male habitus [as Ochotyra ]; Gerstaecker (1863: 409): remark [as Ochotyra ]; Gemminger (1869: 1647): catalogue [as Ochotyra ]; Gorham (1890: 550): catalogue; Gorham (1895: 310): distributional note, morphology [as Ochotyra ]; Bourgeois (1903: 479): distributional note [as Ochotiza [sic!]]; Gorham (1903: 330): distributional note [as Ochotyra ]; Bourgeois (1905: 130): distributional note [as Ochotyra ]; Lefroy (1909: 327): catalogue [as Rhagophthalmus ( Ochrotyra [sic!]) Ochrotyra semiusta [sic!]]; Olivier (1910: 1): catalogue [as Ochotyra ]; Pic (1921b: 18): comparison with R. neoobscurus [as Ochotyra ]; McDermott (1964: 50): revision [as Ochotyra ]; McDermott (1966: 122): catalogue [as Ochotyra ]; Wittmer and Ohba (1994: 342): taxonomic remark [as Ochotyra ]; Bocak (2007: 225): catalogue [as Ochotyra ]; Li et al. (2008a: 265): distribution [as R. semiusta [sic!]]; Li et al. (2008b: 496): review [as R. semiusta [sic!]]; Wijekoon et al. (2016: 71): checklist [as Ochotyra ]. In addition to the aforementioned literature, this species was included in a PhD thesis by Jeng (2008).