Rhagophthalmus sulcicollis sulcicollis Olivier, 1912

Rhagophthalmus sulcicollis E. Olivier, 1912: 471.

Type depository.

Lectotype, male (NHMUK). Five paralectotypes, males (NHMUK) (although only four paralectotypes were reported by Wittmer 1997: 261). There are also two additional specimens in MNHN bearing the labels “lectotype” and “paralectotype”; however, they have locality label data that differ slightly from the original description.

Type locality.

China: Tibet/Xizang, Yalong, over 3000 m.

Distribution.

China (Tibet/Xizang).

Literature.

Olivier (1912: 471): original description; Winkler (1925: 522): catalogue; Pic (1925b: 72): comparison with R. sulcatus; McDermott (1966: 122): catalogue; Wittmer (1997: 261): taxonomy, morphology, drawings of male pronotum and genitalia; Hua (2002: 71): catalogue; Bocak (2007: 225): catalogue; Li et al. (2008a: 265): distribution; Li et al. (2008b: 496): review.