Menghuoius giganteus (Fairmaire, 1888)

Rhagophthalmus giganteus Fairmaire, 1888: 25.

Menghuoius giganteus: Kawashima 2000: 139.

Rhagophthalmus gigantus: Moreira et al. 2022: 7 [unavailable name, incorrect subsequent spelling not in prevailing usage; page number may be changed when the publication is printed].

Type depository.

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

Type locality.

China: Yunnan.

Distribution.

China (Anhui, Guangxi, Yunnan, Zhejiang).

Literature.

Fairmaire (1888: 25): original description [as R. giganteus]; Fairmaire (1896: 227): comparison with R. ingens [as R. giganteus]; Olivier (1902: 88): catalogue [as R. giganteus]; Olivier (1910: 1): catalogue [as R. giganteus]; Jakobson (1911: 687): catalogue [as R. giganteus]; Olivier (1912: 469): revision [as R. giganteus]; Winkler (1925: 522): catalogue [as R. giganteus]; Wu (1937: 385): catalogue [as R. giganteus]; McDermott (1966: 122): catalogue [as R. giganteus]; Kawashima (2000: 139): comparison with R. ingens [as R. giganteus]; Hua (2002: 71): catalogue [as R. giganteus]; Bocak (2007: 225): catalogue; Li et al. (2008a: 264): distribution, morphology, biology, figures of male antenna and genitalia, and larval and female habitus [also as R. giganteus]; Li et al. (2008b: 496): review [as R. giganteus]; Chen et al. (2019: 3): molecular phylogeny; Liu et al. (2020: 46a): luciferase, phylogeny, figures of male and female habitus, and female bioluminescence; Moreira et al. (2022: 7): luciferase, molecular phylogeny [as R. gigantus [sic!]]. In addition to the aforementioned literature, this species was included in a PhD thesis by Jeng (2008).