Dioptoma adamsii Pascoe, 1860

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

Dioptoma adamsii Pascoe, 1860

Fig. 1A, B

Dioptoma adamsii Pascoe, 1860: 118.

Dioptoma adamsi : Gemminger 1869: 1647 [unavailable name, incorrect subsequent spelling].

Dioptoma greeni Gahan in Morice 1913: cxviii. Synonymized with D. adamsii (as a variety) by McDermott (1966: 122). McDermott (1966) attributed the name D. greeni to Gahan (1908a: xlviii); however, there is no such name in that publication, and we believe that this name first appeared in 1913.

Dioptoma ademsi : Bogahawatta et al. 2009: 1 [unavailable name, incorrect subsequent spelling not in prevailing usage].

Type depository.

Holotype of D. adamsii , male (NHMUK). 25 syntypes of D. greeni (eight males from Maskeliya, eight males and four females from Dikoya, four males and one female from Bogawantalawa; Fig. 1A ) (NHMUK).

Type locality of D. adamsii .

Bangladesh: Dhaka ["India: Dacca"]. Type localities of D. greeni . Sri Lanka: Bogawantalawa, Dikoya, and Maskeliya.

Distribution.

Bangladesh, India (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand), Sri Lanka.

Literature.

Pascoe (1860: 118): original description, drawings of male habitus, head, and antenna; Gemminger (1869: 1647): catalogue [as D. adamsi [sic!]]; Gorham (1880: 66): remark [as D. adamsi [sic!]]; Olivier (1885: 372): remark [as D. adamsi [sic!]]; Gorham (1890: 550): catalogue [as D. adamsi [sic!]]; Gorham (1895: 310): redescription, distributional note [as D. adamsi [sic!]]; Sharp (1899: 251): remark [as D. adamsi [sic!]]; Gorham (1903: 330): distributional note [as D. adamsi [sic!]]; Olivier (1910: 1): catalogue [as D. adamsi [sic!]]; Morice (1913: cxviii): original description of D. greeni (attributed to Gahan), remarks on D. adamsi [sic!]; Green (1913: 718): male and female morphology, bioluminescence, drawing of male habitus [as D. adamsi [sic!]]; McDermott (1914: 304): remark; Blair (1915a: 413): bioluminescence [as D. adamsi [sic!]]; Blair (1915b: 191): bioluminescence [as D. adamsi [sic!]]; Blair (1915c: 37): bioluminescence, morphology [as D. adamsi [sic!]]; Gravely (1915: 502): remark [as D. adamsi [sic!]]; Bugnion (1916: 96): remark [as D. adamsi [sic!]]; Pic (1916: 8): comparison with D. atripennis Pic, 1916 [as D. adamsi [sic!]]; Lucas (1920: 241): catalogue [as D. adamsi [sic!]]; Brues (1941: 41): remark [as D. adamsi [sic!]]; Harvey (1952: 450): remark, bioluminescence [as D. adamsi [sic!]]; McDermott (1964: 50): redescription [as D. adamsi [sic!]]; McDermott (1966: 122): catalogue, synonymization of D. greeni with D. adamsi [sic!]; Lloyd (1971: 101): remark, drawing of male habitus with distribution of luminous organs [as D. adamsi [sic!]]; Lloyd (1978: 252): remark, drawing of male habitus with distribution of luminous organs [as D. adamsi [sic!]]; Lloyd (1979: 302): remark [as D. adamsi [sic!]]; Crowson (1981: 314): remark, drawing of male habitus with distribution of luminous organs [as D. adamsi [sic!]]; Sivinski (1981: 168): remark [as D. adamsi [sic!]]; Lloyd (1983: 136): remark, bioluminescence [as D. adamsi [sic!]]; Hoffmann (1984: 230): remark [as D. adamsi [sic!]]; Branham (1996: 18): remark [as D. adamsi [sic!]]; Ohba et al. (1996a: 17): remark; Sivinski et al. (1998: 29): remark [as D. adamsi [sic!]]; Kawashima (2000: 131): remark; Branham and Wenzel (2001: 567): phylogeny [as D. adamsi [sic!]]; Branham and Wenzel (2003: 5): phylogeny [as D. adamsi [sic!]]; Li et al. (2008b: 496): review [also as D. adamsi [sic!]]; Bogahawatta et al. (2009: 1): remark [both D. ademsi [sic!] and D. greeni ]; Kawashima et al. (2010: 135): book chapter [as D. adamsi [sic!]]; Wijekoon et al. (2016: 70): catalogue [both Diaptoma adamsi [sic!] and D. greeni ]. In addition to the aforementioned literature, this species was included in PhD theses by Jeng (2008) and Roza (2022).

Remarks.

This species was referred to as " adamsi " in the majority of publications. The original spelling " adamsii " was used only by McDermott (1914), Ohba et al. (1996a), and Kawashima (2000). However, following Article 33.4. of the Code ( ICZN 1999), the original spelling should be maintained. It should be noted that the current concept of D. adamsii may include several species.

Figures

Figure 1. Morphology of Rhagophthalmidae A habitus of Dioptoma adamsii from Sri Lanka (syntype of D. greeni), female, NHMUK, dorsal view B head of Dioptoma adamsii from Sri Lanka, male, NHMUK, frontal view C head and pronotum of Diplocladon hasseltii hasseltii from Indonesia, male, SDEI, dorsal view D habitus of Falsophrixothrix sp. from Indonesia, male, NHMUK, dorsal view E head and pronotum of Rhagophthalmus sp. from China, male, first author's collection, lateral view F habitus of Rhagophthalmus sp. from China, male, first author's collection, dorsal view. Scale bars: 5.0 mm (A, F); 1.0 mm (B, E); 2.0 mm (C, D).