Rhagophthalmus neoobscurus Wittmer in Wittmer and Ohba 1994

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

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scientific name	Rhagophthalmus neoobscurus Wittmer in Wittmer and Ohba 1994
status

Treatment

Ochotyra obscura Pic, 1921b: 18.

Rhagophthalmus neoobscurus Wittmer in Wittmer and Ohba 1994: 342 (replacement name for O. obscura Pic, 1921 (in Rhagophthalmus ), not R. obscurus (Pic, 1917)).

Type depository.

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

Type locality.

India (no further data). "Dekan India" written on the syntype label from MNHN.

Distribution.

India (no further data).

Literature.

Pic (1921b: 18): original description [as Ochotyra obscura ]; McDermott (1966: 122): remark, catalogue [as Ochotyra obscura ]; Wittmer and Ohba (1994: 342): taxonomy; Li et al. (2008a: 265): distribution; Li et al. (2008b: 496): review; Wijekoon et al. (2016: 74): checklist [as Ochotyra obscura ].

Remarks.

Wijekoon et al. (2016) erroneously cited "P. Melong" instead of “Pic” as the author of O. obscura .