Hemirrhaphes Candèze, 1878

Parekar, Harshad & Patwardhan, Amol, 2025, Annotated catalogue of the click-beetle subfamilies Hemiopinae, Hypnoidinae, Lissominae, Negastriinae, Tetralobinae, and Thylacosterninae (Coleoptera: Elateridae) of India, Zootaxa 5679 (2), pp. 151-203 : 172-173

Genus Hemirrhaphes Candèze, 1878

Hemirrhaphes bivittatus Fleutiaux, 1905 SDI

Hemirrhaphes bivittatus Fleutiaux, 1905: 326 (original description; published type locality: Nilgiris, India); Schimmel & Tarnawski, 2011b: 804 (listed valid species).

Arrhaphes bivittatus ( Fleutiaux, 1905) : Schwarz, 1906: 159 (unavailable genus name, incorrect subsequent spelling of Arhaphes not in prevailing usage- ICZN 1999: Art. 33.3; catalogue; India: “Nilghiris”); Schenkling, 1925: 217 (unavailable genus name, incorrect subsequent spelling of Arhaphes not in prevailing usage- ICZN 1999: Art. 33.3; catalogue; India: “Nilghiri”).

Type Locality. India: Coonoor, Nilgiris District , Tamil Nadu [Nilgiris, Coonour] . Type Depository. Type, SU (??).

Distribution in India. Tamil Nadu (Nilgiris District).

General Distribution. India.

Remark. The type material likely housed in MNHN, but verification was not possible. The species is considered endemic to India.