Taxonomy of the subgenus Quedius (Raphirus) Stephens (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini: Quediina) with descriptions of four new species from China Author Cai, Yan-Peng Author Zhou, Hong-Zhang text Zootaxa 2015 3990 2 151 196 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3990.2.1 2dd793f4-d2f7-46c2-abbf-9952384cb55b 1175-5326 245442 C3F0F9F4-2879-402C-8504-D12810018E81 Quedius ( Raphirus ) chinensis Bernhauer, 1915 ( Figs. 9, 9-1 ) Bernhauer, 1915 : 74 ( Quedius ; subgenus Raphirus ; Type locality: China , Kiautschou); Bernhauer & Schubert, 1916 : 420 (catalog); Gridelli, 1925 : 149 (characters); Scheerpeltz, 1933 : 1435 (catalog); Wüsthoff, 1938 : fig. 52 (aedeagal illustration); Smetana, 1996b : 226 (characters; China (Fujian, Guangxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang)); Herman, 2001 : 3121 (world catalog); Smetana, 2002 : 119 ( China (Guangdong)); Zheng, 2003 : 292 ( China (Chongqing)); Smetana, 2004 : 664 (catalog for Palaearctic region). Material examined. CHINA : Fujian Province: 1 ♂ , Shaowu City, Chengguan, 160–210 m , 21. III. 1960 , coll. Chenglin, Ma; 1 ♂ , Nanping City, Jianyang District, Huangkeng Township, 270–350 m , 29. III. 1960 , coll. Yiran Zhang; Guangxi Province: 1 ♂ , Shangsi County, Hongqi Forest Farm, 380 m , 17. III. 1998 , coll. Haisheng Zhou; Sichuan Province: 4 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Lushan County, Longmen village, 12. X. 2005 , coll. Haifeng Chen. Measurements. BL = 12.4 mm , BW = 2.7 mm , HL/PL/EL = 1.00: 1.46: 1.77, HW/PW/EW/AW = 1.00: 1.40: 1.66: 1.51, HW/HL = 1.15, HEL/HTL = 4.28, PW/PL = 1.10, EW/EL = 1.08, ESL/EL = 0.53. Distribution. Quedius chinensis Bernhauer is widely distributed in China (Chongqing, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Shandong, Sichuan and Zhejiang Province) in relatively low altitudes from 150 m to 2300 m .