Contributions to the knowledge of the Quediina (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylinini) of China. Part 48. Genus Quedius STEPHENS, 1829. Subgenus Raphirus STEPHENS, 1829. Section 12. Author Tephens text Linzer biologische Beiträge 2014 2014-12-19 46 2 1813 1818 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5312370 0253-116X 5312370 Key to the species of the Quedius pluvialis group 1 Abdominal tergite 2 (in front of first fully visible tergite) glabrous; abdominal tergite 8 (fifth visible) with apical seam of palisade setae. Aedoeagus as in Figs 8-10 . Length 10.5 mm ................................................................................................. Q. egregius nov.sp. - Abdominal tergite 2 (in front of first fully visible tergite) entirely punctate and pubescent, or at least with punctures on apical part; abdominal tergite 8 (fifth visible) lacking apical seam of palisade setae..................................................................................2 2 Apical portion of median lobe of aedoeagus dagger-like, without elongate lamina ventrally (lateral view, Fig. 13 in SMETANA 2010: 253 ). Additional puncture between posterior frontal puncture and puncture at posterior margin of head present (rarely missing unilaterally). Length 8.0- 8.8 mm ................................ Q. pluvialis SMETANA, 1998 - Apical portion of median lobe of aedoeagus lancet- or dagger-like, but if dagger-like then with elongate lamina ventrally (lateral view, Fig. 7 in SMETANA 2010: 251 ; Fig. 11 in SMETANA, 2012:311). Additional puncture between posterior frontal puncture and puncture at posterior margin of head absent (rarely present unilaterally)....................3 3 Apical portion of median lobe of aedoeagus dagger-like ( Fig. 8 ).......................................4 - Apical portion of median lobe of aedoeagus lancet-like ( Fig. 3 ; Fig. 3 in SMETANA 2010 a: 251).........................................................................................................................5 4 Male secondary sexual characters present on abdominal sternite 6. Ventral lamina of median lobe relatively short ( Fig. 7 in SMETANA 2010 a: 151). Length 9.0- 10.2 mm ............ .......................................................................................................... Q. oui SMETANA, 2010 - Male secondary sexual characters absent from abdominal sternite 6. Ventral lamina of median lobe very long (Fig. 11 in SMETANA 2012d: 311). Length 9.5-10.5 mm .................. .............................................................................................. Q. schneideri SMETANA, 2012 5 Aedoeagus large and robust, paramere widely fusiform ( Fig. 3 ). Length 10.0- 10.5 mm ...... .................................................................................................................... Q. nemo nov.sp. - Aedoeagus markedly smaller and less robust, paramere narrow, more or less parallelsided ( Fig. 3 in SMETANA 2010 a: 251). Length 8.5-9.2 mm ...................................... ................................................................................................ Q. shunichii SMETANA, 2010