On some species of the Quedius obliqueseriatus group, with notes on Q. nivicola (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae) Author Assing, Volker text Linzer biologische Beiträge 2016 2016-12-19 48 2 1137 1148 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5354480 0253-116X 5354480 Quedius ( Raphirus ) obliqueseriatus EPPELSHEIM , 1889 M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Russia :K r a s n o d a r: 266, 35 km NNE Sochi , Babuk-Aul , 43°53'N , 39°49'E , 560 m , Fagus orientalis and Castanea sativa forest, litter and bark sifted, 11.VII.2011 , leg. Assing (cAss) ; 16, 4 km NNW Krasnaya Polyana , Atchishkho Mt. , 43°43'N , 40°10'E , 1150 m , beech forest, leaf litter sifted, 19.VII.2011 , leg. Assing ; 16, 3♀♀ , 4 km NNW Krasnaya Polyana , Atchishkho Mt. , 43°42'N , 40°10#E, 1130 m , beech forest with rhododendron, leaf litter sifted, 19.VII.2011 , leg. Assing (cAss) . C o m m e n t: Quedius obliqueseriatus was originally attributed to the subgenus Sauridus MULSANT & REY, 1876 , today a junior synonym of Raphirus STEPHENS, 1829 ( EPPELSHEIM 1889 ). The species was revised by SOLODOVNIKOV (2004) , who did not explicitly assign it to a subgenus. However, according SOLODOVNIKOV (2004 , 2005 ), it is closely allied to Q. boluensis and some species described in the second paper ( Q. nonseriatus , Q. henrii , Q , humosus ), which he attributed to Raphirus . Nevertheless, Q. obliqueseriatus is listed in the subgenus Microsaurus in SCHÜLKE & SMETANA (2015). Since Q. obliqueseriatus is clearly closely related to the other species treated in the previous sections, it should be placed in Raphirus . The species is endemic to the Krasnodar region in the Northwest Caucasus ( SOLODOVNIKOV 2004 ).