Revision of Hemiquedius Casey (Staphylinidae, Staphylininae) and a review of beetles dependent on beavers and muskrats in North America
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Brunke, Adam
Author
Smetana, Ales
Author
Carruthers-Lay, Duncan
Author
Buffam, Joel
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.702.19936
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.702.19936
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Hemiquedius Casey, 1915
Hemiquedius
Casey, 1915: 397, 399;
Smetana 1971a
(diagnosis, as '
Quediini
');
Chatzimanolis et al. 2010
(as
Staphylinini
:
Quediina
);
Brunke et al. 2016
(as
Staphylinini
:
Acylophorina
)
Diagnosis.
Hemiquedius
can be readily recognized as a member of the subtribe
Acylophorina
by its elongate, non-lobed and cylindrical mid and hind tarsomeres, and the empodial setae of the hind tarsus, which is distinctly longer than that of the foretarsus. Within the subtribe,
Hemiquedius
has a unique habitus (Fig. 1A) but is also distinguished by a combination of: foretibia without distinct spines; at least sutural half of elytron lacking regular, evenly distributed setae; antennae non-geniculate; pronotum roughly parallel-sided.