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
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1175-5326
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Quedius
(
Raphirus
)
shunichii
Smetana, 2010
(
Figs. 7, 7-1
)
Smetana, 2010
: 250 (
Quedius
; subgenus
Raphirus
;
Type
locality:
China
, Xilingxue Shan Dujuanlin,
2180 m
, DayiXian C. Sichuan).
Quedius
(
Raphirus
)
pluvialis
Smetana, 2007
, 466 (description; misidentification; non.
pluvialis
Smetana, 1998
).
Material examined.
CHINA
: Sichuan
Province:
1 ♂
, 1 ♀, Baoxing County, Muping,
1750 m
,
2–5. VIII. 2003
, coll. Xiaodong Yu;
1 ♂
, 1 ♀, Baoxing County, Muping,
1865 m
,
2–5. VIII. 2003
, coll. Xiaodong Yu and Jie Wu.
Measurements.
BL =
13.3 mm
, BW =
2.6 mm
, HL/PL/EL = 1.00: 1.42: 1.31, HW/PW/EW/AW = 1.00: 1.45: 1.47: 1.50, HW/HL = 1.11, HEL/HTL = 3.17, PW/PL = 1.13, EW/EL = 1.25, ESL/EL = 0.49.
Description of female.
Female with first four segments of foretarsus similar to those of male, but much less dilated, segment II narrower than apex of tibia; tergite VIII with basal ridge complete and straight, surface without long seta; sternite VIII with basal ridge complete and straight, with two long setae on each side; tergite X (
Fig. 7- 1
H) with basal side broadly and shallowly concave, middle and apical portion more strongly sclerotized and pigmented, apex rod-like, distinctly protruded and pointed, with long setae along protruded portion, and some shorter ones a little anteriorly.
Distribution.
Quedius shunichii
Smetana
is known only from the mountains in Dayi County and Baoxing County in central Sichuan Province, at altitudes between
1750 m
and
2180 m
. The examined specimens were collected in forests using pitfall traps in August.