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<taxonomicName LSID="B2FA19DD-7046-543E-A676-EFE1D05A329F" authority="Casey, 1915 stat. res." authorityName="Casey" authorityYear="1915" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Paraquedius" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Paraquedius" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Paraquedius Casey, 1915 stat. res.</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. A-H dorsal habitus of A, B Iratiquedius amabilis (Smetana) A male holotype B female non-type C, D I. mutator (Smetana) C male non-type D female holotype E I. prostans (Horn) F I. seriatus (Horn) G Paraquedius puncticeps (Horn) H P. marginicollis sp. nov. Scale bars: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1134.87853.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/779760" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Figs 2G, H</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. A-C dorsal head A, B showing extent of head punctation (white arrow) and color of first antennomere base (black arrow) D-F elytral punctation and microsculpture A Paraquedius puncticeps (Horn) B P. marginicollis sp. nov. C, D Quediellus debilis (Horn) E Quedionuchus longipennis (Mannerheim) F Quedius densiventris (Casey). Abbreviations: af = anterior frontal puncture; b = basal puncture; pf = posterior frontal puncture; sa = supra-antennal puncture. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1134.87853.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/779763" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">, 5A, B</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. A aedeagus in ventral view B, C, D, G, H, K, L median lobe of aedeagus B, G, K, L in ventral view, C, D, H, O-Q in lateral view E, F, I, J, M, N underside of paramere showing peg setae A-F Paraquedius marginicollis sp. nov. E atypical specimen from Clallam County, Washington, United States G-J Paraquedius puncticeps (Horn) I lectotype, from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada J non-type specimen from Vancouver Island K-Q Quediellus debilis (Horn), specimens from east (K, M) and west (L, M) sides of the continental divide. Filled circles = typical ' nanulus' morphotype; open circles = typical ' debilis' morphotype. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1134.87853.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/779766" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">, 8A-J</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. A-I female tergite X A Iratiquedius amabilis (Smetana) B I. mutator (Smetana) C I. prostans (Horn) D I. seriatus (Horn), evenly convex E I. uncifer sp. nov., discal impression F Paraquedius puncticeps (Horn) G P. marginicollis sp. nov. H-I Quediellus debilis (Horn). Pigmented area on tergite in E not shown for clarity but similar to I. seriatus. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1134.87853.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/779767" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">, 9F-G</figureCitation>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Casey" authorityYear="1915" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Paraquedius" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Paraquedius" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Paraquedius</taxonomicName>
Casey, 1915: 397, 400.
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<taxonomicName authority="" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Quedius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Quedius (Paraquedius)" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Paraquedius">Quedius (Paraquedius)</taxonomicName>
:
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6543" author="Leng, C" journalOrPublisher="Vernon, New York" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" refId="B8" refString="Leng, C, 1920. Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico. J.D. Sherman, Mt. Vernon, New York, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6543" title="Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico. J. D. Sherman, Mt." url="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6543" year="1920">Leng 1920</bibRefCitation>
; Hatch 1957 (characters);
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.4039/entm10379fv" author="Smetana, A" journalOrPublisher="Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" pagination="1 - 303" refId="B10" refString="Smetana, A, 1971. Revision of the tribe Quediini of North America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 103 (79): 1 - 303, DOI: https://doi.org/10.4039/entm10379fv" title="Revision of the tribe Quediini of North America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)." url="https://doi.org/10.4039/entm10379fv" volume="103" year="1971">Smetana 1971</bibRefCitation>
(redescription);
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2006)99[1064:RAPAOA]2.0.CO;2" author="Solodovnikov, AY" journalOrPublisher="Farkac, Prague" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" refId="B14" refString="Solodovnikov, AY, 2006. Revision and phylogenetic assessment of Afroquedius gen. nov. from South Africa: toward new concepts of the genus Quedius, subtribe Quediina and reclassification of the tribe Staphylinini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 99(6): 1065-1084. https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2006)99[1064:RAPAOA]2.0.CO;2" title="Revision and phylogenetic assessment of Afroquedius gen. nov. from South Africa: toward new concepts of the genus Quedius, subtribe Quediina and reclassification of the tribe Staphylinini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 99 (6): 1065 - 1084." url="https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2006)99[1064:RAPAOA]2.0.CO;2" year="2006">Solodovnikov 2006</bibRefCitation>
(phylogeny); Brunke 2016 (phylogeny);
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz021" author="Brunke, AJ" journalOrPublisher="Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" pagination="166 - 197" refId="B3" refString="Brunke, AJ, Zyla, D, Yamamoto, S, Solodovnikov, A, 2019. Baltic amber Staphylinini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae): a rove beetle fauna on the eve of our modern climate. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 187 (1): 166 - 197, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz021" title="Baltic amber Staphylinini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae): a rove beetle fauna on the eve of our modern climate." url="https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz021" volume="187" year="2019">Brunke et al. 2019</bibRefCitation>
(phylogeny), 2021 (phylogeny, non-
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, to be re-instated as genus).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Type species.</paragraph>
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Horn, 1878.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Casey" authorityYear="1915" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Paraquedius" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Paraquedius" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Paraquedius</emphasis>
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is easily recognized within
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by a combination of the dark metallic blue/green reflections on the forebody, the punctate head and punctate scutellum. Within the Nearctic Region,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Paraquedius</emphasis>
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is the only genus of
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with the disc of the head evenly punctate, at least on the posterior half. Worldwide,
<taxonomicName authorityName="Casey" authorityYear="1915" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Paraquedius" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Paraquedius" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Paraquedius</emphasis>
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is superficially similar to the members of 'Clade
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of
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12468" author="Brunke, AJ" journalOrPublisher="Systematic Entomology" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" pagination="396 - 421" refId="B4" refString="Brunke, AJ, Hansen, AK, Salnitska, M, Kypke, JL, Predeus, AV, Escalona, HE, Chapados, JT, Eyres, J, Richter, R, Smetana, A, Ślipinski, SA, Zwick, A, Hajek, J, Leschen, RAB, Solodovnikov, A, Dettman, JR, 2021. The limits of Quediini at last (Staphylinidae: Staphylininae): a rove beetle mega-radiation resolved by comprehensive sampling and anchored phylogenomics. Systematic Entomology 46 (2): 396 - 421, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12468" title="The limits of Quediini at last (Staphylinidae: Staphylininae): a rove beetle mega-radiation resolved by comprehensive sampling and anchored phylogenomics." url="https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12468" volume="46" year="2021">Brunke et al. (2021)</bibRefCitation>
(the Oriental and Palaearctic Multipunctatus and Intricatus groups of
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), which are also metallic blue or green and have extensive head punctation. However, the latter have an impunctate scutellum, larger eyes and shorter appendages.
<taxonomicName authorityName="Casey" authorityYear="1915" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Paraquedius" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Paraquedius" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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is also superficially similar in habitus to members of the West Palaearctic clade (part of 'Clade
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,
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) that consists of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Kellner" authorityYear="1843" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Quedius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Quedius riparius" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="riparius">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Quedius riparius</emphasis>
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and its close relatives. However, in
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the head is evenly punctate on the posterior half and the scutellum is punctate.
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Medium sized rove beetles, with metallic blue to greenish forebody and long appendages (Fig.
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). With the character states of
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(see
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) and the following: antennomere 3 longer than 2, with dense but not tomentose setae; all antennomeres longer than wide; head with eyes large, slightly more than twice as long as temples, convex, bulging from lateral head outline, subparallel and with inner margin well separated from suprantennal ridge (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. A-C dorsal head A, B showing extent of head punctation (white arrow) and color of first antennomere base (black arrow) D-F elytral punctation and microsculpture A Paraquedius puncticeps (Horn) B P. marginicollis sp. nov. C, D Quediellus debilis (Horn) E Quedionuchus longipennis (Mannerheim) F Quedius densiventris (Casey). Abbreviations: af = anterior frontal puncture; b = basal puncture; pf = posterior frontal puncture; sa = supra-antennal puncture. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1134.87853.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/779763" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">5A, B</figureCitation>
); antennal insertions distant from inner margin of eye, separated by about 1.5 times the width of antennal sclerite (Fig.
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); frons well developed anterolaterad of antennal insertions (Fig.
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); head chaetotaxy obscured by the presence of many setae, though with clearly present anterior and posterior frontal punctures and frontal area glabrous, with interocular setae absent, genal puncture absent; labrum notched medially, creating two lobes; apical maxillary and labial palpi fusiform and glabrous, penultimate maxillary palpomere setose, some setae quite long, extending to about half length of apical maxillary palpomere; infraorbital ridge complete to mandibles; gular sutures converging towards neck and narrowly spaced posteriad; mandibles with dorsal lateral groove; right mandible with single bifid proximal tooth; pronotum subquadrate; hypomeron slightly inflexed, partly visible in lateral view; with only single large lateral puncture; dorsal row of pronotum with three to five punctures; sublateral row not reaching level of large lateral puncture; basisternum with pair of macrosetae though surrounded by many shorter setae, with longitudinal ridge on apical half; elytron with subbasal ridge complete, forming scutellar collar; scutellum punctate; row of humeral spines reduced to short row of darker, shorter regular setae; disc of elytra with even punctation, without microsculpture; foretibia with lateral spines and apical spurs; metatarsomeres with disc setose; metatibia spinose with at least three spines on outer face; abdominal tergite I with prototergal glands weakly developed as shallow impressions, impressions surrounded by some setae; abdominal tergites without impressed, glabrous basal areas; abdominal sternite III with basal transverse carina forming obtuse angle at middle, not produced; abdominal sternite VII unmodified; abdominal sternite VIII with distinct median emargination but emargination lacking membranous extension; aedeagus with well-developed paramere bearing peg setae (Fig.
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).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Figure 5.</emphasis>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">A-C</emphasis>
dorsal head
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">A, B</emphasis>
showing extent of head punctation (white arrow) and color of first antennomere base (black arrow)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">D-F</emphasis>
elytral punctation and microsculpture
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">A</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Horn" authorityYear="1878" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Paraquedius" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Paraquedius puncticeps" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="puncticeps">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Paraquedius puncticeps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Horn)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">B</emphasis>
<taxonomicName family="Staphylinidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. marginicollis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" rank="species" species="marginicollis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">P. marginicollis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">C, D</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName=", comb. res." baseAuthorityName="Horn" baseAuthorityYear="1878" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Quediellus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Quediellus debilis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="debilis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Quediellus debilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Horn)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">E</emphasis>
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Mannerheim" baseAuthorityYear="1846" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Quedionuchus" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Quedionuchus longipennis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longipennis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Quedionuchus longipennis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Mannerheim)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">F</emphasis>
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Casey" baseAuthorityYear="1915" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Quedius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Quedius densiventris" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="densiventris">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Quedius densiventris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Casey). Abbreviations: af = anterior frontal puncture; b = basal puncture; pf = posterior frontal puncture; sa = supra-antennal puncture. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1134.87853.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/779764" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" start="Figure 6" startId="F6">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Figure 6.</emphasis>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">A-G, L-O</emphasis>
median lobe of aedeagus
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">A-D, N, O</emphasis>
in lateral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">E-G, L, M</emphasis>
in ventral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">O</emphasis>
with internal sac everted
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">H-K, P</emphasis>
underside of paramere showing peg setae
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">A, B, E, F, H, I</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Brunke" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Smetana" baseAuthorityYear="1971" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Iratiquedius" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Iratiquedius amabilis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" rank="species" species="amabilis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Iratiquedius amabilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Smetana)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">C, D, G, J, K</emphasis>
<taxonomicName lsidName="I. mutator" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" rank="species" species="mutator">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">I. mutator</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Smetana)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">L-P</emphasis>
<taxonomicName lsidName="I. prostans" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" rank="species" species="prostans">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">I. prostans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Horn). Scale bars: 0.1 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1134.87853.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/779765" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" start="Figure 7" startId="F7">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Figure 7.</emphasis>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">A-K</emphasis>
median lobe of aedeagus
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">A-C</emphasis>
in ventral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">D-K</emphasis>
in lateral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">H, J</emphasis>
internal sac partly everted, showing paired ventral sclerites
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">I, K</emphasis>
completely everted
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">L-N</emphasis>
underside of paramere showing peg setae
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">A, B, D, E, H, I, L, M</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Brunke" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Horn" baseAuthorityYear="1878" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Iratiquedius" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Iratiquedius seriatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" rank="species" species="seriatus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Iratiquedius seriatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Horn)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">C, F, G, J, K, N</emphasis>
<taxonomicName lsidName="I. uncifer" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" rank="species" species="uncifer">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">I. uncifer</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1134.87853.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/779766" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" start="Figure 8" startId="F8">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Figure 8.</emphasis>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">A</emphasis>
aedeagus in ventral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">B, C, D, G, H, K, L</emphasis>
median lobe of aedeagus
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">B, G, K, L</emphasis>
in ventral view,
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">C, D, H, O-Q</emphasis>
in lateral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">E, F, I, J, M, N</emphasis>
underside of paramere showing peg setae
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">A-F</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Brunke" authorityYear="2022" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Paraquedius" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Paraquedius marginicollis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="marginicollis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Paraquedius marginicollis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">E</emphasis>
atypical specimen from Clallam County, Washington, United States
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">G-J</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Horn" authorityYear="1878" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Paraquedius" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Paraquedius puncticeps" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="puncticeps">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Paraquedius puncticeps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Horn)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">I</emphasis>
lectotype, from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">J</emphasis>
non-type specimen from Vancouver Island
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">K-Q</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName=", comb. res." baseAuthorityName="Horn" baseAuthorityYear="1878" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Quediellus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Quediellus debilis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="debilis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Quediellus debilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Horn), specimens from east (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">K, M)</emphasis>
and west (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">L, M)</emphasis>
sides of the continental divide. Filled circles = typical
<normalizedToken originalValue="nanulus">'nanulus'</normalizedToken>
morphotype; open circles = typical
<normalizedToken originalValue="debilis">'debilis'</normalizedToken>
morphotype. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="129" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Casey" authorityYear="1915" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Paraquedius" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Paraquedius" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Paraquedius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is endemic to western North America, from coastal British Columbia, along the Coast, Cascade and Sierra Nevada Ranges, and as far south as the San Bernardino Mountains of California (
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.4039/Ent113631-7" author="Smetana, A" journalOrPublisher="The Canadian Entomologist" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" pagination="631 - 644" refId="B11" refString="Smetana, A, 1981. Revision of the tribe Quediini of America North of Mexico (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Supplementum 5. The Canadian Entomologist 113: 631 - 644, DOI: https://doi.org/10.4039/Ent113631-7" title="Revision of the tribe Quediini of America North of Mexico (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Supplementum 5." url="https://doi.org/10.4039/Ent113631-7" volume="113" year="1981">Smetana 1981</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="129" type="bionomics">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Bionomics.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">
Most specimens were taken in water-soaked moss or algae-covered rocks at waterfalls, fast streams or freshwater outflows to ocean beaches. A few specimens were collected near a stream under stones on muddy ground covered in algae (
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.4039/entm10379fv" author="Smetana, A" journalOrPublisher="Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada" pageId="0" pageNumber="129" pagination="1 - 303" refId="B10" refString="Smetana, A, 1971. Revision of the tribe Quediini of North America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 103 (79): 1 - 303, DOI: https://doi.org/10.4039/entm10379fv" title="Revision of the tribe Quediini of North America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)." url="https://doi.org/10.4039/entm10379fv" volume="103" year="1971">Smetana 1971</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="129" type="comments">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">Comments.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="129">The two available specimens from the San Bernardino Mountains were females and males should be sought to determine whether there are additional species present. Given that some specimens were collected at cold seeps amongst rather dry, scrubby forest, this genus may eventually be found further south in California, and potentially in the forested mountain valleys of Baja California and Baja California Sur, Mexico.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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