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Quedius (Microsaurus) nireus Smetana 1995

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Quedius (Microsaurus) nireus Smetana, 1995

(Figs. 9, 9-1)

Smetana, 1995a: 240 (Quedius; subgenus Microsaurus; Type locality: China, Gansu, Mts. 25 km E Xiahe, 2805–2925 m; Gansu, Sichuan); Smetana, 2001: 200 (key to species from China); Herman, 2001: 3221 (world catalog); Smetana, 2004: 660 (catalog for Palaearctic region); Smetana, 2006: 68 (Yunnan); Zheng and Zheng, 2006: 176.

Material examined. CHINA: Sichuan Province: 1 ♂, Kangding County, Mugecuo, 3800 m, 23. V. 2009, coll. Yulingzi Zhou (IZ-CAS).

Measurements. BL = 9.8 mm, BW = 2.0 mm, HL/PL/EL = 1.00: 1.26: 1.66, HW/PW/EW/AW = 1.00: 1.31: 1.52: 1.39, HW/HL = 1.03, HEL/HTL = 1.10, PW/PL = 1.08, EW/EL = 0.95, ESL/EL = 0.56.

Distribution. Quedius nireus Smetana is known from high mountains in southwestern China (Gansu, Sichuan and Yunnan Province), at high altitudes between 2805 m and 3800 m. The examined specimen was collected in May in a Rhododendron forest.

Notes

Published as part of Cai, Yan-Peng, Zhao, Zong-Yi & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2015, Taxonomy of the Quedius mukuensis group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini: Quediina) with descriptions of four new species from China, pp. 1-26 in Zootaxa 4013 on page 26, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4013.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/289376

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Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.289390 (DOI)
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Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4013.1.1 (DOI)
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Biodiversity

Family
Staphylinidae
Genus
Quedius
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Smetana
Species
nireus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Quedius (Microsaurus) nireus Smetana, 1995 sec. Cai, Zhao & Zhou, 2015

References

  • Smetana, A. (1995 a) Contributions to the knowledge of the Quediina (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylinini) of China. Genus Quedius Stephens, 1829. Part 2. Subgenus Microsaurus Dejean, 1833. Section 2. Bulletin of the National Science Museum (A), 21 (4), 231 - 250.
  • Smetana, A. (2001) Contributions to the knowledge of the Quediina (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylinini) of China. Part 20. Genus Quedius Stephens, 1829. Subgenus Microsaurus Dejean, 1833. Section 12. Elytra, 29 (1), 193 - 216.
  • Herman, L. H. (2001) Catalog of the Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). 1758 to the end of the second millennium. VI. Staphylinine group (part 3) Staphylininae: Staphylinini (Quediina, Staphylinina, Tanygnathinina, Xanthopygina), Xantholinini. Staphylinidae incertae sedis. Fossils, Protactinae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 265, 3021 - 3839.
  • Smetana, A. (2004) Family STAPHYLINIDAE Latreille, 1802. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 2. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 656 - 670.
  • Smetana, A. (2006) Contributions to the knowledge of the Quediina (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylinini) of China. Part 27. Genus Quedius Stephens, 1829. Subgenus Microsaurus Dejean, 1833. Section 15. Elytra, 34 (1), 63 - 94.
  • Zheng, F. K. & Zheng, X. J. (2006) Three new species of the genus Quedius (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae) from China. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 31 (1), 173 - 179.