Quediina Kraatz, 1857a

Asenjo, Angélico, Irmler, Ulrich, Klimaszewski, Jan, Chandler, Donald S., Fierros-López, Hugo Eduardo & Vieira, Juliana S., 2019, Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in Latin America: synopsis, annotated catalog, diversity and distribution, Zootaxa 4621 (1), pp. 1-406 : 300-301

Subtribe Quediina Kraatz, 1857a

0999. Quedionuchus Sharp, 1884: 336

Type species: Quedius impunctus Solsky, 1868

12 species are included in this genus from Central America. Characters/Description: Smetana 1971: 147 (characters as subgenus of Quedius ); Smetana 1976a: 223 (characters). Key: Smetana 1971: 147 (species the genus, as subgenus of Quedius ); Smetana 1976a: 224 (Central American species as subgenus of Quedius ). Distribution.

Central America: Mexico, Guatemala.

Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic.

1000. Quedius Stephens, 1829a: 22 ( Fig. 223 )

Type species: Staphylinus levicollis Brullé, 1832

Aemulus Gistel, 1834: 8 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 40]

Type species: Staphylinus fuliginosus Gravenhorst, 1802

Anastictodera Casey, 1915: 421 [synonymized by Smetana 1971: 38]

Type species: Quedius compransor Fall, 1912

Arphirus Tottenham, 1945: 70 [synonymized by Smetana 1 958: 328]

Type species: Staphylinus semiobscurus Marsham, 1802

Ediquus Mulsant & Rey, 1876: 615 , 616 [synonymized by Scheerpeltz 1933: 1428]

Type species: Quedius microps Gravenhorst, 1847

Quediochrus Casey, 1915: 398 , 420 [synonymized by Smetana 1971: 38]

Type species: Quedius spelaeus Horn, 1871

Quediellus Casey, 1915: 398 , 402 [synonymized by Smetana 1971: 39]

Type species: Quedius debilis Horn, 1878

Thanatomanes Gistel, 1856: 388 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 384]

Type species: Staphylinus impressus Panzer, 1796

Subgenera:

Distichalius Casey, 1915: 398 , 404

Type species: Staphylinus capucinus Gravenhorst, 1806

Euryquedius Reitter, 1909: 108 [*]

Type species: Quedius curtus Erichson, 1840

Farus Blackwelder, 1952: 165

Type species: Quedius przewalskii Reitter, 1887

Ediquus Reitter, 1887a: 211 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 165]

Type species: Quedius przewalskii Reitter, 1887

Megaquedius Casey, 1915: 421 [*]

Type species: Quedius explanatus LeConte, 1858

Microsaurus Dejean, 1833: 61

Type species: Staphylinus lateralis Gravenhorst, 1802

Tenebrobius Rambousek, 1915a: 27 , 29 [synonymized by Gridelli 1924b: 18]

Type species: Quedius bernhaueri Rambousek, 1915

Paraquedius Casey, 1915: 397 , 400

Type species: Quedius puncticeps Horn, 1878

Quediopsis Portevin, 1929: 337

Type species: Quedius riparius F. Kellner, 1843

Quedius Stephens, 1829a: 22 [*]

Type species: Staphylinus levicollis Brullé, 1832

Raphirus Stephens, 1829a: 23 [*]

Type species: Staphylinus attenuatus Gravenhorst, 1802

Microquedius Coiffait, 1967: 419 [synonymized by Smetana 1993: 50]

Type species: Philonthus alpestris Heer, 1839

Quediops Coiffait, 1963b: 373 [synonymized by Smetana 1993: 50]

Type species: Quedius plancus Erichson, 1840

Quedionthus Bordoni, 1973: 53 [synonymized by Coiffait 1978c: 9]

Type species: Quedius riparius F. Kellner, 1843

Sauridus Mulsant & Rey, 1876: 616 , 700 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 344]

Type species: Staphylinus picipes Mannerheim, 1830

Velleius Leach in Samouelle, 1819: 172

Type species: Staphylinus dilatatus Fabricius, 1787

Laverna Gistel, 1829: 1129 [synonymized by Blackwelder 1952: 212]

Type species: Staphylinus dilatatus Fabricius, 1787

32 species are included in this genus from Central and South America.

Characters/Description: Lynch-Arribálzaga 1884: 114 (characters in key), 119 (characters); Coiffait & Sáiz 1966: 385 (characters in key), 411 (characters); Smetana 1971: 38 (characters), 42 (characters of the subgenus Megaquedius ), 49 (characters of the subgenus Microsaurus ), 128 (characters of the subgenus Quedius ),153 (characters of the subgenus Distichalius ), 183 (characters of the subgenus Raphirus ), 235 (characters of the subgenus Paraquedius ); Smetana 1981: 354 (characters in key); Smetana 1988: 180 (characters in key), 181 (characters); Staniec 1999: 48 (characters of pupa); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 298 (characters in key).

Key: Scheerpeltz 1955: 172 ( Cyrtoquedius ); Smetana 1971: 41 (subgenera of Quedius ), 42 (species of the subgenus Megaquedius ), 49 (species of the subgenus Microsaurus ), 129 (species of the subgenus Quedius ), 154 (species of the subgenus Distichalius ), 184 (species of the subgenus Raphirus ); Smetana 1975a: 37 (Mexican species of the subgenus Megaquedius ); Smetana 1975b: 314 (species of caseyi group in subgenus Microsaurus ), 322 (species of aenescens group in subgenus Raphirus ); Smetana 1976b: 113 (Mexican species of the subgenus Microsaurus ); Smetana 1988: 184 (subgenera), 186 (species of the subgenus Microsaurus ), 227 (species of the subgenus Distichalius ), 233 (species of the subgenus Raphirus ); Gusarov 2001: 376 (species of the genus).

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Panama.

South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Chile, Argentina.

Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental, Australian, Oceanic.

Figures

FIGURES 220–231. Habitus; Staphylininae (220–231); 220, Peru: department of Madre de Dios (MUSM); 221, Peru: department of Madre de Dios (MUSM); 222, Peru: department of Madre de Dios (MUSM); 223, Chile: region Metropolitana de Santiago (MUSM); 224, after Erichson 1840; 225, after Solodovnikov 2006; 226, after Chatzimanolis 2013; 227, after Márquez & Asiain 2016; 228, Peru: department of Loreto (CEMT); 229, Peru: department of Junin (MUSM); 230, Peru: department of Madre de Dios (CEMT); 231, after Chatzimanolis 2012; slightly modified. Scale bars: 1 mm.