Quedius (Microsaurus) gongga Smetana, 2006

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, Zootaxa 4013, pp. 1-26 : 17

Quedius (Microsaurus) gongga Smetana, 2006

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Smetana, 2006: 73 ( Quedius ; subgenus Microsaurus ; Type locality: China, Sichuan, Gongga Shan, Hailuogou, above Camp 3, 3200 m).

Material examined. CHINA: Sichuan Province: 2 ♂♂, Luding County, Moxi Township, Hailuogou, Caohaizi, 2775 m, 15. V. 2009, coll. Dong Liu (IZ-CAS); 1 ♂, Luding County, Moxi Township, Changheba, 3100 m, 16. V. 2009, coll. Jing Li and Hui Zhai (IZ-CAS).

Measurements. BL = 9.1 mm, BW = 2.0 mm, HL/PL/EL = 1.00: 1.15: 1.47, HW/PW/EW/AW = 1.00: 1.30: 1.52: 1.28, HW/HL = 0.96, HEL/HTL = 0.82, PW/PL = 1.10, EW/EL = 1.10, ESL/EL = 0.60.

Distribution. Quedius gongga Smetana is known only from the Gongga mountain range in Sichuan Province, at high altitudes between 2750 m and 3200 m. The examined specimens were collected in May by sifting leaf litter or roasting soil with a lamp.

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FIGURE 7. Quedius (Microsaurus) gongga Smetana, 2006: A. head (1.0 mm); B. pronotum (1.0 mm); C. elytra (1.0 mm); D. underside of paramere (0.2 mm); E. apical portion of median lobe, parameral view (0.2 mm). (Scale in parentheses).