Quedius (Raphirus) paraboops, Coiffait, 1975

Smetana, Tephens & Shavrin, A., 2018, Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Quedius S, 1829 of Siberia and Russian Far East (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini: Quediina), Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1), pp. 825-836 : 835

Quedius (Raphirus) paraboops COIFFAIT, 1975

paraboops COIFFAIT, 1975: 34 ( Quedius ; subgenus Raphirus ; desctiption); SMETANA, 1976: 27 ( Quedius ; subgenus Raphirus ; comments; characters; characters in key); SMETANA, 1978: 86 ( Quedius ; subgenus Raphirus ; distribution); DRUGMAND, 1988:209 ( Quedius ; subgenus Raphirus ; aedoeagus illustration; characters in table)

N e w r e c o r d s. Irkutsk Area, Nizhneudinskiy District ., East Sayan , Tofalaria , 1300 m, Tantal- Niobium field "Zashihinskoye", Khailama river , 24.07. - 03.08. 2012, R. Hailama, I. Y. Enuschenko leg., 23 spec. of both sexes ( CSH, NSMT) ; Chita Area, Kalarskiy District, Udokan Range , left bank of Eimnakh river , 5 km below mouth of Aku stream (left ttributary of Eimnakh river ), 56˚ 17’08.7’’N 117˚ 22’26.1’’E, 868 m, 06.- 07.2014, I. V. Enushchenko, 1♂, 1♀ ( NSMT) ; same range, crossing of Baronka river and Kuanda River , 56˚ 22’32.5’’N 117˚ 08.28.7’’E, 984 m, 05.07.2014, I. V. Enushchenko, 1♀ ( NSMT) ; Amur Area, Skovorodinskiy District, left side of Urka river , 16 km N Yerofey Pavlovitch, 54˚ 06’20.95’’N 121˚ 58’ 03.91’’E, h= 568 m, young (about 5-7 years) growth of Betula sp. with mixed Alnus sp. and Salix spp. undergrowth of Vaccinium uliginosum, Ledum palustre, Rubus sp., Calamagrostis purpurea and free standing large Larix ghmelinii trees, 31.8 – 1. 9. 2014, A. V. Shavrin, I. V. Enushchenko, 1♂ ( NSMT) .

C o m m e n t s. The species is widely distributed in Siberia, in the north from Ob river in the west to Lena river basins in the east, southwards to Irkutsk, Chita and Amur regions.