Quedius (Raphirus) shunichii Smetana, 2010

Cai, Yan-Peng & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2015, Taxonomy of the subgenus Quedius (Raphirus) Stephens (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini: Quediina) with descriptions of four new species from China, Zootaxa 3990 (2), pp. 151-196 : 169

Quedius (Raphirus) shunichii Smetana, 2010

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Smetana, 2010: 250 ( Quedius ; subgenus Raphirus ; Type locality: China, Xilingxue Shan Dujuanlin, 2180 m, DayiXian C. Sichuan).

Quedius (Raphirus) pluvialis Smetana, 2007 , 466 (description; misidentification; non. pluvialis Smetana, 1998 ).

Material examined. CHINA: Sichuan Province: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Baoxing County, Muping, 1750 m, 2–5. VIII. 2003, coll. Xiaodong Yu; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Baoxing County, Muping, 1865 m, 2–5. VIII. 2003, coll. Xiaodong Yu and Jie Wu.

Measurements. BL = 13.3 mm, BW = 2.6 mm, HL/PL/EL = 1.00: 1.42: 1.31, HW/PW/EW/AW = 1.00: 1.45: 1.47: 1.50, HW/HL = 1.11, HEL/HTL = 3.17, PW/PL = 1.13, EW/EL = 1.25, ESL/EL = 0.49.

Description of female. Female with first four segments of foretarsus similar to those of male, but much less dilated, segment II narrower than apex of tibia; tergite VIII with basal ridge complete and straight, surface without long seta; sternite VIII with basal ridge complete and straight, with two long setae on each side; tergite X ( Fig. 7- 1 H) with basal side broadly and shallowly concave, middle and apical portion more strongly sclerotized and pigmented, apex rod-like, distinctly protruded and pointed, with long setae along protruded portion, and some shorter ones a little anteriorly.

Distribution. Quedius shunichii Smetana is known only from the mountains in Dayi County and Baoxing County in central Sichuan Province, at altitudes between 1750 m and 2180 m. The examined specimens were collected in forests using pitfall traps in August.

Figures

FIGURE 7. Quedius (Raphirus) shunichii Smetana, 2010: 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).