Quedius (Raphirus) paradisianus (HEER, 1839)

Assing, Volker, 2017, On Quedius coloratus FAUVEL, 1875 and allied species, with an appendix on Quedius species collected in Greece with subterranean pitfall traps, and a new synonymy (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 49 (1), pp. 207-228 : 226

Quedius (Raphirus) paradisianus (HEER, 1839)

Quedius (Raphirus) crnagoricus COIFFAIT, 1980: 38 ; nov.syn.

C o m m e n t: The original description of Q. crnagoricus is based on a male holotype and five paratypes (three males and two females) from " Montenégro, Col de Čakor" deposited in the Coiffait collection ( COIFFAIT 1980). However, the type material was looked for, but not found, by the curator in charge of the Coiffait collection at the MNHNP (TAGHAVIAN, e-mail 9 February, 2017). According to COIFFAIT (1980), this species is similar to Q. paradisianus in the shape of the aedeagus, but distinguished by infuscate metitibiae (sometimes also infuscate mesotibiae) and by entirely black elytra. As pointed out by ASSING (2016d), the coloration of the tibiae is variable in Q. paradisianus , and the elytra are mostly blackish in this species. Moreover, the shape of the aedeagus ( COIFFAIT 1980: figures 1C-E) is identical to that of Q. paradisianus . Finally, the type locality of Q. crnagoricus is within the known range of Q. paradisianus . In consequence, there is no reasonable doubt that the type material of Q. crnagoricus is conspecific with Q. paradisianus .