Revision of the Quedius fauna of Middle Asia (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae)
Author
Salnitska, Maria
Author
Solodovnikov, Alexey
text
Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift
2018
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117
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/dez.65.27033
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/dez.65.27033
1860-1324-2-117
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Quedius (s. str.) fuliginosus Gravenhorst, 1802
Fig. 2A
Quedius fuliginosus
:
Herman 2001
, 3155 (summary of literature);
Assing and
Schuelke
2012
, 457, 458 (diagnosis, distribution and bionomics, aedeagus illustration).
Material examined.
Kazakhstan: 1 ♂, Akshatau Mt., NW Ayaguz, Semipalat, forest leaf litter, 17.VII.1962, L.V. Arnoldi leg. (ZIN); 2 ♂ Stepnyak, Zhukey Lake, 10.VII.2002, V.A. Kastcheev leg.; 1 ♂, Ivanovsky Mt. Ridge, 32 km S Leninogorsk, 1300 m a.s.l. 14.VIII.1986, I.I. Kabak leg. (ZIN); Uzbekistan: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Tashkent, near railway station, plant residues, 24.V.1986, S.A. Kurbatov leg. (cKur).
Comments on taxonomy, distribution and bionomics.
Similarly to
Q. curtipennis
(see above),
Q. fuliginosus
is a widespread and common species in the Western Palaearctic, and subject of numerous publications. The most recent summary of its diagnostic characters, bionomics and distribution can be found in
Assing and
Schuelke
(2012)
. For the same reasons as
Q. curtipennis
above, the exact distribution of
Q. fuliginosus
needs careful revision. Limited material from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan examined here represents the first records of this species from Middle Asia.
Figure 2. Habitus of
Quedius
recorded in Middle Asia. A
Q. fuliginosus
(photo Lech Borowiec) B
Q. sundukovi
C
Q. vicinus
D
Q. koltzei
E
Q. mutilatus
F
Q. ochripennis
. Scale bars: 1 mm.