Revision of the Quedius fauna of Middle Asia (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae) Author Salnitska, Maria Author Solodovnikov, Alexey text Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 2018 65 2 117 159 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/dez.65.27033 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/dez.65.27033 1860-1324-2-117 B1A8523CA4634FC4A0C3072C2E78BA02 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.