Quedius pluvialis, SMETANA, 1998
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5312370 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03828797-7F45-FFE3-8378-9E09FB86FD1B |
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Marcus |
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Quedius pluvialis |
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Key to the species of the Quedius pluvialis View in CoL group
1 Abdominal tergite 2 (in front of first fully visible tergite) glabrous; abdominal tergite 8 (fifth visible) with apical seam of palisade setae. Aedoeagus as in Figs 8-10 View Figs 1-10 . Length 10.5 mm ................................................................................................. Q. egregius View in CoL nov.sp.
- Abdominal tergite 2 (in front of first fully visible tergite) entirely punctate and pubescent, or at least with punctures on apical part; abdominal tergite 8 (fifth visible) lacking apical seam of palisade setae..................................................................................2
2 Apical portion of median lobe of aedoeagus dagger-like, without elongate lamina ventrally (lateral view, Fig. 13 in SMETANA 2010: 253). Additional puncture between posterior frontal puncture and puncture at posterior margin of head present (rarely missing unilaterally). Length 8.0- 8.8 mm ................................ Q. pluvialis SMETANA, 1998 View in CoL
- Apical portion of median lobe of aedoeagus lancet- or dagger-like, but if dagger-like then with elongate lamina ventrally (lateral view, Fig. 7 View Figs 1-10 in SMETANA 2010: 251; Fig. 11 in SMETANA, 2012:311). Additional puncture between posterior frontal puncture and puncture at posterior margin of head absent (rarely present unilaterally)....................3
3 Apical portion of median lobe of aedoeagus dagger-like ( Fig. 8 View Figs 1-10 ).......................................4
- Apical portion of median lobe of aedoeagus lancet-like ( Fig. 3 View Figs 1-10 ; Fig. 3 View Figs 1-10 in SMETANA 2010 a: 251).........................................................................................................................5
4 Male secondary sexual characters present on abdominal sternite 6. Ventral lamina of median lobe relatively short ( Fig. 7 View Figs 1-10 in SMETANA 2010 a: 151). Length 9.0- 10.2 mm ............ .......................................................................................................... Q. oui SMETANA, 2010 View in CoL
- Male secondary sexual characters absent from abdominal sternite 6. Ventral lamina of median lobe very long (Fig. 11 in SMETANA 2012d: 311). Length 9.5-10.5 mm .................. .............................................................................................. Q. schneideri SMETANA, 2012 View in CoL
5 Aedoeagus large and robust, paramere widely fusiform ( Fig. 3 View Figs 1-10 ). Length 10.0- 10.5 mm ...... .................................................................................................................... Q. nemo View in CoL nov.sp.
- Aedoeagus markedly smaller and less robust, paramere narrow, more or less parallelsided ( Fig. 3 View Figs 1-10 in SMETANA 2010 a: 251). Length 8.5-9.2 mm ...................................... ................................................................................................ Q. shunichii SMETANA, 2010 View in CoL
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