Quedius (Raphirus) omissus COIFFAIT, 1977

Assing, Volker, 2017, On the micropterous Quedius (Raphirus) species with a punctate scutellum of Turkey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 49 (2), pp. 1029-1039 : 1032

Quedius (Raphirus) omissus COIFFAIT, 1977 ( Figs 17-21 , Map 1 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Turkey: R i z e 333, 60 km SSE Rize, Ovitdağı Geçidi, 40°37'N, 40°47'E, 2710 m, N-slope, under stones, 25.VII.2006, leg. Assing (cAss).

C o m m e n t: This species was previously known only from the Russian part (Krasnodar, Adygeja, Karachaevo-Cherkessia) of the West Caucasus ( SOLODOVNIKOV 2002). The above specimens were compared with material from the West Caucasus and represent the first records from Turkey ( Map 1 ). The aedeagus is illustrated in Figs 17- 21 .

Figures

Map 1: Distribution of micropterous Quedius (Raphirus) species with punctate scutellum in Turkey: Quedius reitteri (black circles), Q. omissus (white circle); Q. brevalatus (white triangle); Q. sp. (white star).

Figs 11-21: Quedius brevalatus from Armenia (11-14) and Turkey (15-16), and Q. omissus from Turkey (17-21): (11-12, 19-20) median lobe of aedeagus in lateral and in ventral view; (13-15, 21) paramere; (16) female abdominal segments IX-X; (17-18) aedeagus in lateral and in ventral view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.