Quedius (Raphirus) reitteri GRIDELLI , 1925

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 : 1031

Quedius (Raphirus) reitteri GRIDELLI, 1925 ( Map 1 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Turkey: O r d u: 6 exs., 25 km S Ordu, S Kabaduz , 40°49'N, 37°54'E, 990 m, mixed forest with alder, spruce, bramble, ivy, 30.VII.2006, leg. Assing & Schülke (cAss, MNB) ; 5 exs., same locality, but roadside, roots of grass and herbs, and moss sifted (cAss). G i r e s u n: 12 exs., 40 km S Giresun, Şehitler Geçidi , 40°34'N, 38°27'E, 1790 m, spruce forest with rhododendron, litter sifted, 23.VII.2008, leg. Assing & Schülke (cAss, cFel, MNB) ; 8 exs., ca. 30 km S Giresun, 40°36'N, 38°27'E, 1250 m, spruce forest with rhododendron, sifted, 29.VII.2006, leg. Assing & Schülke (cAss, MNB) ; 1 ex., ca. 40 km S Giresun, N Kümbet, 40°34'N, 38°26'E, 1520 m, spruce forest with rhododendron, 29.VII.2006, leg. Assing (cAss). R i z e: 2 exs., 50 km SSE Rize, W Sivrikaya , 40°41'N, 40°39'E, 2050 m, natural fir forest, litter and dead wood sifted, 1.VIII.2006, leg. Assing (cAss). Bosnia-Herzegovina: 233, Sarajevo, Jahorina, 1800 m, 7. V.1990, leg. Wunderle (cAss) ; 13, Vlasic Planina, 1700 m, 5. V.1995 (cAss). Montenegro: 13, Bjelasica Planina, Biogradska Gora, 19.VII.2009, leg. Stevanović (cAss). Serbia: 13, 1♀, Kopaonik mts. , Jaram , 1550 m, 6. VI.2009, leg. Stevanović (cAss) ; 1♀, Tara Planina, Zaovine, 920 m, 28.X.2008, leg. Stevanović (cAss). Italy: 13, Lombardia, Passo di Tremalzo , 1500 m, 24. VI.1993, leg. Assing (cAss) .

C o m m e n t: KORGE (1964) already pointed out that the interpretation of the name Q. reitteri is doubtful. This taxon was originally described as a variety of Q. boops , based on material from "Silesia...; Carniola; Mte. Bjtoraj ( Croazia)" ( GRIDELLI 1925). The name has a junior synonym, Q. crius TOTTENHAM, 1948 , whose description is based on material from several localities in Great Britain ( TOTTENHAM 1948). Available zoogeographic evidence suggested that Q. reitteri and Q. crius were unlikely to refer to the same species. A revision of the type material of Q. crius revealed that it is conspecific with Q. boops ( GRAVENHORST, 1802) ; for details see the section on Q. boops at the end of this paper.

The species traditionally interpreted as Q. reitteri is distributed in the mountains of Southeast Europe and in Turkey. The distribution is remarkably discontinuous, as there are no records from the region between Northeast Anatolia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. The above records from Serbia and Montenegro represent the first records from these countries. In Turkey, the distribution appears to be confined to the northeast ( Map 1 ). Previous records are from Gümüşhane, Ordu, and Rize ( KORGE 1964, 1971). The specimens seen from Rize are distinguished from those collected in other Turkish provinces by a somewhat broader pronotum, but the aedeagus is identical.

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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).