Quedius (Raphirus) muscicola Cameron , 1932

Cai, Yan-Peng & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2015, Taxonomy of the subgenus Quedius (Raphirus) Stephens (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini: Quediina) with descriptions of four new species from China, Zootaxa 3990 (2), pp. 151-196 : 188

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3990.2.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6115665

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scientific name

Quedius (Raphirus) muscicola Cameron , 1932
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Quedius (Raphirus) muscicola Cameron, 1932 View in CoL

( Figs. 15, 15-1 View FIGURE 15 )

Cameron, 1932: 295 ( Quedius ; subgenus Raphirus ; Type locality: India, Ghum district); Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1450 (catalog); Scheerpeltz, 1965: 112 ( Myanmar); Smetana, 1988: 253 (lectotype designation; redescription; India, Myanmar, Nepal); Smetana, 1992: 5 ( Nepal); Smetana, 1997: 131 ( China (Yunnan)); Herman, 2001: 3214 (world catalog); Smetana, 2004: 667 (catalog for Palaearctic region); Smetana, 2012a: 44 (redescription; China (Guizhou, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan)).

Quedius (Raphirus) dohertyi Cameron, 1932: 297 ( Quedius View in CoL ; subgenus Raphirus ; Type locality: Myanmar, Ruby Mines); Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1438 (catalog); Smetana, 1988: 253 (synonym of muscicola View in CoL ); Herman, 2001: 3214 (world catalog); Smetana, 2004: 667 (catalog for Palaearctic region).

Quedius (Raphirus) heterogaster Cameron, 1944: 14 ( Quedius View in CoL ; subgenus Raphirus ; Type locality: India, Chakrata district, Kanasar); Smetana, 1988: 253 (lectotype designation; synonym of muscicola View in CoL ); Herman, 2001: 3215 (world catalog); Smetana, 2004: 667 (catalog for Palaearctic region).

Material examined. CHINA: Sichuan Province: 1 ♂, Wan County, Wangerbao Nature Reserve, 28. V. 1994, coll. Xingke Yang; 1 ♂, Dujiangyan City, Qingcheng Mountain, 4. VI. 1997, coll. Haisheng Zhou; 4 ♂♂, 9 ♀, Baoxing County, Fengtongzhai Nature Reserve, 6–7. VI. 1997, coll. Haisheng Zhou; 1 ♂, Baoxing County, Yongfu, Pujigou, 2300 m, 11–14. VIII. 2003, coll. Xiaodong Yu; 1 ♂, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Wulidun, 2460 m, 5–8. VIII. 2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu; 1 ♀, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Wulidun, 2270 m, 22–25. IX. 2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Dujiangyan City, Qingcheng Mountain, 21. VIII. 2005, coll. Yejun Zhang; 1 ♀, Dujiangyan City, Qingcheng Mountain, 23. VIII. 2005, coll. Xiaoyan Li; 1 ♂, Dujiangyan City, Longchi Mountain, 26. VIII. 2005, coll. Caiyun Zhao; 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀, Dujiangyan City, Longchi Mountain, 1800 m, 26. VIII. 2005, coll. Xiaoyan Li; 1 ♂, Emeishan City, Emei Mountain, 28. VIII. 2005, coll. Caiyun Zhao; 2 ♀♀, Emeishan City, Emei Mountain, 28. VIII. 2005, coll. Yejun Zhang; 2 ♀♀, Emeishan City, Emei Mountain, 1200 m, 29. VIII. 2005, coll. Xiaoyan Li; 1 ♀, Baoxing County, Fengtongzhai Nature Reserve, Dashuigou, 1500 m, 2. IX. 2005, coll. Hongzhang Zhou and Caiyun Zhao; 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, Baoxing County, Fengtongzhai Nature Reserve, Dashuigou, 1500 m, 3. IX. 2005, coll. Caiyun Zhao; 4 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, Baoxing County, Fengtongzhai Nature Reserve, Dashuigou, 1500 m, 2–3. IX. 2005, coll. Xiaoyan Li; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Lushan County, Longmen Village, 15. X. 2005, coll. Haifeng Chen.

Measurements. BL = 6.9 mm, BW = 1.4 mm, HL/PL/EL = 1.00: 1.10: 1.30, HW/PW/EW/AW = 1.00: 1.11: 1.42: 1.27, HW/HL = 1.02, HEL/HTL = 8.96, PW/PL = 1.03, EW/EL = 1.11, ESL/EL = 0.55.

Distribution. Quedius muscicola Cameron is known from Myanmar, and from the mountain areas from the Himalayan range ( India, Nepal) to southwestern China (Gansu, Guizhou, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan and Yunnan Province), at altitudes from 650 m to 2800 m. Many of the examined specimens were collected in bushes, stacks of withered grass, leaf litter, or at the edges of creeks.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

Genus

Quedius

Loc

Quedius (Raphirus) muscicola Cameron , 1932

Cai, Yan-Peng & Zhou, Hong-Zhang 2015
2015
Loc

Quedius (Raphirus) heterogaster

Smetana 2004: 667
Herman 2001: 3215
Smetana 1988: 253
Cameron 1944: 14
1944
Loc

Quedius (Raphirus) dohertyi

Smetana 2004: 667
Herman 2001: 3214
Smetana 1988: 253
Scheerpeltz 1933: 1438
Cameron 1932: 297
1932
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