Quedius (Raphirus) kuiro Smetana, 1988

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 : 169

publication ID

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

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6115649

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scientific name

Quedius (Raphirus) kuiro Smetana, 1988
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Quedius (Raphirus) kuiro Smetana, 1988 View in CoL

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Smetana, 1988: 288 ( Quedius ; subgenus Raphirus ; Type locality: Nepal, Khandbari Distr., Induwa Khola Valley, 2000 m); Herman, 2001: 3179 (world catalog); Smetana, 2004: 666 (catalog for Palaearctic region).

Material examined. CHINA: Yunnan Province: 1 ♂, Dayao County, Sanhexiang, 2010 m, 29. V. 2012, coll. Ye Liu.

Measurements. BL = 12.0 mm, BW = 2.3 mm, HL/PL/EL = 1.00: 1.21: 1.62, HW/PW/EW/AW = 1.00: 1.16: 1.42: 1.29, HW/HL = 1.12, HEL/HTL = 3.68, PW/PL = 1.07, EW/EL = 0.98, ESL/EL = 0.54.

Remarks. This species is recorded from China for the first time.

Distribution. The present specimen of Quedius kuiro Smetana was collected from mountain areas in central Yunnan at an altitude of 2010 m. So far it was only reported from mountain areas in eastern Nepal at similar altitude.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

Genus

Quedius

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