Quedius equus Smetana, 2014

Salnitska, Maria & Solodovnikov, Alexey, 2018, Taxonomy of the poorly known Quedius mutilatus group of wingless montane species from Middle Asia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini), European Journal of Taxonomy 401, pp. 1-17 : 10-13

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2018.401

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9C9DB157-AAA5-40B7-BA0B-9A57779382C1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5695868

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D5FE7E-7042-BF22-FD95-FA4AFACCFCBA

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scientific name

Quedius equus Smetana, 2014
status

 

Quedius equus Smetana, 2014 View in CoL

Figs 1 View Fig.1 , 4G–N View Fig. 4

Quedius equus Smetana, 2014: 35 View in CoL (original description).

Quedius equus View in CoL – Solodovnikov & Hansen 2016: 8 (distribution).

Type material (not examined, listed according to Smetana 2014)

Holotype

CHINA: ♂, “CHINA: NW-Xinjiang ca 58 km WNW Baicheng right trib. of Terek riv. 42°01′ N, 81°15′ E / 31.5. – 2.6.2009 3500 m alp. meadows, screes leg. J. Kalab ” ( NMW). GoogleMaps

Paratypes

CHINA: 2 ♂♂, same collecting data as for holotype ( Smetana 2014). GoogleMaps

Material examined

KAZAKHSTAN: 4 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, Karkara Valley , 2000–2500 m [42°39′20″ N, 79°13′30″ E], 18 Jul. 1989, I. Kabak leg. ( ZIN); GoogleMaps 1 ♂, Baiankol Valley , 2500–3000 m [42°35′45″ N, 79°58′03″ E], 5 Jul. 1993, I. Kabak leg. ( ZIN); GoogleMaps 2 ♂♂, 28 km SW of Narynkol, 3400 m, alpine meadows [42.618° N, 79.892° E], 22 Jul. 1984, B. Iskakov leg. ( ZIN). GoogleMaps

Distribution and bionomics

Previously, Q. equus was known from the holotype and two paratypes (all males) only, collected together at the type locality in Xinjiang Province in China. New material examined here matches well with the original description and significantly expands the distribution of this species westwards ( Fig View Fig.1 . 1). All newly studied specimens were collected at high elevations around 2000–3400 m in July. For only two of them does the label specifies alpine meadows as the habitat, which is the same as for the type material.

Comparison

Quedius equus differs from all other species in the Q. mutilatus group by the deep incision on the apex of the paramere and by fewer (1–3) sensory peg setae in the lateral groups arranged in longitudinal rows.

NMW

Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien

ZIN

Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute, Zoological Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

Genus

Quedius

Loc

Quedius equus Smetana, 2014

Salnitska, Maria & Solodovnikov, Alexey 2018
2018
Loc

Quedius equus

Solodovnikov 2016: 8
2016
Loc

Quedius equus

Smetana 2014: 35
2014
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