Indoquedius baliyo Smetana, 1988

Brunke, Adam James, 2023, Review of Quedius (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) described from the 1934 expedition by R. Malaise to Myanmar, European Journal of Taxonomy 864, pp. 117-145 : 120-122

Indoquedius baliyo Smetana, 1988 syn. nov.

Material examined

Paratype

NEPAL – Bagmati Province • ♀; “Nepal (Prov. Bagmati), Malemchi; 2800 m; 17.IV.81; Löbl and Smetana / Paratype Indoquedius baliyo A. Smetana 1986 [yellow printed label] / PARATYPE CNC No. 20724 [yellow printed label] / CNC 978889 [identifier]”; CNC.

Non-type material

MYANMAR – Kachin State • 1 ♂; Three River Junction ; 26°23′12.6″ N, 98°39′36.3″ E; 3 Oct. 2010; M. Langer, S. Naumann and S. Loffler leg.; under wood/stones; ASC .

NEPAL • 1 ♂; Manaslu Mts, E slope of Ngadi Khola valley ; 28°22′ N, 84°29′ E; 2000–2300 m; 14–16 May 2005; J. Schmidt leg.; CNC • 2 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; ASC.

Redescription

Apart from Scheerpeltz (1965), the species has been described and diagnosed by Smetana (1988, 2017a) under the name I. baliyo . A dorsal habitus of the holotype of I. micantiventris is given in Fig. 1B .

Distribution

Nepal, India (West Bengal), Myanmar (Kachin), and China (Tibet / Xizang, Yunnan, Sichuan) ( Smetana 2017a).

Remarks

The type series of Indoquedius micantiventris includes one male and one female. The male was dissected to reveal an aedeagus identical to the common, widespread species I. baliyo . Therefore I. baliyo syn. nov., becomes a junior synonym of I. micantiventris .

Both specimens of the type series of I. micantiventris have slightly darkened antennomeres 4–11 (especially 4–5) compared to all other specimens of I. baliyo seen. However, no other differences were observed and the darkening is likely an artefact of preservation. The recently collected, non-type specimen examined from Myanmar (~ 120 km northeast of Kambaiti) has entirely normal coloration.

Figures

Fig. 1. Habitus of Indoquedius described by Scheerpeltz (1965). A. I. malaisei, ♂, holotype (NHRS). B. I. micantiventris, ♂, holotype (NHRS). C. I. dispersepunctatus, ♀, holotype (NHRS). D. I. parallelicollis, ♀, paratype (NHW). E. I. sanguinipennis syn. nov. (= I. parallelicollis), ♀, holotype (NHRS). F. I. recticollis, ♀, holotype (NHRS). Scale bars = 1 mm.