Quedius (Microsaurus) rutilipennis Scheerpeltz, 1965
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https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2023.864.2093 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D47B6B04-B2AD-4FDD-B7C4-B71CA6A5BB84 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7872300 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6C38C875-FFB9-5B58-FE0C-FE72E0A1F8D1 |
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Felipe |
scientific name |
Quedius (Microsaurus) rutilipennis Scheerpeltz, 1965 |
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Quedius (Microsaurus) rutilipennis Scheerpeltz, 1965 View in CoL
Figs 2C View Fig , 5C–E View Fig , 7E View Fig
Quedius (Microsaurus) rutilipennis Scheerpeltz, 1965: 283 View in CoL .
Quedius (Microsaurus) cornutus Cai et al., 2015: 571 View in CoL syn. nov.
Diagnosis
Within the Apicicornis group, Q. rutilipennis can be recognized by a combination of: the sublateral rows of the pronotum reaching posteriad of the large lateral puncture; and the sparsely punctate to impunctate disc of tergites III–IV ( Fig. 5E View Fig ).
Type material
Holotype
MYANMAR – Kachin State • ♂; “ N.E. Burma , Kambaiti; 7000 ft.; 9/6.1934; R. Malaise [printed label] / HOLOTYPUS [red handwritten label] / TYPUS Quedius rutilipennis, O. Scheerpeltz [dark red-pink label] / Quedius (Microsaurus) rutilipennis nov. spec., det. Scheerpeltz 1944 [printed label] / 6703 E91 [printed blue label] / NHRS-JLKB 000021053 ”; NHRS.
Paratypes
MYANMAR – Kachin State • 1 ♀; “ N.E. Burma , Kambaiti; 2000 m; 7–9/6.1934; Malaise [printed label] / Schwedisch Indian-Burma Expedition 1934 [printed label] / ex. coll. Scheerpeltz [printed blue label] / ALLOTYPUS [red handwritten label] / TYPUS Quedius rutilipennis, O. Scheerpeltz [dark red-pink label] / rutilipennis [orange card]”; NHW • 1 ♀; “[female symbol on card] / N.E. Burma , Kambaiti; 7000 ft.; 9/6.1934; R. Malaise [printed label] / Schwedisch Indian-Burma Expedition 1934 [printed label] / ex. coll. Scheerpeltz [printed blue label] / Cotypus Quedius rutilipennis O. Scheerpeltz [pink label]”; NMW.
Redescription
This species was recently described (as Q. cornutus ) by Cai et al. (2015) with sufficient detail. That description is supplemented here with a complete habitus illustration ( Fig. 2C View Fig ) and some additional images of the antennae, forebody and abdomen ( Fig. 5C–E View Fig ). The female was previously undescribed and so tergite X is illustrated in Fig. 7E View Fig .
Distribution
The species is known from Myanmar (Kachin) and an adjacent area of Yunnan, China.
Remarks
The type series includes the male holotype and two female paratypes. The male was dissected to reveal an aedeagus identical to Q. cornutus Cai, Yan-Peng , Zong-Yi Zhao & Hong-Zhang Zhou 2015. The type locality of Q. cornutus is located in the narrow part of Yunnan west of the Salween River (Cai et al. 2015) and not far from the type locality of Q. rutilipennis in Myanmar. Therefore Q. cornutus syn. nov., becomes a junior synonym of Q. rutilipennis .
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Staphylininae |
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Quediini |
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Microsaurus |
Quedius (Microsaurus) rutilipennis Scheerpeltz, 1965
Brunke, Adam James 2023 |
Quedius (Microsaurus) rutilipennis Scheerpeltz, 1965: 283
Scheerpeltz O. 1965: 283 |