Quedius (Raphirus)

Assing, Volker, 2017, On Quedius coloratus FAUVEL, 1875 and allied species, with an appendix on Quedius species collected in Greece with subterranean pitfall traps, and a new synonymy (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 49 (1), pp. 207-228 : 223

Quedius (Raphirus) sp. 2

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Greece: Lesbos : 1♀, Olympos, 39°04'N, 26°21'E, 930 m, N-slope near peak, small stand of Quercus, Juniperus, and other deciduous trees, litter and moss sifted, 20.III.2016, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 1♀, Olympos-Agiasos , 39°04'N, 26°22'E, 680 m, chestnut forest, litter sifted, 20.III.2016, leg. Assing & Hetzel (cAss) .

C o m m e n t: The above females are clearly not conspecific with Q. coloratus , as which they were recorded by ASSING (2016c). They are distinguished from Q. coloratus by a small posterior excision of the female tergite X and from the geographically close Q. hebes and Q. spiculatus by the absence of additional punctures near the posterior frontal puncture on the head. Males would be needed to clarify their specific identity.