Quedius (Microsaurus) cruentus

Assing, Volker, 2019, On the taxonomy oI some West Palaearctic Quedius species, with descriptions oI new species and new synonymies (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (1), pp. 189-201 : 195

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.3762449
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3804472
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scientific name	Quedius (Microsaurus) cruentus
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Quedius (Microsaurus) cruentus View in CoL (OLIVIER, 1795)

Quedius xanthurus View in CoL IABLOKOFF- KHNZORIAN, 1961: 147 f.; nov.syn.

T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Holotype ♀ [antennae missing]: ̎Kafan, N. Gand, ASSR. 27.7.52 / Holotypus Quedius cruentus Iablokoff-Khnzorian View in CoL , rev. V. Assing 2019 / Quedius cruentus (Olivier) View in CoL , det. V. Assing 2019̎ (cKhn).

C o m m e n t: The original description of Q. xanthurus is based on a unique holotype from ̎Nerkin Hand ( Armenie orientale)̎ collected ̎dans un vieux creux, 27.7.1952 ̎ (IABLOKOFF- KHNZORIAN 1961). The species was attributed to the subgenus Sauridus MULSANT & REY, 1876, now a junior synonym of Raphirus STEPHENS, 1829, by COIFFAIT (1978). An examination of the holotype, however, revealed that it is conspecific with Q. cruentus . Hence the synonymy proposed above.