Indoquedius micantiventris ( Scheerpeltz, 1965 )

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

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2023.864.2093

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D47B6B04-B2AD-4FDD-B7C4-B71CA6A5BB84

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7872272

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6C38C875-FFB4-5B55-FE27-FDC9E6B8FA0F

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scientific name

Indoquedius micantiventris ( Scheerpeltz, 1965 )
status

 

Indoquedius micantiventris ( Scheerpeltz, 1965) View in CoL

Fig. 1B View Fig

Quedius (Indoquedius) micantiventris Scheerpeltz, 1965: 292 View in CoL .

Indoquedius baliyo Smetana, 1988: 304 View in CoL syn. nov.

Diagnosis

Indoquedius micantiventris can be distinguished from other members of the Sikkimensis group by the combination of: antennomeres 1–3 dark, 4–11 testaceous and becoming paler toward apex (but not milky-yellow); legs entirely dark except for vaguely paler tarsi; elytra dark, non-metallic.

Material examined

Holotype

MYANMAR – Kachin State • ♂; “N.E. Burma, Kambaiti; 7000 ft.; 1/5 1934; R. Malaise [printed label] / HOLOTYPUS [red handwritten label] / TYPUS Quedius micantiventris, O. Scheerpeltz [dark red-pink label] / Quedius ( Indoquedius) micantiventris nov. spec., det. Scheerpeltz, 1944 [white handwritten label] / 6641 E91 [printed blue label] / micantiventris Scheerpeltz [large, printed folded label] / NHRS-JLKB 000021048 ”; NHRS.

Paratype

MYANMAR – Kachin State • ♀; “[female symbol on card] / N.E. Burma, Kambaiti; 7000 ft.; 1/5 1934; R. Malaise [printed label] / Schwedisch Indian-Burma Expedition 1934 [printed label] / ex. coll. Scheerpeltz [printed blue label] / ALLOTYPUS [red handwritten label] / TYPUS Quedius micantiventris, O. Scheerpeltz [dark red-pink label] / micantiventris [pink card]”; NHW.

Scheerpeltz O. 1965. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Expedition 1934 nach Indien und Burma. Arkiv for Zoologi 17: 93 - 371.

Smetana A. 1988. Revision of the tribes Quediini and Atanygnathinini. Part II. The Himalayan region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Quaestiones Entomologicae 24: 163 - 464.

Gallery Image

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.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

SubFamily

Staphylininae

Tribe

Indoquediini

Genus

Indoquedius