Quedius (Raphirus) jindrai Smetana, 1998

Cai, Yan-Peng & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2015, Taxonomy of the subgenus Quedius (Raphirus) Stephens (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini: Quediina) with descriptions of four new species from China, Zootaxa 3990 (2), pp. 151-196 : 183

Quedius (Raphirus) jindrai Smetana, 1998

( Figs. 13, 13-1 )

Smetana, 1998: 110 ( Quedius ; subgenus Raphirus ; Type locality: China, Sichuan, Dayi Env., 110 km W. Chengdu); Herman, 2001: 3176 (world catalog); Smetana, 2002: 120 (female genital characters; China (Hubei, Shaanxi)); Smetana, 2004: 666 (catalog for Palaearctic region); Smetana, 2014b: 596 ( China (Shaanxi)).

Material examined. CHINA: Hubei Province: 1 ♂, Shennongjia National Nature Reserve, Guanmen Mountain, 14. IX. 2005, coll. Yongjie Chen.

Measurements. BL = 6.9 mm, BW = 1.5 mm, HL/PL/EL = 1.00: 1.16: 1.67, HW/PW/EW/AW = 1.00: 1.14: 1.42: 1.19, HW/HL = 1.10, HEL/HTL = 7.45, PW/PL = 1.08, EW/EL = 0.93, ESL/EL = 0.56.

Distribution. Quedius jindrai Smetana is distributed in the central part of China (Hubei, Shaanxi and Sichuan Province) at altitudes from 1600 m to 2000 m. The examined specimen was collected by hand at the edge of a creek.

Figures

FIGURE 13. Quedius (Raphirus) jindrai Smetana, 1998: A. head (1.0 mm); B. pronotum (1.0 mm); C. elytra (1.0 mm); D. underside of paramere (0.2 mm); E. apical portion of median lobe, parameral view (0.2 mm). (Scale in parentheses).