Quedius (Raphirus) orientalis, Korge, 1971

Assing, Volker, 2018, On the taxonomy and zoogeography of some West Palaearctic Quedius species, with a focus on the East Mediterranean and the species allied to Quedius umbrinus and Q. nivicola (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1), pp. 149-182 : 157

Quedius (Raphirus) orientalis KORGE, 1971 ( Figs 15-17 , 25 , Map 1 )

Quedius (Sauridus) orientalis KORGE, 1971b: 18 f.

T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Holotype ♂ [dissected prior to present study]: " Iran: Kermanshahan, Heinz leg. / Songhor, ca. 1800 m, 7.VIII.1969 / ♂ - Holotypus Quedius (Sauridus) orientalis Korge " (MNB). Paratypes: 2♀♀: same data as holotype (MNB).

C o m m e n t: The original description is based on a male holotype and two female paratypes from "Songhor, ca. 1800 m, Kermanshahan ( Iran)" ( KORGE 1971b). In external ( Fig. 25 ) and the male sexual characters ( Figs 15-17 ) similar to Q. hermonensis , Q. orientalis is characterized particularly by the shape of the median lobe of the aedeagus, which has the apex very acute in ventral view. The species is currently known only from Iran ( Map 1 ).

Figures

Map 1: Distributions of Quedius hermonensis (black circles), Q. microcapillatus (white circles), and Q. orientalis (black star), based on revised records.

Figs 13-24: Quedius hermonensis from Cyprus (13-14), Q. orientalis (15-17), and Q. microcapillatus (18-24) from Iraq (18-20), Turkey (21), and Iran (22-24): (13, 15, 22) median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view; (14, 17, 20, 24) paramere; (16, 19, 23) median lobe of aedeagus in ventral view; (18, 21) aedeagus in lateral view. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.

Figs 25-27: Quedius orientalis (25) and Q. microcapillatus (26-27): (25-26) habitus; (27) posterosutural portion of elytra. Scale bars: 25-26: 1.0 mm; 27: 0.1 mm.