Taxonomy on Quedius euryalus group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini: Quediina) from China with description of eight new species Author Cai, Yan-Peng Author Zhao, Zong-Yi Author Zhou, Hong-Zhang Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 Beichen West Rd., Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, P. R. China & Corresponding author. E-mail: zhouhz @ ioz. ac. cn zhouhz@ioz.ac.cn text Zootaxa 2015 2015-06-08 3966 1 1 70 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3966.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3966.1.1 1175-5334 14952367 F6ECB33A-1A4D-497C-9BDC-667EBB1A8585 Quedius ( Microsaurus ) myau Smetana, 1999 ( Figs. 19, 19-1 ) Smetana, 1999b: 535 ( Quedius ; subgenus Microsaurus ; Type locality: China , Sichuan , Gongga Shan, Hailuogou, in front of Glacier 1); Herman, 2001: 3215 (world catalog); Smetana, 2001a: 201 (key to species from China ); Smetana, 2001b: 183 (First time described: Female; China ( Sichuan )); Smetana, 2004a: 660 (catalog for Palaearctic region); Zheng & Zheng, 2006a: 175 ( China ( Sichuan )); Smetana, 2012: 96 (characters). Material examined. CHINA : Sichuan Province: 1 ♂ , Wolong National Nature Reserve , Wuyipeng , Erdaoping , 2955 m , 15–30. VI . 2004 , coll. Xiaodong Yu ; 2 ♀♀ , Wolong National Nature Reserve , Wuyipeng , Erdaoping , 2945 m , 30. VI –15. VII . 2004 , coll. Xiaodong Yu ; 1 ♀ , Wolong National Nature Reserve , Wuyipeng , Erdaoping , 2945 m , 15–30. VII . 2004 , coll. Xiaodong Yu ; 1 ♀ , Wolong National Nature Reserve , Wuyipeng , Erdaoping , 2965 m , 15–30. VII . 2004 , coll. Xiaodong Yu ; 1 ♂ , Wolong National Nature Reserve , Wuyipeng , Erdaoping , 3055 m , 15– 30. VII . 2004 , coll. Xiaodong Yu ; 2 ♀♀ , Wolong National Nature Reserve , Wuyipeng , Erdaoping , 2945 m , 30. VII –15. VIII. 2004 , coll. Xiaodong Yu ; 1 ♀ , Wolong National Nature Reserve , Wuyipeng , Erdaoping , 3045 m , 30. VII –15. VIII. 2004 , coll. Xiaodong Yu ; 1 ♂ , 2 ♀♀ , Wolong National Nature Reserve , Wuyipeng , Erdaoping , 2945 m , 15–30. VIII. 2004 , coll. Xiaodong Yu ; 2 ♂♂ , Luding County , Hailuogou , Erying , 2579 m , 15. V . 2009 , coll. Ganyan Yang ; 12 ♂♂ , Luding County , Moxi Township , Changheba , 3100 m , 16. V . 2009 , coll. Jing Li and Hui Zhai ; 2 ♂♂ , Luding County , Hailuogou , Qingshibangou , 2471 m , 17. V . 2009 , coll. Yulingzi , Zhou ; 1 ♂ , Luding County , Moxi Township , Changheba , 19. V . 2009 , coll. Yulingzi Zhou. Measurements. BL = 8.7 mm , BW = 1.9 mm , MHWL = 6.2 mm , FHWL = 4.5 mm , HL/PL/EL/MHWL/ FHWL = 1.00: 1.17: 1.65: 5.24: 3.82, HW/PW/EW/AW = 1.00: 1.28: 1.68: 1.39, HW/HL = 0.97, HEL/HTL = 1.37, PW/PL = 1.05, EW/EL = 0.99, ESL/EL = 0.58. Hind wings. Male and female with hind wings dimorphic. Male with hind wings fully developed, longer than that of female, female with hind wings reduced, not functional, BL/MHWL/FHWL = 1.00: 0.71: 0.52; MHWL/ FHWL = 1.37. Distribution. China ( Sichuan ).