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Issue: Vol. 4013 No. 1: 7 Sept. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-09-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4013.1.1
Page range: 1–26
Abstract views: 24
PDF downloaded: 3

Taxonomy of the Quedius mukuensis group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini: Quediina) with descriptions of four new species from China

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
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
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
Coleoptera Staphylinidae Quediina Quedius Microsaurus mukuensis group new species China

Abstract

Four new species of the subgenus Microsaurus Dejean, 1833 of the genus Quedius Stephens, 1829 are described based on specimens collected from China: Q. (Microsaurus) indigestus sp. nov., Q. (Microsaurus) purus sp. nov. and Q. (Microsaurus) rectus sp. nov. from Sichuan, and Q. (Microsaurus) medius sp. nov. from Hubei. The new species all belong to the Quedius mukuensis group, which is now increased to a total of 16 species. Line drawings and color illustrations of the adults, and the genitalia of the new species and some other ones are given. A key to all the species of this group is provided.