Quedius ( Raphirus ) muscicola Cameron, 1932

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 : 140

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7872317
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scientific name	Quedius ( Raphirus ) muscicola Cameron, 1932
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Quedius ( Raphirus) muscicola Cameron, 1932 View in CoL

Fig. 3B View Fig

Quedius ( Raphirus) muscicola Cameron, 1932: 295 View in CoL .

Quedius ( Raphirus) dohertyi Cameron, 1932: 297 (synonymized by Smetana (1988)).

Quedius ( Raphirus) heterogaster Cameron, 1944: 14 (synonymized by Smetana (1988)).

Quedius ( Raphirus) kambaitiensis Scheerpeltz, 1965: 287 View in CoL syn. nov.

Diagnosis

Among members of the Muscicola group in the Oriental region, Quedius muscicola may be distinguished by a combination of: pronotum no more than moderately narrowed anteriad; elytra with fine and dense punctation; legs entirely pale; abdominal tergites with sparsely punctate to impunctate areas at middle of apical half; tergite VII with palisade fringe; median lobe in ventral view with arcuate, broadly rounded apex. A dorsal habitus is given in Fig. 3B View Fig .