Raphirus Stephens, 1833

Subgenus Raphirus Stephens, 1833

In its current composition, subgenus Quedius ( Raphirus) is highly polyphyletic and it is not possible to provide a useful diagnosis. Currently, it is more practical to work with species groups until a generic revision of the Raphirus lineage is completed.

Muscicola group, sensu nov.

The Muscicola group of Quedius ( Raphirus) as defined here is equivalent to ‘Clade W’ recovered by the phylogenomic analyses of Brunke et al. (2021). Its members can be recognized by the following combination of characters: head with single basal puncture; eyes large and occupying most of the lateral side of head; antennomere 2 shorter than to about as long as 3; scutellum punctate. Recently, the mainland Chinese species of this group (= part of subclade W1 of Brunke et al. 2021) were treated together with Q. microsauroides Smetana, 2008 ( Smetana 2017a) as the Muscicola group. However, Q. microsauroides probably belongs to Clade X of Brunke et al. (2021) as it has an impunctate scutellum and much different habitus.