Quedius (Microsaurus) myau Smetana, 1999

Cai, Yan-Peng, Zhao, Zong-Yi & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2015, Taxonomy on Quedius euryalus group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini: Quediina) from China with description of eight new species, Zootaxa 3966 (1), pp. 1-70 : 57

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Quedius (Microsaurus) myau Smetana, 1999 View in CoL

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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).