Quedius (Microsaurus) ephialtes Smetana, 1997

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 : 43

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3966.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14952515

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scientific name

Quedius (Microsaurus) ephialtes Smetana, 1997
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Quedius (Microsaurus) ephialtes Smetana, 1997 View in CoL

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Smetana, 1997a: 60 ( Quedius ; subgenus Microsaurus ; Type locality: China, Sichuan, Gongga Shan, abv. Camp 3); Smetana, 1997b: 454 ( China (Sichuan )); Smetana, 1999a: 216 (male characters; China (Sichuan )); Herman, 2001: 3143 (world catalog); Smetana, 2001a: 203 (key to species from China); Smetana, 2001b: 184 ( China (Sichuan )); Smetana, 2004a: 658 (catalog for Palaearctic region).

Syn.: Quedius (Microsaurus) ephialtes mianningius Zheng and Zheng, 2006b: 20 ( Quedius ; subgenus Microsaurus ; subspecies of ephialtes ; Type locality: China, Sichuan, Limekiln, Yele Nature Reserve, Mianning County); Smetana, 2008a: 317 (synonym of ephialtes ).

Material examined. CHINA: Sichuan Province: 1 ♂, Luding County, Moxi Township, Hailuogou , Caohaizi , 2775 m, 16. V. 2009, coll. Yulingzi Zhou ; 1 ♂, Luding County, Moxi Township, Changheba , 2100 m, 16. V. 2009, coll. Jing Li and Hui Zhai.

Measurements. BL = 8.0 mm, BW = 1.7 mm, MHWL = 5.1 mm, HL/PL/EL/MHWL = 1.00: 1.26: 1.59: 4.90, HW/PW/EW/AW = 1.00: 1.23: 1.41: 1.25, HW/HL = 1.14, HEL/HTL = 4.02, PW/PL = 1.11, EW/EL = 1.01, ESL/ EL = 0.57.

Hind wings. Male with hind wings fully developed, MHWL/BL = 0.63. Female not examined.

Distribution. China (Sichuan).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

Genus

Quedius

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