Quedius (Microsaurus) wrasei 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 : 64

publication ID

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

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14952547

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Quedius (Microsaurus) wrasei Smetana, 1999
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Quedius (Microsaurus) wrasei Smetana, 1999 View in CoL

( Figs. 22, 22-1 View FIGURE 22 )

Smetana, 1999a: 226 ( Quedius ; subgenus Microsaurus ; Type locality: China, Sichuan, Daxue Shan, Hailuogou Glacier Park Camp 1); Herman, 2001: 3296 (world catalog); Smetana, 2001a: 201 (key to species from China); Smetana, 2001b: 182 ( China (Sichuan )); Smetana, 2004a: 662 (catalog for Palaearctic region).

Material examined. CHINA: Sichuan Province: 1 ♂, Luding County, Moxi Township, Changheba , 3100 m, 16. V. 2009, coll. Jing Li and Hui Zhai ; 1 ♂, Baoxing County, Longdong Township, Ganyanggou , 2050 m, 9–12. VIII. 2003, coll. Xiaodong Yu.

Measurements. BL = 12.1 mm, BW = 2.5 mm, MHWL = 7.4 mm, HL/PL/EL/MHWL = 1.00: 1.42: 1.71: 5.05, HW/PW/EW/AW = 1.00: 1.42: 1.62: 1.45, HW/HL = 1.07, HEL/HTL = 1.58, PW/PL = 1.07, EW/EL = 1.01, ESL/EL = 0.58.

Hind wings. Male with hind wings fully developed, MHWL/BL = 0.61. Female not examined.

Remarks. Q. wrasei Smetana belongs to the lineage comprised of Q. arcus sp. nov., Q. bernhauerianus Korge , Q. subwrasei sp. nov. and Q. wrasei Smetana within euryalus group. It is most similar to Q. subwrasei sp. nov. in both appearance and male genitalia. The distinguishment refers to the diagnosis of subwrasei sp. nov..

Distribution. China (Sichuan).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

Genus

Quedius

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