Quedius (Raphirus) fulvicollis Stephens, 1833

Salnitska, Maria & Solodovnikov, Alexey, 2022, New species and records of Quedius rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae) from Middle Asia, European Journal of Taxonomy 823, pp. 141-157 : 145

Quedius (Raphirus) fulvicollis Stephens, 1833

Material examined

KAZAKHSTAN • 6 ♂♂, 11 ♀♀; Saur Range , Uidene River ; 1600–1800 m a.s.l.; 15 Jul. 2011; V.A. Kastcheev leg.; ZIN .

KYRGYZSTAN • 1 ♂; Ala-Archa , Kashkasu ; 29 Sep. 2001; S. Ovchinnikov leg.; ZIN .

Remarks

In Middle Asia, Q. fulvicollis was hitherto known only from a male specimen from the Chatkal Mountain Range in Uzbekistan ( Salnitska & Solodovnikov 2018a). The identification of this specimen was tentative due to the form of its paramere (with very narrow middle portion and shorter and more irregular rows of peg setae), which was somewhat different from other Q. fulvicollis . Also, the locality of that specimen was rather remote from the main distribution area of the species. Based on the material examined here, we provide new records of Q. fulvicollis from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. All examined specimens can be identified as Q. fulvicollis based on the structure of the aedeagus. Apparently, Q. fulvicollis is a boreo-montane species confined to the northern part of the Holarctic and to the mountains in the south. Nevertheless, considering the slightly different shape of the paramere in the mentioned specimen from Uzbekistan and the isolated records of Q. fulvicollis from Middle Asia with respect to the main broad latitudinal range of this species, this case needs a more thorough molecular study.