Quedius bicornutus ZHAO & ZHOU, 2010

Smetana, Aleš, 2015, Contributions to the knowledge of the Quediina (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini) of China. Part 53. Genus Indoquedius BLACKWELDER, 1952. Section 2, Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 (1), pp. 897-903 : 900-901

Quedius bicornutus ZHAO & ZHOU, 2010

bicornutus ZHAO & ZHOU, 2010: 33 ( Indoquedius ; description); SMETANA 2014: 170 ( Indoquedius ; characters; male characters illustrated; faunal records: Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan; habitat).

N e w r e c o r d s CHINA: Yunnan: NE Kunming , 25° 09’07’’N 102° 53’46’’E, 2280 m, 11.VIII.2014, [CH 14-04], M. Schülke, 1 spec. ( MSC) ; same, but 25° 08’40’’N 102° 53’48’’E, 2290 m, 11.VIII.2014, [ CH 14-05], M. Schülke, 3 spec. ( ASC, MSC) ; same, but V. Assing, 7 spec. ( ASC, VAC) ; same, but 25° 08’35N 102° 53’49’’E, 2320 m, 13.VIII.2014, [ CH 14-06], 2 spec, M. Schülke ( MSC) ; same, but V. Assing, 3 spec. ( ASC, VAC) same, but 25° 09’07 N 102° 53’46’’E, 2280 m, 11.VIII.2014, 3 spec., V. Assing ( ASC, VAC) ; mountain NW Wuding, 25° 36’53’’N 102° 18’59’’E, 2190 m, 17.VIII.2014 [ CH 14-10), M. Schülke, or V. Assing, 2 spec. ( ASC, MSC); same, but, 25° 38’45’’N 102° 06’55’’E, 2390 m, 1.IX.2014, V. Assing, 5 spec. VAC); mountain W Gejiu, 23° 24’13’’N 103° 07’28’’E, 1190 m, 23.VIII.2014, [ CH 14-20/20a,b], M. Schülke, 5 spec. ( ASC, MSC); same, but 23° 17’14’’N 103° 08’41’’ E, 1860 m, 21.VIII.2014, V. Assing, 3 spec. ( VAC); mountain W Yuxi, 24° 27’11’’N 102° 29’58’’E, 2250 m, 31.VIII.2014, V. Assing, 5 spec. ( ASC, VAC); mts W Dongchuan, 26° 06’08 N 102° 54’46’’E, 14.VIII.2014, V. Assing, 1 spec. ( VAC).

C o m m e n t s. Specimens were taken in mixed forests with alder, oak and pine by sifting forest floor litter, mushrooms and dead wood. Note that all collecting sites are well below 3000 m. The species is at present known from Shaanxi, Sichuan and Yunnan.