Quedius (Raphirus) fen Smetana, 1996

Cai, Yan-Peng & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2015, Taxonomy of the subgenus Quedius (Raphirus) Stephens (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini: Quediina) with descriptions of four new species from China, Zootaxa 3990 (2), pp. 151-196 : 170

Quedius (Raphirus) fen Smetana, 1996

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Smetana, 1996b: 229 ( Quedius ; subgenus Raphirus ; Type locality: China, Sichuan, Emei Shan); Smetana, 2002: 120 ( China (Sichuan)); Herman, 2001: 3147 (world catalog); Smetana, 2004: 665 (catalog for Palaearctic region).

Material examined. CHINA: Sichuan Province: 1 ♂, Emeishan City, Emei Mountain, Baoguo Temple, 550–750 m, 22. IV. 1957, coll. Youcai Lu; 1 ♂, Emeishan City, Emei Mountain, Qingyinge, 800–1000 m, 10. V. 1957, coll. Fuxing Zhu.

Measurements. BL = 11.4 mm, BW = 2.5 mm, HL/PL/EL = 1.00: 1.50: 1.62, HW/PW/EW/AW = 1.00: 1.40: 1.46: 1.35, HW/HL = 1.21, HEL/HTL = 4.39, PW/PL = 1.13, EW/EL = 1.10, ESL/EL = 0.52.

Distribution. Quedius fen Smetana is known only from the mountains of central Sichuan Province: Emei and Qingcheng, at altitudes between 550 m and 2500 m. The examined specimens were collected from April to May.

Figures

FIGURE 10. Quedius (Raphirus) fen Smetana, 1996: A. head (1.0 mm); B. pronotum (1.0 mm); C. elytra (1.0 mm); D. underside of paramere (0.2 mm); E. apical portion of median lobe, parameral view (0.2 mm). (Scale in parentheses).