Quedius (Raphirus) petraensis, Fagel, 1968

Assing, Volker, 2018, On the taxonomy and zoogeography of some West Palaearctic Quedius species, with a focus on the East Mediterranean and the species allied to Quedius umbrinus and Q. nivicola (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1), pp. 149-182 : 177

Quedius (Raphirus) petraensis FAGEL, 1968 ( Figs 66-68 , Map 5 )

Quedius petraensis FAGEL, 1968a: 6 f.

T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Holotype ♂ [dissected prior to present study; aedeagus slightly damaged, transferred from microvial to transparent slide]: " Coll. R. I. Sc. N. B., Pétra. 3, Arabie, elytr. parcius punctatus, ex coll. Fauvel / Coll. et det. A. Fauvel, Quedius josue Saulcy, R.I.Sc.N.B. 17.479 / G. Fagel det., Quedius petraensis n.sp. / Type / Quedius petraensis Fagel , det. V. Assing 2018 " ( IRSNB).

C o m m e n t: The original description is based on a unique male holotype from "Arabie: Pétra" ( FAGEL 1968c), a locality today situated in South Jordan, not in Saudi Arabia as indicated in SCHÜLKE & SMETANA (2015). Subsequent records are unknown. Externally, Q. petraensis differs from the geographically close Q. josue by the coloration (pronotum blackish with the margins narrowly reddish; elytra uniformly pale-reddish). The species is characterized particularly by the shapes of the apices of the median lobe and of the paramere of the aedeagus in ventral view ( Figs 66-68 ).

Figures

Map 5: Distributions of Quedius problematicus (black circles: revised records; white circles: literature records) and Q. petraensis (black triangle) in the Middle East.

Figs 63-68: Quedius josue from Syria (63-65) and Q. petraensis, holotype (66-68; figures in transparent light): (63) median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view; (64, 67) median lobe of aedeagus in ventral view; (65, 68) paramere; (66) aedeagus in lateral view. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.