Quediini Kraatz, 1857, 2021

Brunke, Adam J., 2022, A world generic revision of Quediini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae), part 1. Early diverging Nearctic lineages, ZooKeys 1134, pp. 129-170 : 129

Quediini Kraatz, 1857

Diagnosis.

Quediini (as recently redefined by Brunke et al. (2021)) can be distinguished from other Staphylininae based on the following combination of characters: disc of head and pronotum with microsculpture, at least on lateral part of either head or pronotum; head with frontoclypeal punctures, and with posterior frontal and basal macropunctures (e.g., Fig. 3C ) that are distinguishable from ground punctation by their larger diameter and longer, thicker setae; pronotum shield-shaped, slightly elongate to strongly transverse; profemora without apical row of lateroventral spines; protibiae without distinct subapical notch; all pretarsi with pair of empodial setae; all abdominal segments with only anterior transverse line (no traces of posterior transverse line), this line not encompassing spiracles (e.g., Fig. 3E, F ).

Figures

Figure 3. A-D dorsal head A, B showing confluence of inner eye margin and supra-antennal carina (arrow) E, F abdominal tergites A, D Iratiquedius seriatus (Horn) B Quedius (Raphirus) probus (Casey) C, E I. amabilis (Smetana) F I. prostans (Horn). Abbreviations: af = anterior frontal puncture; b = basal puncture; pf = posterior frontal puncture; sa = supra-antennal puncture. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A, B); 0.5 mm (C-F).