Quedius Stephens, 1829

Hansen, Aslak Kappel, Brunke, Adam, Simonsen, Thomas & Solodovnikov, Alexey, 2022, Revision of Quedius sensu stricto (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 62 (1), pp. 225-299 : 240

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Subgenus Quedius Stephens, 1829 View in CoL

Type species. Staphylinus levicollis Brullé, 1832 by subsequent designation in Opinion 1851 ( ICZN 1996: 215).

Diagnosis. Generally large and robust species; pronotum with deflexed hypomera; head with large eyes, fully developed infraorbital ridges and entire (not bilobed or apically notched) labrum; tarsi of forelegs rather wide in both sexes; mesoscutellum with two basal carinae; abdomen almost parallel sided, not notably tapering apicad; aedeagus with sharply pointed median lobe, internal sac well developed and often having heavily sclerotized structures, with longitudinal rows of sensory peg setae on paramere apically.

References

BRULLE G. A. 1832 - 1833: Expedition scientifique de Moree. Section des Sciences Physiques. Tome III. 1. re Partie. Zoologie. Deuxieme Section. Des animales articules. F. G. Levrault, Paris, 400 pp. [Pp. 1 - 288 published in 1832, pp. 289 - 400 in 1833.]

ICZN 1996: Opinion 1851. Xantholinini Erichson, 1839 and Quediini Kraatz, [1857] (Insecta, Coleoptera): given precedence over some senior synonyms; Quedius Stephens, 1829: Staphylinus levicollis Brulle, 1832 designated as the type species. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 53: 215 - 217.

STEPHENS J. F. 1829: The nomenclature of British insects: being a compendious list of such species as are contained in the systematic catalogue of British insects and forming a guide to their classification. Baldwin and Cradock, London, 68 pp.