Quedius (Raphirus) semilaeviventris Scheerpeltz, 1965

Fig. 3A

Quedius (Raphirus) semilaeviventris Scheerpeltz, 1965: 288 .

Quedius (Raphirus) sundar Smetana, 1988: 258 syn. nov.

Quedius (Raphirus) hecato Smetana, 2012b: 48 syn. nov.

Diagnosis

Among members of the Muscicola group in the Oriental region, Quedius semilaeviventris may be easily distinguished by a combination of: forebody very dark; pronotum narrow, vaguely longer than wide, strongly narrowed anteriad; elytra with sparse punctation; legs entirely pale; abdominal tergites with large impunctate areas at middle; tergite VII with palisade fringe. A dorsal habitus is given in Fig. 3A.

Type material

Holotype

MYANMAR – Kachin State • ♂; “ N.E. Burma, Kambaiti; 7000 ft.; 12/4.1934; R. Malaise [printed label] / HOLOTYPUS [red handwritten label] / TYPUS Quedius semilaeviventris, O. Scheerpeltz [dark red-pink label] / Quedius (Raphirus) semilaeviventris nov. spec., det. Scheerpeltz 1944 [printed label] / 6711 E91 [printed blue label] / NHRS-JLKB 000073671 ”; NHRS.