Microsaurus lineage, sensu Brunke et al. (2021)

Members of this large, monophyletic group can be recognized by the combination of: genal puncture present; basal puncture doubled; elytra with evenly distributed punctures or with at least asetose punctures on disc among serial rows of setose punctures. This lineage currently consists of Anthosaurus Smetana, 2015, Pseudorientis Watanabe, 1970, Korgella Özdikmen, 2005, Quedius (Velleius) (Fabricius, 1787) and the large polyphyletic subgenus Quedius (Microsaurus) Stephens, 1829, inside which all the aforementioned taxa are nested. To avoid treating all members of the Microsaurus lineage as a single, morphologically heterogeneous genus, and to avoid a major priority issue (Velleius Leach, 1819 has priority over Microsaurus Dejean, 1833), the major subclades of this lineage should be ranked as genera, pending comprehensive morphological study (Brunke et al. 2021). One of these taxa is described below.