Quedius (Raphirus) chinensis Bernhauer, 1915

(Figs. 9, 9-1)

Bernhauer, 1915: 74 ( Quedius; subgenus Raphirus; Type locality: China, Kiautschou); Bernhauer & Schubert, 1916: 420 (catalog); Gridelli, 1925: 149 (characters); Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1435 (catalog); Wüsthoff, 1938: fig. 52 (aedeagal illustration); Smetana, 1996b: 226 (characters; China (Fujian, Guangxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang)); Herman, 2001: 3121 (world catalog); Smetana, 2002: 119 (China (Guangdong)); Zheng, 2003: 292 (China (Chongqing)); Smetana, 2004: 664 (catalog for Palaearctic region).

Material examined. CHINA: Fujian Province: 1 ♂, Shaowu City, Chengguan, 160–210 m, 21. III. 1960, coll. Chenglin, Ma; 1 ♂, Nanping City, Jianyang District, Huangkeng Township, 270–350 m, 29. III. 1960, coll. Yiran Zhang; Guangxi Province: 1 ♂, Shangsi County, Hongqi Forest Farm, 380 m, 17. III. 1998, coll. Haisheng Zhou; Sichuan Province: 4 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Lushan County, Longmen village, 12. X. 2005, coll. Haifeng Chen.

Measurements. BL = 12.4 mm, BW = 2.7 mm, HL/PL/EL = 1.00: 1.46: 1.77, HW/PW/EW/AW = 1.00: 1.40: 1.66: 1.51, HW/HL = 1.15, HEL/HTL = 4.28, PW/PL = 1.10, EW/EL = 1.08, ESL/EL = 0.53.

Distribution. Quedius chinensis Bernhauer is widely distributed in China (Chongqing, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Shandong, Sichuan and Zhejiang Province) in relatively low altitudes from 150 m to 2300 m.