Quedius (Distichalius) quiris SMETANA , 1998

Smetana, Aleš, 2015, Contributions to the knowledge of the Quediina (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylinini) of China. Part 51. Genus Quedius STEPHENS, 1829. Subgenus Distichalius CASEY, 1915. Section 4, Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 (1), pp. 905-924 : 917-918

Quedius (Distichalius) quiris SMETANA, 1998

quiris SMETANA, 1998: 326 ( Quedius ; subgenus Distichalius ; description; habitat)

N e w r e c o r d s: CHINA: Gansu: W-Qingling Shan , 132 km NW Longnan, Lazikou pass, 34°14’32"N 103°54’29"E, 3000 m, 2.VIII.2012, [CH 12-10], M. Schülke or V. Assing leg., 12 spec. ( ASC, MSC, VAC) ; same, but 34°08’14"N 103°51’57"E, 2300 m, 3.VIII.2012, V. Assing, 1 spec. ( VAC) ; Lenglong Ling Mts., 60 km NNW Honggu, Jinsha Gorge, 36°51’56.9"N 102°38’55.3"E, 14/ 15.VII.2011, [ CH 11-27a], M. Schülke, Qinghai: Daban Shan, 62 km NNW Honggu , 36°51’15- 28’’N 102°36’34-37’07’’E, 2236-2350 m, 26.VI.2011, [ CH 11-09], M. Schülke, 5 spec. ( ASC, MSC) ; same, but 36°51’26.8"N 102° 36’50.2"E, 2275 m, 26/ 29.VI.2011 [09E], D. W. Wrase, 1 spec. ( MSC) ; same, but 36°58’40.7"N 102°26.01.2"E, 2350-2450 m, 27.VI.2011, [10A], D. E. Wrase, 1 spec. ( MSC) ; same, but 36°49’10.7"N 102°31’22.8"E, 2366-2400 m, 11.VI.2011, [ CH 11-08a], M. Schülke, 1 spec. ( MSC) ; road 301 km 180, 43 km ESE Men Yuan, 37°09’32.6"N 102°02’06.0"E, 2704 m, 5.VII.2011, [ CH 11-19], M. Schülke, 2 spec. ( ASC, MSC). Sichuan: 40 km N Songpan, road S 301 km 118, N Gongangling pass, 33°03’15"N 103°43’36"E, 3390 m, 9.VIII.2012, [C12-19], M. Schülke or V. Assing, 2 spec. ( MSC, VAC) .

C o m m e n t s: These are the first records of Q. quiris from Qinghai and Sichuan. The species was previously known only from Gansu.

Specimens were taken on a northern slope pasture with shrubs by sifting debris under shrubs (in Qinling Shan), in a creek valley with Picea, Populus and Betula forest by sifting forest floor litter, dead wood and moss and under stones along the creek (Jinsha Gorge and in Daban Shan), and in a spruce forest with shrubs by sifting forest floor litter, moss and mushrooms (in Gongangling pass).