Quedius (Raphirus)

Assing, Volker, 2017, On Quedius coloratus FAUVEL, 1875 and allied species, with an appendix on Quedius species collected in Greece with subterranean pitfall traps, and a new synonymy (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 49 (1), pp. 207-228 : 222-223

Quedius (Raphirus) sp. 1 (Figs 8-9, 50-51, 57-58, Map 1 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: 13: " Greece: Zagora, Pelion Mts., 400 m, 15.V.1997, leg. I. Wolf" (MNB).

C o m m e n t: The above male may represent a distinct species. However, with only one male in somewhat poor condition available and since a male (in even worse condition) without additional punctures and longer elytra was found in Oros Pelion, too, the status of this material requires clarification based on more material, to rule out the possibility that the above male represents an aberrant specimen of Q. hellenicus . It is distinguished from the material of the described species treated in the present paper by shorter elytra, hind wings of reduced length, and by the morphology of the aedeagus, additionally also by smaller body size ( Fig. 58 ) and shorter tarsi. The locality is situated in Oros Pelion [39°24'N, 23°02'E] ( Greece: Thessalia) ( Map 1 ) at an altitude of 400 m.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Measurements (in mm) and ratios: TL: 10.2; HL: 1.21; HW: 1.44; PL: 1.65; PW: 1.76; EL: 0.86; HTiL: 1.39; HTaL: 1.00; ML: 1.18; HW/HL: 1.19; PW/HW: 1.23; PL/PW: 0.93; EL/PL: 0.52; HTiL/HTaL: 1.40.

External (Figs 8-9) and sexual characters similar to those of Q. hebes , Q. spiculatus , and Q. carpathius , except as follows:

Body smaller (practically no overlap) (see measurements) and with very short tarsi (see measument HTaL and ratio HTiL/HTaL). Elytra (Fig. 8) very short (see measurement EL and ratio EL/PL). Hind wings present, but of reduced length.

3: aedeagus (Figs 60-61, 57) smaller than in other species; median lobe somewhat resembling that of Q. hellenicus in lateral view, but broader in ventral view; paramere (Fig. 57) broad and rather short, with approximately 30 peg-setae arranged in a pair of distinctly separated clusters.

Figures

Map 1: Distributions of Quedius hellenicus (black diamonds), Q. sp. 2 (white stars), Q. carpathius (black stars), Q. spiculatus (white triangles), Q. hebes (white circles), and Q. coloratus (black circles) in the East Mediterranean.

Fig. 58: Length of median lobe of aedeagus in relation to body size, given as an approximation of the combined area of head and pronotum, in Quedius coloratus and allied species.