Three new species of the genus Quedius (subgenus Microsaurus) from China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini: Quediina)

Yan-Peng Cai; Zong-Yi Zhao; Hong-Zhang Zhou

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3973.3.10

Three new species of the genus Quedius (subgenus Microsaurus) from China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini: Quediina)

Zootaxa. 2015 Jun 18;3973(3):567-78. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3973.3.10.

Authors

Yan-Peng Cai¹, Zong-Yi Zhao¹, Hong-Zhang Zhou²

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 Beichen West Rd., Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, P. R. China; Email: unknown.
² Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 Beichen West Rd., Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, P. R. China; Email: zhouhz@ioz.ac.cn.

PMID: 26249878
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3973.3.10

Abstract

Three new species of the subgenus Microsaurus Dejean, 1833 of the genus Quedius Stephens, 1829 are described based on specimens collected from China: Q. (Microsaurus) bilobus sp. nov. and Q. (Microsaurus) varius sp. nov. from Sichuan, and Q. (Microsaurus) cornutus sp. nov. from Yunnan. Line drawings and color illustrations of adults and genitalia of the new species are provided.

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animal Structures / anatomy & histology
Animal Structures / growth & development
Animals
Body Size
China
Coleoptera / anatomy & histology*
Coleoptera / classification*
Coleoptera / growth & development
Female
Male
Organ Size