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3C3287ACFFD3FFC2F5F6DBAA41F7FECF.text	3C3287ACFFD3FFC2F5F6DBAA41F7FECF.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Quedius (Microsaurus) bilobus	<div><p>Quedius (Microsaurus) bilobus sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs. 1, 1-1)</p><p>Type material. Holotype ♂, CHINA: Sichuan Province: Baoxing County, Mahuanggou, 2800 m, 16. IV. 2007, coll. Hongzhang Zhou.</p><p>Description. Head black; pronotum and scutellum dark brown; elytra dark brown, with posterior margin distinctly paler; abdomen blackish brown, each tergite with posterior margin paler; antennae dark brown, labrum and mandibles dark reddish brown, maxillary and labial palpi dark brown; legs dark brown.</p><p>BL = 5.8 mm, BW = 1.4 mm, HL/PL/EL = 1.00: 1.15: 1.59, HW/PW/EW/AW = 1.00: 1.21: 1.43: 1.16.</p><p>Head (Fig. 1 A) round, slightly wider than long, HW/HL = 1.07; eye large and convex, in dorsal view tempora shorter than length of eye, gradually narrowed posteriad, HEL/HTL = 1.74; posterior frontal setiferous puncture about at the same level of posteriomedial margin of eye, separated by distance about twice as long as diameter of puncture; temporal setiferous puncture situated about midway between posterior margin of eye and nuchal constriction of head, with several small setiferous punctures arranged in an oblique curve behind and below it; two basal setiferous punctures situated much closer to nuchal constriction than to posterior frontal setiferous puncture; head with fine and dense microsculpture of transverse waves and irregular meshes, and scattered with very sparse microscopic punctation. Antenna robust, with segment I longer than segment II or III, segment III slightly longer than segment II, segments IV–V, XI slightly longer than wide, segments VI–X wider than long.</p><p>Pronotum (Fig. 1 B) wider than long, PW/PL = 1.12, narrowed anteriad, posteriolateral and posterior margins continuously and broadly rounded, lateral margins not explanate; three setiferous punctures in each dorsal row and two setiferous punctures in each sublateral row, last sublateral row puncture situated slightly before level of large lateral setiferous puncture; surface of pronotum with microsculpture similar to that of head.</p><p>Scutellum (Fig. 1 C) with very fine and dense microsculpture of transverse waves, impunctate.</p><p>Elytra (Fig. 1 C) moderately long, about as wide as long, EW/EL = 0.96, ESL/EL = 0.60, slightly broadened posteriad, each elytron with surface covered with dense and coarse setiferous punctures, transverse interspaces between punctures about as wide as diameter of punctures, surface between punctures without microsculpture. Wings fully developed.</p><p>Abdominal tergite II impunctate; III with punctures in middle portion sparser than adjacent areas; IV–VII finely punctate, but sparser than those of elytra; VII with whitish apical seam of palisade fringe.</p><p>Male with first four segments of foretarsus moderately dilated, sub-bilobed, each heavily covered with tenent setae ventrally, segment II about as wide as apex of tibia; tergite VIII with basal ridge disrupted in middle, surface without long seta; sternite VIII (Fig. 1-1 A) with basal ridge complete, nearly straight, with two long setae on each side, apical margin with a moderately deep and wide medioapical emargination, a small triangular area in front of the emargination impunctate; sternite IX (Fig. 1-1 B) with basal portion quite long and narrow, apical half asymmetrical, with apex widely rounded; tergite X (Fig. 1-1 C) with basal side broadly and shallowly concave, apical margin wide, vaguely pointed in middle; aedeagus (Figs. 1-1 D, E) markedly asymmetrical, with apex of paramere protruding beyond that of median lobe, median lobe divided into two subequally sized lobes at apex (Figs. 1 E, 1-1G); paramere wide, with apical portion curved to left, with four long apical setae and two shorter subapical setae on each side, underside with numerous sensory peg setae arranged in a W-shaped transverse group far below apex (Figs. 1 D, 1-1F).</p><p>Female unknown.</p><p>Distribution. Quedius bilobus sp. nov. is at present known only from the type locality in central Sichuan Province: Baoxing County, Mahuanggou, at the altitude of 2800 m. The specimen was collected by hand near a creek in April.</p><p>Diagnosis. This new species belongs to the lineage comprised of Q. szechuanus Bernhauer, 1933 and Q. huenn Smetana, 2002 within the szechuanus group by all having the aedeagus asymmetrical, and the median lobe characteristically divided into two lobes. However, it can be easily distinguished from the others by the characteristic W-shaped pattern of the sensory peg setae on the underside of the paramere.</p><p>Etymology. The specific name is derived from the Latin adverb bis (twice) and the Latin noun lobus (lobe) in apposition, referring to the two lobes on the apical portion of the median lobe of the aedeagus.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3C3287ACFFD3FFC2F5F6DBAA41F7FECF	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Cai, Yan-Peng;Zhao, Zong-Yi;Zhou, Hong-Zhang	Cai, Yan-Peng, Zhao, Zong-Yi, Zhou, Hong-Zhang (2015): Three new species of the genus Quedius (subgenus Microsaurus) from China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini: Quediina). Zootaxa 3973 (3): 567-578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3973.3.10
3C3287ACFFD6FFC1F5F6DBE0472DFE7A.text	3C3287ACFFD6FFC1F5F6DBE0472DFE7A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Quedius (Microsaurus) cornutus	<div><p>Quedius (Microsaurus) cornutus sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs. 2, 2-1)</p><p>Type material. Holotype ♂, CHINA: Yunnan Province: Baoshan City, Tengchong County, Houqiao, Guyong Linchang (25°24′N, 98°18′E), 2584 m, 27. V. 2006, coll. H. B. Liang and Z. C. Liu. Paratypes: CHINA: Yunnan Province: 2 ♂♂, same data as holotype.</p><p>Description. Head black; pronotum and scutellum dark brown to blackish brown; elytra dark brown; abdomen entirely dark brown to blackish brown, strongly iridescent; antennae dark brown, with antennomere I darker, labrum and mandibles dark reddish brown, maxillary and labial palpi dark brown; legs dark brown.</p><p>BL = 9.8 mm, BW = 2.4 mm, HL/PL/EL = 1.00: 1.21: 1.67, HW/PW/EW/AW = 1.00: 1.20: 1.43: 1.20.</p><p>Head (Fig. 2 A) rounded quadrangular, distinctly wider than long, HW/HL = 1.21; eye large and convex, in dorsal view tempora shorter than length of eye, narrowed posteriad, HEL/HTL = 2.18; posterior frontal setiferous puncture situated on the same level of posteriomedial margin of eye, separated by distance about as long as diameter of puncture; temporal setiferous puncture situated slightly closer to posterior margin of eye than to nuchal constriction of head, with a few small setiferous punctures arranged in an oblique curve below it; two basal setiferous punctures situated close to nuchal constriction; head with very fine and dense microsculpture of transverse waves and irregular meshes. Antenna slender, with segment I longer than segment II or III, segment III slightly longer than segment II, segments IV–XI longer than wide.</p><p>Pronotum (Fig. 2 B) wider than long, PW/PL = 1.20, narrowed anteriad, posteriolateral and posterior margins continuously and broadly rounded, posteriolateral margins slightly explanate; three setiferous punctures in each dorsal row, 2–3 setiferous punctures in each sublateral row, last sublateral row puncture situated slightly behind level of large lateral setiferous puncture; surface of pronotum with microsculpture similar to that of head, but finer.</p><p>Scutellum (Fig. 2 C) impunctate, sparsely and transversely rugose on basal portion, other part with very fine and dense microsculpture of transverse waves.</p><p>Elytra (Fig. 2 C) moderately long, about as wide as long, EW/EL = 1.04, ESL/EL = 0.60, slightly broadened posteriad, surface of each elytron covered with dense and coarse setiferous punctures, transverse interspaces between punctures slightly larger than diameter of puncture, surface between punctures without microsculpture. Wings fully developed.</p><p>Abdominal tergites III–V with middle portion almost impunctate, with transverse depressions at base; VI–VIII finely punctate, without transverse depression; VII with whitish apical seam of palisade fringe.</p><p>Male with first four segments of foretarsus strongly dilated, sub-bilobed, each heavily covered with tenent setae ventrally, segment II slightly wider than apex of tibia; tergite VIII with basal ridge complete and nearly straight, surface without long seta; sternite VIII (Fig. 2-1 A) with basal ridge complete, slightly sinuate, with two long setae on each side, apical margin with a deep and wide medioapical emargination, a small triangular area in front of the emargination impunctate; sternite IX (Fig. 2-1 B) with basal portion narrow, with a wide and deep subsemicircular medioapical emargination apically; tergite X (Fig. 2-1 C) with basal side broadly and shallowly concave, apical margin slightly protruded and subacute; aedeagus in lateral view (Fig. 2-1 D) with apex of paramere not quite reaching or just reaching that of median lobe, median lobe without any process at apex; aedeagus in parameral view (Fig. 2-1 E) with paramere slender, parallel-sided, distinctly narrower than median lobe, apex with very inconspicuous medioapical emargination, median lobe wide, nearly parallel-sided, abruptly constricted at about apical 1/6 forming characteristic horn-shaped apex (Figs. 2 E, 2-1G); apical portion of paramere with two apical setae at each side of apical emargination, and two similar subapical setae on each lateral side slightly below apex, underside without sensory peg setae (Figs. 2 D, 2-1F).</p><p>Female unknown.</p><p>Distribution. Quedius cornutus sp. nov. is at present known only from the type locality in western Yunnan Province: Tengchong County, Guyong Forest Farm, at the altitude of 2584 m. The specimens were collected in May.</p><p>Diagnosis. This new species belongs to the beesoni group by sharing the character combination of the presence of the transverse rugae on the basal portion of the impunctate scutellum, and the absence of the sensory peg setae on the underside of the paramere of the aedeagus. It can be easily distinguished from other similar species by the characteristic horn-shaped apex of the median lobe of the aedeagus.</p><p>Etymology. The specific name is from the Latin adjective cornutus (horned), referring to the horn-shaped apex of the median lobe of the male aedeagus.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3C3287ACFFD6FFC1F5F6DBE0472DFE7A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Cai, Yan-Peng;Zhao, Zong-Yi;Zhou, Hong-Zhang	Cai, Yan-Peng, Zhao, Zong-Yi, Zhou, Hong-Zhang (2015): Three new species of the genus Quedius (subgenus Microsaurus) from China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini: Quediina). Zootaxa 3973 (3): 567-578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3973.3.10
3C3287ACFFD5FFCCF5F6D84E464DFBFD.text	3C3287ACFFD5FFCCF5F6D84E464DFBFD.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Quedius (Microsaurus) varius	<div><p>Quedius (Microsaurus) varius sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs. 3, 3-1)</p><p>Type material. Holotype ♂, CHINA: Sichuan Province: Wolong National Nature Reserve, Wuyipeng, 2535 m, 14–29. VIII. 2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu. Paratypes: CHINA: Sichuan Province: 1 ♀, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Wuyipeng, 2535 m, 29. VI–14. VII. 2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu; 1 ♀, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Wuyipeng, 2540 m, 14–29. VI. 2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu; 2 ♀♀, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Wuyipeng, 2700 m, 14–29. VI. 2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu; 1 ♂, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Wuyipeng, 2540 m, 29. VI–14. VII. 2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu; 1 ♂, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Wuyipeng, 2600 m, 29. VI–14. VII. 2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu; 1 ♀, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Wuyipeng, 2600 m, 14–29. VII. 2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu; 1 ♀, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Wuyipeng, 2580 m, 29. VII–14. VIII. 2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu; 1 ♀, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Wuyipeng, 2630 m, 14–29. VIII. 2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu; 1 ♀, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Wuyipeng, Yuancaodi, 2495 m, 31. VII–16. VIII. 2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu; 1 ♂, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Wulidun, 2395 m, 22–25. VI. 2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu.</p><p>Description. Head black; pronotum blackish brown, with margins narrowly dark brown to reddish brown; scutellum blackish brown; elytra dark brown to reddish brown; abdomen dark brown to blackish brown, strongly iridescent, each tergite with posterior margin paler; antennae dark brown, labrum dark brown, mandibles dark reddish brown, maxillary and labial palpi dark brown; legs dark brown, tibiae blackish ventrally.</p><p>BL = 9.7 mm, BW = 2.0 mm, HL/PL/EL = 1.00: 1.10: 1.39, HW/PW/EW/AW = 1.00: 1.19: 1.26: 1.12.</p><p>Head (Fig. 3 A) round, slightly wider than long, HW/HL = 1.09; eye large and convex, in dorsal view tempora shorter than length of eye, gradually narrowed posteriad, HEL/HTL = 1.86; no additional setiferous punctures between anterior frontal setiferous punctures; posterior frontal setiferous puncture situated before level of posteriomedial margin of eye, separated by distance shorter than diameter of puncture, with 1–2 additional setiferous punctures situated close to medial margin of eye before it, and 1–4 additional punctures mediad or posteriomediad of it; temporal setiferous puncture separated from posterior margin of eye by distance a little longer than diameter of puncture, with some small setiferous punctures arranged in an oblique curve behind and below it; 2–3 basal setiferous punctures situated close to nuchal constriction; head with fine and dense microsculpture of irregular waves and meshes, and scattered with very sparse microscopic punctation. Antenna moderately long, with segment I longer than segment II or III, segment III distinctly longer than segment II, segments IV–XI slightly longer than wide.</p><p>Pronotum (Fig. 3 B) wider than long, PW/PL = 1.19, narrowed anteriad, posteriolateral and posterior margins continuously and broadly rounded, lateral margins not explanate; three setiferous punctures in each dorsal row, and two setiferous punctures in each sublateral row, last sublateral row puncture situated before level of large lateral setiferous puncture; surface of pronotum with microsculpture similar to that of head.</p><p>Scutellum (Fig. 3 C) with very fine and dense microsculpture of transverse waves, impunctate.</p><p>Elytra (Fig. 3 C) moderately long, about as wide as long, EW/EL = 0.99, ESL/EL = 0.59, slightly broadened posteriad, surface of each elytron covered with dense and coarse setiferous punctures, transverse interspaces between punctures about as wide as diameter of punctures, surface between punctures without microsculpture. Wings fully developed.</p><p>Abdominal tergite II impunctate; setiferous punctures of other tergites slightly finer and denser than those of elytra, becoming sparser toward posterior margin of each tergite, and generally becoming so toward apex of abdomen; VII with whitish apical seam of palisade fringe.</p><p>Male with first four segments of foretarsus moderately dilated, sub-bilobed, each heavily covered with tenent setae ventrally, segment II slightly wider than apex of tibia; tergite VIII with basal ridge complete and arched backward in middle, with one long seta on each side; sternite VIII (Fig. 3-1 A) with basal ridge complete, and arched backward in middle, with five long setae on each side, apical margin with a wide and moderately deep medioapical emargination, a small triangular area in front of the emargination impunctate; sternite IX (Fig. 3-1 B) with basal portion long and moderately wide, with shallow emargination medioapically; tergite X (Fig. 3-1 C) with basal side broadly and shallowly concave, apex protruded and subacute; aedeagus in lateral view (Fig. 3-1 F) with apex of paramere distinctly protruding beyond that of median lobe, median lobe dilated into spoon-shaped apex toward parameral side; aedeagus in parameral view (Fig. 3-1 G) with paramere nearly parallel-sided laterally, narrower than median lobe, only covering apex of median lobe, apical portion subtriangular, median lobe subparallel-sided and vaguely dilated laterally subapically, apex subtruncate with inconspicuous medioapical emargination (Figs. 3 E, 3-1D); apical portion of paramere with two long apical setae on each side of apex, and two similar subapical setae on each lateral side below apex, underside with 11–18 sensory peg setae arranged in two longitudinal groups along sides (Figs. 3 D, 3-1E).</p><p>Female with first four segments of foretarsus similar to those of male, only slightly less dilated, segment II slightly narrower than apex of tibia; tergite VIII with basal ridge complete, and arched backward in middle, with one long seta on each side; sternite VIII with basal ridge complete, nearly straight, with five long setae on each side; tergite X (Fig. 3-1 H) in characteristic shape, with basal side broadly and deeply concave, apical portion in middle forming a small and more strongly sclerotized lobe, with several long setae on apex.</p><p>Distribution. Quedius varius sp. nov. is at present known only from the type locality: Wolong National Nature Reserve in central Sichuan Province, at altitudes between 2395 m and 2700 m. The specimens were collected in forests using pitfall traps from June to August.</p><p>Diagnosis. This new species is rather distinctive, due to the coloration of the pronotum and the elytra, the unique chaetotaxy of the head, the spoon-shaped apex of the median lobe of the aedeagus, and the characteristic shape of the female tergite X. With this character combination, it cannot be confused with any congeners.</p><p>Etymology. The specific name is from the Latin adjective varius (various), referring to the various and irregular microsculpture on the head and the pronotum.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3C3287ACFFD5FFCCF5F6D84E464DFBFD	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Cai, Yan-Peng;Zhao, Zong-Yi;Zhou, Hong-Zhang	Cai, Yan-Peng, Zhao, Zong-Yi, Zhou, Hong-Zhang (2015): Three new species of the genus Quedius (subgenus Microsaurus) from China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini: Quediina). Zootaxa 3973 (3): 567-578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3973.3.10
