Quediina

Brunke, Adam James, Żyła, Dagmara, Yamamoto, Shûhei & Solodovnikov, Alexey, 2019, Baltic amber Staphylinini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae): a rove beetle fauna on the eve of our modern climate, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 187, pp. 166-197 : 192

Quediina – Quedius lineage

This large lineage was first recovered in an analysis of molecular data by Brunke et al. (2016; as Clade C). In addition to containing Quedius s.str., the Quedius lineage includes genera Quemetopon Smetana and Euryporus Erichson and Quedius subgenera Distichalius Casey and some members of Raphirus Stephens. At present, no morphological character states are known to support this lineage in its entirety, but the presence of interocular punctures is nearly unique to this group in Quediina (lost in Euryporus + Raphirus s.str.). Otherwise, interocular punctures can be found in only a small group of Quediina species related to Quedius (Microsaurus) parviceps Sharp ( Microsaurus lineage ) that might represent a new genus. All members of the Quedius lineage lack a genal puncture, distinguishing Quedius (Distichalius) from the above-mentioned Quedius (Microsaurus) with interocular punctures. Doubled basal punctures are widespread in Quediina and occur in the Quedius lineage , the Microsaurus lineage and † Laevisaurus . As mentioned above, it is clear that new character systems are greatly needed for a future generic revision of Quediina .

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