Quedius (Microsaurus) songpan Smetana, 1999

Cai, Yan-Peng, Zhao, Zong-Yi & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2015, Taxonomy on Quedius euryalus group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini: Quediina) from China with description of eight new species, Zootaxa 3966 (1), pp. 1-70 : 57

Quedius (Microsaurus) songpan Smetana, 1999

( Figs. 20, 20-1 )

Smetana, 1999b: 547 ( Quedius ; subgenus Microsaurus ; Type locality: China, Sichuan, Songpan); Herman, 2001: 3274 (world catalog); Smetana, 2001a: 202 (key to species from China); Smetana, 2004a: 661 (catalog for Palaearctic region); Smetana, 2004b: 86 (illustration of aedeagus); Smetana, 2008a: 316 ( China (Sichuan )).

Material examined. CHINA: Sichuan Province: 1 ♂, Jiuzhaigou County, Jiuzhaigou National Nature Reserve , 29. VII. 1990, coll. T. Deuve and Weiping Xie .

Measurements. BL = 10.8 mm, BW = 2.1 mm, MHWL = 6.9 mm, HL/PL/EL/MHWL = 1.00: 1.30: 1.53: 4.96, HW/PW/EW/AW = 1.00: 1.26: 1.45: 1.28, HW/HL = 1.06, HEL/HTL = 2.56, PW/PL = 1.04, EW/EL = 1.01, ESL/EL = 0.59.

Hind wings. Male with hind wings fully developed, MHWL/BL = 0.64. Female not examined.

Distribution. China (Sichuan).

Figures

FIGURE 20. Quedius (Microsaurus) songpan Smetana: A. head (1.0 mm); B. pronotum (1.0 mm); C. elytra (1.0 mm); D. underside of paramere (0.2 mm); E. apical portion of median lobe, parameral view (0.2 mm). (Scale lengths in parentheses)