Quedius (Microsaurus) yaoqi 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 : 64-69

Quedius (Microsaurus) yaoqi Smetana, 1999

( Figs. 23, 23-1 )

Smetana, 1999b: 542 ( Quedius ; subgenus Microsaurus ; Type locality: China, Sichuan, Baoxing Xian, Yaoqi/Mahuanggou); Herman, 2001: 3298 (world catalog); Smetana, 2001a: 203 (key to species from China); Smetana, 2004a: 662 (catalog for Palaearctic region); Smetana, 2008a: 316 ( China (Sichuan )).

Material examined. CHINA: Sichuan Province: 1 ♂, Baoxing County, Guobayan , 2880 m, 1–4. VII. 2001, coll. Xiaodong Yu and Hongzhang Zhou.

Measurements. BL = 9.0 mm, BW = 1.9 mm, MHWL = 6.0 mm, HL/PL/EL/MHWL = 1.00: 1.35: 1.60: 5.06, HW/PW/EW/AW = 1.00: 1.24: 1.39: 1.29, HW/HL = 1.15, HEL/HTL = 2.93, PW/PL = 1.06, EW/EL = 1.00, ESL/ EL = 0.56.

Hind wings. Male with hind wings fully developed, MHWL/BL = 0.67. Female not examined.

Distribution. China (Sichuan).

Figures

FIGURE 23. Quedius (Microsaurus) yaoqi 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)