Taxonomy of the poorly known Quedius mutilatus group of wingless montane species from Middle Asia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini)

  • Maria Salnitska Department of Entomology, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya Embankment 7  /  9, Saint-Petersburg
  • Alexey Solodovnikov Natural History Museum of Denmark, Universitetsparken 15, Copenhagen 2100
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.401
Keywords: rove beetles, new species, Microsaurus, allopatry, endemism

Abstract

The Quedius mutilatus group, a very poorly known presumably monophyletic complex of wingless, possibly hypogean species confined to the Tien-Shan Mountains, is characterized as such for the first time. Newly available material clarified the identity of Q. mutilatus Eppelsheim, 1888 and Q. kalabi Smetana, 1995, each hitherto known from a handful of non-conspecific and vaguely georeferenced specimens only. Additional material is reported for Q. equus Smetana, 2014 and one species, Quedius kungeicus sp. nov., is described. All available data on the taxonomy, distribution and bionomics for all these four species of the group are summarized.

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Published
2018-02-06
How to Cite
Salnitska, M., & Solodovnikov, A. (2018). Taxonomy of the poorly known Quedius mutilatus group of wingless montane species from Middle Asia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini). European Journal of Taxonomy, (401). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.401
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No. 401 (2018): Taxonomy of the poorly known Quedius mutilatus group of wingless montane species from Middle Asia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini)
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Entomology
Copyright (c) 2018 Maria Salnitska, Alexey Solodovnikov

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