Quedius (Raphirus) maculiventris Bernhauer 1934
Creators: name: Cai, Yan-Peng
name: Zhou, Hong-Zhang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Quedius
Quedius maculiventris

description: Quedius (Raphirus) maculiventris Bernhauer, 1934
(Figs. 14, 14-1)
Bernhauer, 1934: 12 (Quedius; subgenus Raphirus; Type locality: China, Mittel-Szechuan, Hwa-Yin-Shan, 1600 m); Smetana, 1990: 200 (lectotype designation; characters; China (Sichuan)); Smetana, 1995: 68 (misidentification); Herman, 2001: 3193 (world catalog); Smetana, 2004: 667 (catalog for Palaearctic region); Smetana, 2012a: 52 (redescription; China (Chongqing, Fujian, Guizhou, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang)); Smetana, 2012b: 308 (China (Sichuan)).
Material examined. CHINA: Hubei Province: 1 ♂, Shennongjia National Nature Reserve, Banqiao, 22. IX. 2005, coll. Yongjie Chen; Sichuan Province: 1 ♂, Wan County, Wangerbao Nature Reserve, 28. IX. 1994, coll. Xingke Yang; 37 ♂♂, 35 ♀♀, Dujiangyan City, Qingcheng Mountain, 4. VI. 1997, coll. Haisheng Zhou; 1 ♂, Wenchuan County, Wolong Township, Gengda, 1820 m, 20–23. IX. 2004, coll. Xiaodong Yu; 1 ♂, Dujiangyan City, Qingcheng Mountain, 22. VIII. 2005, coll. Xiaoyan Li; 1 ♀, Dujiangyan City, Qingcheng Mountain, 23. VIII. 2005, coll. Xiaoyan Li; 1 ♀, Dujiangyan City, Qingcheng Mountain, 23. VIII. 2005, coll. Caiyun Zhao; 4 ♂♂, Dujiangyan City, Longchi Mountain, 1800 m, 26. VIII. 2005, coll. Xiaoyan Li; 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀, Dujiangyan City, Longchi Mountain, 26. VIII. 2005, coll. Caiyun Zhao; 2 ♀♀, Dujiangyan City, Longchi Mountain, 26. VIII. 2005, coll. Yongjie Chen; 1 ♂, Dujiangyan City, Huaxi Botanic Garden, 26. VIII. 2005, coll. Yejun Zhang; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Emeishan City, Emei Mountain, 700–800 m, 28. VIII. 2005, coll. Xiaoyan Li; 2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, Lushan County, Longmen Village, 12. X. 2005, coll. Haifeng Chen; 1 ♂, Lushan County, Longmendong, 15. X. 2005, coll. Haifeng Chen; 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Dujiangyan City, Puyang Township, Huaxi Village, 676–700 m, 12. V. 2009, coll. Yulingzi Zhou; Zhejiang Province: 1 ♂, Qingyuan County, Baishanzu National Nature Reserve, 1500 m, 20, IX. 1993, coll. Hong Wu; 1 ♂, Qingyuan County, Baishanzu National Nature Reserve, 550 m, 24, IX. 1993, coll. Hong Wu; 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, Qingyuan County, Baishanzu National Nature Reserve, Chameiwei, 18, IV. 1994, coll. Hong Wu; 1 ♂, Longquan City, Fengyangshan National Nature Reserve, VII. 2007, coll. Zongyi Zhao; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Longquan City, Fengyangshan National Nature Reserve, Miaopudi, 1430 m, 2–16; VI. 2008, coll. Shenglong Liu; 1 ♂, Longquan City, Fengyangshan National Nature Reserve, Datianping, 1250 m, 3. VIII. 2008, coll. Yulingzi Zhou.
Measurements. BL = 6.1 mm, BW = 1.3 mm, HL/PL/EL = 1.00: 1.20: 1.50, HW/PW/EW/AW = 1.00: 1.18: 1.45: 1.20, HW/HL = 1.06, HEL/HTL = 10.41, PW/PL = 1.04, EW/EL = 1.03, ESL/EL = 0.57.
Distribution. Quedius maculiventris Bernhauer is widely distributed in mountain areas of southern China (Chongqing, Fujian, Guizhou, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan and Zhejiang Province), at low altitudes from 550 m to 2500 m. Many of the examined specimens were collected in grassland, stacks of withered grass, leaf litter, or at the edges of creeks.
description: Published as part of Cai, Yan-Peng & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2015, Taxonomy of the subgenus Quedius (Raphirus) Stephens (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini: Quediina) with descriptions of four new species from China, pp. 151-196 in Zootaxa 3990 (2) on page 183, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3990.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/245442