cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Liza D.S.Jordan & J.Swain 1884
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Mugiliformes
Mugilidae
Liza

description: Genus Liza Jordan & Swain, 1884, p.261
Diagnosis. Mouth is terminal; thin lips without fleshy lobes on lower jaw. Lower lip is projected forward. Ciliform or setiform teeth in one or more rows present in each lip. Nostrils nearer to each other than to eye or lip. Maxilla curved downwards and visible at the corner of closed mouth.
Pectoral axillary scale is small or absent. Pectoral fin inserted at level of upper rim of eye horizontally. Anal fin has III spines.
Remarks. Owing to the molecular phylogeny of Mugilidae all Liza spp. found in Indo-Pacific region belongs to genus Planiliza Whitley, 1945 (Durand et al., 2012 b, Xia et al., 2016).
description: Published as part of Hasan, Ariba & Siddiqui, Pirzada Jamal Ahmed, 2020, Taxonomic study of the family Mugilidae from Pakistan coast (northern Arabian Sea), pp. 131-151 in Zootaxa 4881 (1) on page 141, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4881.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/4426027
Liza parsia
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Liza
Liza parsia

description: Liza parsia (Hamilton, 1822)
(Figure: 9)
D1: IV; D2: 8 A: III, 9; Pc: 15–17; Pl: I, 5 L. S: 32–33; T.S: 11–13
Local name: Boi, Parse (Sin); Polat, Murbo (BAL)
FAO name: Gold-spot mullet
Material examined. 5 specimens of 320–323 mm TL.
Diagnosis. Body depth at origin of first dorsal fin is 21–23% of SL, 20–23% of SL at anal fin and 10–12% of SL at caudal. Center of pupil below the mid-gape horizontally. Origin of first dorsal fin nearer to the tip of snout than to the base of caudal fin. Origin of second dorsal fin one third to half along the base of anal fin vertically. Pectoral fin 21–23% of SL, 77–78% of HL. Scale numbers: 32–33 in lateral series, 11–13 scales in transverse series.
Description. Body somewhat slender, head wide, flattened dorsally. Adipose eye-fold is fairly developed, covers most of the posterior part of iris and partially covers part of anterior iris. Thin lips, anterior rim of eye and posterior nostril vertically level with hind tip of upper jaw. Wide pre-orbital bone completely filling the space between lip and eye, anteriorly notched. Pectoral fin has I, 15–17 soft rays not reaching to the origin of first dorsal fin horizontally Pectoral axillary scale is absent. Second dorsal and anal fins are well scaled. Anal fin with 3 spines, 9 soft rays. Scales ctenoid.
Color. Dorsally greenish brown, white to silver ventrally, base of caudal, anal and second dorsal fin yellowish, other fins off-white with dusky margins, operculum has golden spot.
Distribution. It is distributed along the coast of Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka and Andaman Island. Collected from Karachi fishing port, rarely found at Baluchistan coast.
Remarks. Liza parsia is the only species of the genus Liza whose mid-gape is above the center of pupil.
description: Published as part of Hasan, Ariba & Siddiqui, Pirzada Jamal Ahmed, 2020, Taxonomic study of the family Mugilidae from Pakistan coast (northern Arabian Sea), pp. 131-151 in Zootaxa 4881 (1) on page 141, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4881.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/4426027
Planiliza subviridis
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Planiliza
Planiliza subviridis

description: Planiliza subviridis (Valenciennes, 1836)
(Figure: 10)
D1: IV; D2: 8 A: III, 9; Pc: 15–17; Pl: I, 5 L. S: 26–33; T.S: 9–11
Local name: Boi, Chhodi (Sin); Murbo, Maing (Bal)
FAO name: Green back mullet
Material examined. 30 specimens of 129–251 mm TL.
Diagnosis. Greenish body dorsally with 4–7 longitudinal stripes on upper rows of longitudinal scales Body depth at first dorsal fin origin is 25–29% of SL, 22–26% of SL at origin of anal fin and 12–14% of SL at caudal peduncle. First dorsal fin origin nearer to base of caudal fin or midway between them. Second dorsal fin originates 1/3 posterior to anal fin base at vertical. Pectoral fin 70–81% of head length and 18–22% of SL. Scale numbers: 26–33 scales in longitudinal series and 9–11 scales in transverse series.
Description. Body moderately robust but not deep. Head broad, wide and dorsally flattened; head length is greater than its width and is 23–27% of SL. Eye diameter is 21–30% of HL. Snout blunt and smaller than eye diameter. Adipose eye fold partially developed. Terminal mouth, thin lips, lower lip directed forward. Maxilla tip visible from the corner of closed mouth. Narrow pre-orbital bone, partially fills space between lip and eye. Pectoral fin I, 15–16 rays, not reaching to the level of 1 st dorsal fin. Pectoral axillary scale is either rudimentary or absent.
Color. Dorsally dark green and laterally silvery to whitish ventrally, 4–7 longitudinal stripes on upper rows of longitudinal scales, pectoral fin dull green to yellowish, light green to greyish dorsal fin, anal and ventral fins dull yellow, bluish caudal fin with black margin.
Distribution. It is collected from Karachi fishing port, Somniani, Indus delta, Damb, Jiwani and Gwadar.
description: Published as part of Hasan, Ariba & Siddiqui, Pirzada Jamal Ahmed, 2020, Taxonomic study of the family Mugilidae from Pakistan coast (northern Arabian Sea), pp. 131-151 in Zootaxa 4881 (1) on page 142, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4881.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/4426027
Planiliza melinopterus
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Planiliza
Planiliza melinopterus

description: Planiliza melinopterus (Valenciennes, 1836)
(Figure: 11)
D1: IV; D2: 8 A: III, 9; Pc: 13–15; Pl: I, 5 L. S: 26–32; T.S: 9–11
Local name: Boi, Mori (Sin); Murbo (BAL); large scale mullet (Eng)
FAO name: Otemebora mullet
Material examined. 29 specimens of 130–246 mm TL.
Diagnosis. Body depth is 24–31% of SL at origin of first dorsal fin, 22–26% of SL at anus and 11–15 % of SL at caudal peduncle. Head pointed, deeper than wide and flattened dorsally. First dorsal fin originates nearer to base of caudal fin than to tip of snout. Second dorsal fin originates at vertical almost behind half of anal fin base. Pectoral fin 17–22% of SL and 70–81% of HL. Scale numbers: 26–32 in lateral series and 9–11 scales in transverse series.
Description. Body moderately robust, well compressed at caudal peduncle, body profile convex, snout to fin dorsal fin origin nearly straight in adults. Head length more or less equal to body depth. Adipose eye-fold is not well developed usually as narrow rim around eye. Snout depressed with blunt profile and shorter than eye diameter. Mouth terminal, lips thin. Distal part of maxilla moderately curved down. Dorsal fins are emarginated and scaled basally. Caudal fin is emarginated and scaled. Pectoral fin has I, 13–15 rays not reaching to the origin of first dorsal fin, Pectoral axillary scale absent. Ventral fins are shorter than pectoral fin. Scales are ctenoid.
Color. Dorsally olive brown, flanks silvery, abdomen whitish ventrally, upper scale rows with faint longitudinal stripes, dorsal and caudal fins dusky, anal and ventral fins white.
Distribution. Distributed in Indo-Pacific region. Collected from Karachi Fishing port, WWFH (Sandpit), Indus delta, Damb.
description: Published as part of Hasan, Ariba & Siddiqui, Pirzada Jamal Ahmed, 2020, Taxonomic study of the family Mugilidae from Pakistan coast (northern Arabian Sea), pp. 131-151 in Zootaxa 4881 (1) on page 143, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4881.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/4426027
Planiliza macrolepis
Creators: name: Hasan, Ariba
name: Siddiqui, Pirzada Jamal Ahmed
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Planiliza
Planiliza macrolepis

description: Planiliza macrolepis (Smith, 1846)
(Figure: 12)
D1: IV; D2: 8 A: III, 9; Pc: 14–15; Pl: I, 5 L. S: 33–34; T.S: 12–13
Local name: Boi, Chhodi (Sin); Murbo, Mundi (BAL)
FAO name: Large scale mullet
Material examined. 9 specimens of 141–178 mm TL.
Diagnosis. Body depth at first dorsal fin origin is 24–26 % of SL, 22–23% of SL at anal fin and 12 % of SL at caudal peduncle. Dorsally flattened and bluntly pointed head, Origin of first dorsal fin is closer to the caudal fin base than to the snout tip.At vertical second dorsal fin originates behind one quarter to half of anal fin. Pectoral fin 20–22 % of SL, 70–72 % of HL. Scale numbers: Scale numbers: 33–34 in lateral series and 12–13 in transverse series.
Description. Moderately robust body. Body depth is equal to or slightly larger than head length. Adipose eyefold is less developed just present around eye as a narrow rim. Terminal mouth, thin lips. Stout maxilla, distally curved. Both dorsal and anal fins are densely scaled and emarginated. Caudal fin is forked and scaled. Pectoral fin has I, 14–15 rays, not reaching to the origin of first dorsal fin. Pectoral axillary scale rudimentary. Pelvic fin length smaller than the pectoral fin length. Scales ctenoid.
Color. Dorsally greenish grey, abdomen and flanks silvery, dorsal and caudal fins bluish grey with dusky margins having yellowish base, anal and ventral fins whitish, pectoral fin yellowish grey, golden base with dusky margins.
Distribution. Distributed widely throughout the Indo-Pacific region. Collected from Karachi fishing port, Somniani and WWFH (Karachi).
description: Published as part of Hasan, Ariba & Siddiqui, Pirzada Jamal Ahmed, 2020, Taxonomic study of the family Mugilidae from Pakistan coast (northern Arabian Sea), pp. 131-151 in Zootaxa 4881 (1) on pages 143-144, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4881.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/4426027
Planiliza klunzingeri
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Planiliza
Planiliza klunzingeri

description: Planiliza klunzingeri (Day, 1888)
(Figure: 13)
D1: IV; D2: 8 A: III, 9; Pc: 14–15; Pl: I, 5 L. S: 33–36; T.S: 12–13
Local name: Chowdi, Mundi, Bhangan, Mori (sin); Murba, Maingh (BAL)
FAO name: Klunzinger’s mullet
Material examined. 15 specimens of 162–192 mm TL.
Diagnosis. Keel present above the operculum in front of first dorsal fin. Body depth is 2729% of SL at origin of first dorsal fin, 22–23% of SL at origin of anal fin and 12–14% of SL at caudal peduncle. Origin of first dorsal fin is nearer to caudal fin base than to tip to snout or equidistant. Second dorsal fin originates posterior to base of anal fin vertically. Pectoral fin 20–23 % of S.L and 74–78% of HL. Scale numbers: 33–36 in lateral series and 12–13 in transverse series.
Description. Body well compressed and short. Large head, moderately convex interorbital space, widely developed adipose eye-fold. Terminal mouth. Stout maxilla, curved down posteriorly, tip exposed when mouth closed. Fins covered with minute scales antero-basally. Pectoral fin has I, 14–16 rays, almost reaching to the level of first dorsal fin. Pectoral axillary scale is rudimentary. Weakly ctenoid scales without digitated hind margin.
Color. Greyish dorsally, abdomen and flanks silvery, few scale rows of abdomen are darker than the others. Caudal fin with black margin. Ventral, anal and dorsal fins pale. Pectoral fin base with black defused spot.
Distribution. Reported from coast of Bombay, Karachi and Persian Gulf. Collected from Karachi fishing port, Somniani, WWFH (Karachi), Keti Bunder, Gwadar.
description: Published as part of Hasan, Ariba & Siddiqui, Pirzada Jamal Ahmed, 2020, Taxonomic study of the family Mugilidae from Pakistan coast (northern Arabian Sea), pp. 131-151 in Zootaxa 4881 (1) on pages 144-145, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4881.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/4426027
Chelon Artedi 1793
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Chelon

description: Genus Chelon Artedi, 1793
Diagnosis. Moderately deep body, mouth wide ventrally, lower lip thin, not curved downwards, no crenulations, papillae or folds, upper lip thick, posterior tip of maxilla sigmoid, curved over pre-maxilla and visible when mouth closed. Teeth absent in lower lip. Adipose eye-fold weakly developed usually forms a narrow rim around eye. Wide pre-orbital bone filling space between eye and lip. Nostrils nearer to each other than to eye or lip. Insertion of pectoral fin level with or slightly below upper rim of eye, not reaching to the level of first dorsal fin. Pectoral axillary scale is rudimentary or absent. Caudal fin is forked. Scales either ctenoid or cycloid but without denticulations on hind margin.
description: Published as part of Hasan, Ariba & Siddiqui, Pirzada Jamal Ahmed, 2020, Taxonomic study of the family Mugilidae from Pakistan coast (northern Arabian Sea), pp. 131-151 in Zootaxa 4881 (1) on page 145, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4881.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/4426027
Chelon planiceps
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Chelon
Chelon planiceps

description: Chelon planiceps (Valenciennes, 1836)
(Figure: 14)
D1: IV; D2: 8 A: III, 9; Pc: 14–15; Pl: I, 5 L. S: 33–34; T.S: 11–13
Local name: Boi, Chhodi (Sin); Mundi (Bal)
FAO name: Tade mullet
Material examined. 7 specimens of 170–183 mm TL
Diagnosis. B ody depth at origin of first dorsal fin is 26–28 % of SL, 29–31% of SL at anal fin and 12% of SL at caudal peduncle. Head pointed, broad and dorsally depressed. Second spine of first dorsal fin is slightly larger than the first spine. Pectoral fin 20–21% of SL, 69–71 % of HL. Scale numbers: 33–34 in longitudinal series and 11–13 in transverse series
Description. Body elongated, quite slender, body depth is smaller than HL. Snout pointed, shorter than eye TABLE I. Morphometric data and meristic counts of six mullet species in two genera collected from the Pakistan coast.
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diameter. Adipose eye-fold developed moderately and covering almost entire iris. Terminal mouth, thin lips, lower lips directed forward. First dorsal fin origin is nearer to the base of caudal fin than to the snout tip. Second dorsal fin origin is at vertical behind one third or half of anal fin base. Dorsal and anal fins are relatively curved and basally scaled. Forked caudal fin. First pectoral fin has 14–15 spines reaching to the first dorsal fin origin. Axillary scale on pectoral fin is reduced. Scales Ctenoid.
Color. Dorsally olive or greenish brown, flanks silvery, ventrally whitish, upper scale rows with 5–7 indistinct longitudinal stripes. Light brown to greyish dorsal fin, yellowish pectoral fin, greyish to light blue caudal fin with black edges.
Distribution: Collected from Keti Bunder, Gwadar and Pasni.
Remarks. The distinctive character of C. planiceps is its pointed, depressed head. It is similar to L. subviridis and L.parsia in number of scale counts, well developed adipose tissue and number of fin rays.
description: Published as part of Hasan, Ariba & Siddiqui, Pirzada Jamal Ahmed, 2020, Taxonomic study of the family Mugilidae from Pakistan coast (northern Arabian Sea), pp. 131-151 in Zootaxa 4881 (1) on pages 145-149, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4881.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/4426027
Atherigona Rondani 1856
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Atherigona

description: Genus Atherigona Rondani, 1856
Type species
Anthomyia varia Meigen, 1826.
description: Published as part of Deeming, John C., 2022, Some Afrotropical species of Atherigona Rondani (Diptera: Muscidae) revisited and a new species described, pp. 121-144 in European Journal of Taxonomy 847 (1) on page 123, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.847.1987, http://zenodo.org/record/7387430
Atherigona africana Deeming 1971
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Atherigona
Atherigona africana

description: Atherigona (s. str.) africana Deeming, 1971
Material examined
BURKINA FASO • 2 ♂♂; Bobo Dioulasso, Farako Bâ; Jul.–Nov. 1989; J. Zongo leg.; fish meal bait in sorghum plot; NMWC.
MALI • 1 ♂; Yanfolila; 19 Sep.–7 Oct. 1986; J. Durham leg.; NMWC.
Remarks
Described from both sexes and illustrated from the male. The species was collected in Nigeria (Deeming, 1971: 149–151, figs 24–25).
Distribution
Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria.
description: Published as part of Deeming, John C., 2022, Some Afrotropical species of Atherigona Rondani (Diptera: Muscidae) revisited and a new species described, pp. 121-144 in European Journal of Taxonomy 847 (1) on page 123, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.847.1987, http://zenodo.org/record/7387430
Atherigona angustiloba van Emden 1956
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Atherigona
Atherigona angustiloba

description: Atherigona (s. str.) angustiloba van Emden, 1956
Material examined
ETHIOPIA • 2 ♂♂; Alemaya; Sep. 1992; S. Gudeta leg.; NMWC.
GUINEA • 1 ♂; Nimba; Jul.–Dec. 1951; Lamotte and Roy leg.; NMWC.
SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♂; E of Cape Province, Hogsback N of Alice; 2–3 Nov. 1964; B. and P. Stuckenberg leg.; NMSA • 1 ♂; Natal, Richmond; 22 Nov.1973; F. Zumpt leg.; NMWC.
Remarks
Described (van Emden 1956: 521) from Burundi and further recorded from South Africa (Muller 2015: 859). The Ethiopian material is unusual in that the fore tibia is yellow throughout its length rather than being infuscated on its apical half.
Distribution
Burundi, Ethiopia, Guinea, South Africa.
description: Published as part of Deeming, John C., 2022, Some Afrotropical species of Atherigona Rondani (Diptera: Muscidae) revisited and a new species described, pp. 121-144 in European Journal of Taxonomy 847 (1) on page 123, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.847.1987, http://zenodo.org/record/7387430
Atherigona bifida Deeming 1971
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Atherigona
Atherigona bifida

description: Atherigona (s. str.) bifida Deeming, 1971
Fig. 1a
Material examined
GUINEA • 5 ♂♂, 12 ♀♀; Nimba, “Fôrét du Zié” [Zié Forest]; 1500 m a.s.l.; 6 Jan. 1984; C. Girard leg.; MNHN • 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; NMWC.
Remarks
Described from a single male from the Mambilla Plateau, Nigeria (Deeming 1971: 173).
Female: apart from sexual characters differing from the male in the following respects: palpus black; scutellum black throughout; pleura black in ground colour with exception of propleuron and anterior one third of anepisternum; all tarsi infuscate; fore femur black on all but extreme base and apex; fore tibia black on apical two thirds of its length; a pair of brownish black spots on tergites 4 and 5, those on 4 longer and more triangular in shape, those on 5 oblong; tergite 8 (Fig. 1a).
Distribution
Guinea, Nigeria.
description: Published as part of Deeming, John C., 2022, Some Afrotropical species of Atherigona Rondani (Diptera: Muscidae) revisited and a new species described, pp. 121-144 in European Journal of Taxonomy 847 (1) on page 124, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.847.1987, http://zenodo.org/record/7387430
Atherigona contrastiloba Deeming 1987
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Atherigona
Atherigona contrastiloba

description: Atherigona (s. str.) contrastiloba Deeming, 1987
Fig. 1b
Material examined
MADAGASCAR • 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀; Toliara (Tulear) Distr., Betioky, Beamalo; 24°08ʹ S, 45°15ʹ E; 21 Feb. 1993; C.C.D. Tingle leg.; NMWC • 6 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 14 Feb. 1993; NMWC.
Remarks
Described from the male sex from Madagascar (Deeming 1987: 23) and additional material (males only) also from several localities in Madagascar was reported by Deeming (2019).
Female: apart from sexual differences differing from the male in the following respects: all tarsi more or less infuscate; fore femur black on all but basal one fifth of its length and on extreme apex; fore tibia black on all but basal one fifth of its length; tergite 1+2 with a dark median vitta, which is connected to a broad transverse band occupying two thirds of the width of dorsum of tergite 2 and its apical half; tergite 3 with an equally broad trapezoid dark marking having rounded shoulders, which is wider at apex than at base and occupies the entire exposed length of the tergite (in some specimens this marking divided by a pair of longitudinal yellow vittae, but whether divided or not a pair of grey dusted vittae giving it the appearance of being so); tergite 4 with a little narrower but similar marking to that of tergite 3, but this always divided by yellow vittae into a dark median vitta bounded on either side by a triangular spot; tergite 5 with a dark median vitta on basal half and a pair of oblong dark spots level with its apex; tergite 8 (Fig. 1b).
Distribution
Madagascar.
description: Published as part of Deeming, John C., 2022, Some Afrotropical species of Atherigona Rondani (Diptera: Muscidae) revisited and a new species described, pp. 121-144 in European Journal of Taxonomy 847 (1) on page 124, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.847.1987, http://zenodo.org/record/7387430
Atherigona fililoba Deeming 1979
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Atherigona
Atherigona fililoba

description: Atherigona (s. str.) fililoba Deeming, 1979
Material examined
BURKINA FASO • 2 ♂♂; Bobo Dioulasso, Farako Bâ; Jul.–Nov. 1989; J. Zongo leg.; fish meal bait in sorghum plot; NMWC.
MALI • 1 ♂; Yanfolila; 19 Sep.–7 Oct. 1986; J. Durham leg.; NMWC.
NIGERIA • 1 ♂; “M.W.” [Mid. West] State, Uhonmora; Nov. 1974; J.T. Medler leg.; NMWC.
Remarks
Described from Nigeria, Cameroun and Ivory Coast (Deeming 1979: 45).
Distribution
Burkina Faso, Cameroun, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria.
description: Published as part of Deeming, John C., 2022, Some Afrotropical species of Atherigona Rondani (Diptera: Muscidae) revisited and a new species described, pp. 121-144 in European Journal of Taxonomy 847 (1) on page 126, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.847.1987, http://zenodo.org/record/7387430
Atherigona maliensis Dike 1989
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Atherigona
Atherigona maliensis

description: Atherigona (s. str.) maliensis Dike, 1989
Material examined
MALI • 1 ♂; Mourdiah; 13–25 Aug. 1986; M. Matthews leg.; NMWC.
Remarks
Described from the male sex from Mali (Dike 1989b: 73). The holotype of this species was described, correctly, as having “Legs brownish black, but coxae, trochanters and knee of middle leg darkish yellow”. With its strap-like palpus and unique abdominal structure and colouration, no doubt exists as to the identity of this second specimen. However, its legs, unlike those of the holotype, are yellow with the fore leg brownish black on all but coxa, trochanter, basal one third of femur and narrowly on knee, and the mid and hind tarsi somewhat infuscate, less so on the apical two segments. I suspect that the type is discoloured. Much other material received from the same collection as the type has exhibited unnatural discolouration, sometimes even halteres appearing infuscate.
These are the only two specimens so far known.
Distribution
Mali.
description: Published as part of Deeming, John C., 2022, Some Afrotropical species of Atherigona Rondani (Diptera: Muscidae) revisited and a new species described, pp. 121-144 in European Journal of Taxonomy 847 (1) on page 129, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.847.1987, http://zenodo.org/record/7387430
Atherigona medleri Deeming 1979
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Atherigona
Atherigona medleri

description: Atherigona (s. str.) medleri Deeming, 1979
Material examined
BURKINA FASO • 1 ♂; Matourkou; Jul.–Aug. 1987; J. Zongo leg.; on sorghum shoot; NMWC.
“R.P.” [Democratic Republic] CONGO • 1 ♂ (both fore legs missing); Matane, Boko, Songo; 19 May 1984; A. Delobel leg.; NMWC.
UGANDA • 1 ♂; Serere; 24 Oct. 1972; J.L. Overman leg.; NMWC.
Remarks
Described only from the male sex from Nigeria (Deeming 1979: 50). The Congo male is unusual in having the median lobe of the trifoliate process shorter and tergite 7 immaculate.
Distribution
Burkina Faso, D.R. Congo, Nigeria, Uganda.
description: Published as part of Deeming, John C., 2022, Some Afrotropical species of Atherigona Rondani (Diptera: Muscidae) revisited and a new species described, pp. 121-144 in European Journal of Taxonomy 847 (1) on page 130, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.847.1987, http://zenodo.org/record/7387430
Atherigona nigrithorax Stein 1906
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Atherigona
Atherigona nigrithorax

description: Atherigona (s. str.) nigrithorax Stein, 1906
Fig. 1c–d
Described from a female from Togo (Stein 1906: 66) and not since reported. The holotype appears in the material discovered in the Smithsonian Institution and has been returned to MNB. The type is in good condition and mounted on a black steel pin with the following labels:
1) rectangular grey label “ Togo, Bismarckburg, 17-23.XII.92, L. Conradt S.”
2) rectangular red label “ Type ”.
3) rectangular white label “Mus. Berol.”
4) rectangular grey label “ Atherigona nigrithorax sp. n. Stein ♀ ”.
The first three labels are machine-printed and the fourth is in the handwriting of Stein.
Redescription
MEASUREMENTS. Body length, female 4.0 mm; wing 3.0 mm.
Female
HEAD. Frontal vitta deep velvety black; frontal plate undusted from base of second inferior orbital seta to level of posterior ocellus; parafacialia, facialia and gena white dusted, this most strongly developed on frontofacial angle; occiput and ocellar prominence dark grey dusted, the postorbital strip paler grey; width of parafacialia at narrowest part equal to diameter of an ocellus; antenna black, somewhat brownish on extreme apex of pedicel and on arista; palpus black.
THORAX. Scutum and scutellum black in ground colour and weakly grey dusted, the former without apparent darker dusted longitudinal vittae; postpronotal lobe infuscate dorsally; pleura ranging from yellow on propleuron to yellowish brown elsewhere, more heavily and yellowish dusted than scutum; propleuron with one long and one moderate and one fine seta; one moderate prostigmatical and a fine seta; lower katepisternal seta equidistant from the two upper setae (these lacking on both sides, but the scars of their attachment visible).
WING. Hyaline with brown veins; anterior crossvein at 0.4 of length of discal cell. LEGS. All tarsi more or less infuscate; fore tibia black, but obscurely yellowish on basal one third of its length; fore femur somewhat infuscate on apical two fifths of its length and hind tibia somewhat infuscate on apical two thirds.
ABDOMEN (Fig. 1d). Yellow with black markings and tergites very weakly yellowish dusted; 8 th tergite (Fig. 1c). The abdomen is contained in a van Doesburg vial of glycerine pinned under the specimen.
Male
Unknown.
Remarks
In the structure of the head and thorax this species is almost identical to A. bimaculata Stein, 1910 but the area of infuscation of the fore femur is much more restricted than in that species, the abdominal pattern is quite different and the eighth tergite has more heavily sclerotised basal lobes and their pair of separated sclerites triangular, rather than slug-shaped.
Distribution
Togo.
description: Published as part of Deeming, John C., 2022, Some Afrotropical species of Atherigona Rondani (Diptera: Muscidae) revisited and a new species described, pp. 121-144 in European Journal of Taxonomy 847 (1) on pages 130-131, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.847.1987, http://zenodo.org/record/7387430
Atherigona tetrastigma Paterson 1956
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Atherigona tetrastigma

description: Atherigona (s. str.) tetrastigma Paterson, 1956
Material examined
ETHIOPIA • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Alemaya; 29 Jul. 1993; S. Gudeta leg.; NMWC • 1 ♂; Debre Zeit; 28–30 Sep. 2005; M.R. Wilson leg.; Malaise trap; NMWC.
KENYA • 1 ♂ (very teneral, with incomplete puparium); Nairobi; emerged 14 Dec. 1981; A. Delobel leg.; from shoot of Cynodon nlemfuensis Vanderyst; NMWC.
Remarks
Described from both sexes from Tanzania (Paterson 1956: 169).
Distribution
D.R. Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania.
description: Published as part of Deeming, John C., 2022, Some Afrotropical species of Atherigona Rondani (Diptera: Muscidae) revisited and a new species described, pp. 121-144 in European Journal of Taxonomy 847 (1) on page 134, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.847.1987, http://zenodo.org/record/7387430
Atherigona varia
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Atherigona varia

description: Atherigona (s. str.) varia (Meigen, 1826)
Fig. 3b–c
Described into the genus Anthomyia Meigen, 1803 (Meigen 1826: 187), this species is found around the Mediterranean and in Europe north to southern England, France and Hungary. It is further recorded from U.A.E., Oman and China and is the type species of Atherigona. On 28 Aug.1996, I found an isolated deadheart shoot of an unidentified grass in mixed forest at Vallombrosa in the mountains of eastern Tuscany. From this a female Atherigona emerged in the laboratory, which on structure generally and especially that of the eighth tergite agrees with A. varia. The grass shoot was distinctive in having the ligule bearing long hairs and was kindly examined by Dr G. Hutchinson, NMWC, who believed it might be Danthonia decumbens (L.). To the best of my knowledge this species has never been reared, so a brief description of the puparium is given and the larval mandibular sclerite figured.
Description
MEASUREMENTS. Length 3.5 mm and 1.1 mm in greatest width.
PUPARIUM. Yellowish brown, subshiny, with cephaloskeleton and posterior spiracles black, which latter are projecting to a distance equal to one half of their individual width and with their apical surfaces separated from one another by their individual width. Mandibular sclerite (Fig. 3b) robust, black, with no indication of a separate dorsal tooth-like projection. Anterior spiracle (Fig. 3c) a rosette of 7 digitations.
Distribution
Widespread in southern Europe, Middle East and China.
description: Published as part of Deeming, John C., 2022, Some Afrotropical species of Atherigona Rondani (Diptera: Muscidae) revisited and a new species described, pp. 121-144 in European Journal of Taxonomy 847 (1) on page 134, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.847.1987, http://zenodo.org/record/7387430
Atherigona (Acritochaeta) maculipennis Stein 1910
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Atherigona maculipennis

description: Atherigona (Acritochaeta) maculipennis Stein, 1910
Described from both sexes from the Seychelles (Stein 1910: 158), the types appear in the material discovered in the Smithsonian Institution. These, a male and female, are in excellent condition, are micropinned onto pith mounts on ‘continental’ pins and are identically labelled, thus:
1) white rectangular “ Seychelles [short illegible word]” handwritten.
2) red rectangular “ Type ” machine-printed.
3) white rectangular “ Atherigona maculipennis Type (Stein) det. Stein”, and with respective sex symbol.
Remarks
The diagnosis of this species as given by van Emden (1940: 105), correct in every other detail, cites the frontal vitta as being orange-red. This is certainly true of the female, but in the male it is much darker, being black and only slightly paler anteriorly. The palpus of the male, on its apical one third, bears an area of erect wavy fine pale hairs on its ventral surface.
Distribution
Seychelles.
description: Published as part of Deeming, John C., 2022, Some Afrotropical species of Atherigona Rondani (Diptera: Muscidae) revisited and a new species described, pp. 121-144 in European Journal of Taxonomy 847 (1) on page 140, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.847.1987, http://zenodo.org/record/7387430
Atherigona (Acritochaeta) orientalis Schiner 1868
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Atherigona
Atherigona orientalis

description: Atherigona (Acritochaeta) orientalis Schiner, 1868
Atherigona orientalis Schiner, 1868: 295.
Coenosia excisa Thomson, 1869: 560. Ross Island.
Atherigona trilineata Stein, 1900: 157. New Guinea.
Acritochaeta pulvinata Grimshaw, 1901: 42. Hawaii.
Atherigona magnipalpis Stein, 1906: 66. Cameroon.
Described from the Nicobar Islands (Schiner 1868: 295) and widespread throughout the tropics of the World, this is the only species of its subgenus to have become established in the Americas. This species has a very varied larval biology, the larvae being predaceous but also probably ingesting the decaying organic matter in which they develop. In the case of the recent record of this species being reared from turtle eggs in Cyprus (McGowan et al. 2001) the larvae of other Diptera present might be the primary source of nutrition.
The mislaid types of Atherigona magnipalpis Stein, 1906: 66, which is listed as a junior synonym of orientalis, are in the box of material discovered in the Smithsonian Institution and have been returned to MNB. These, a male and a female, are in very good condition, micropinned on card mounts on ‘continental’ pins and bear the following labels:
Male
1) grey rectangular “N. Kamerun, Johann-Alberechtshöhe, L. Conradt S6, 17.6.96” machine-printed with date added.
2) red rectangular “ Type ” machine-printed.
3) grey rectangular “ Atherigona magnipalpis sp. n. ♂ ♀ Stein” in Stein’s handwriting.
4) white rectangular “ Atherigona excisa Thom. Det. J.R. Malloch ” in Malloch’s hand.
Female
1) white rectangular “17/6.96” in red ink.
2) as 1 above for male, but without date.
3) as 2 above for male.
Distribution
Cyprus, pan-tropical, southern Nearctic.
description: Published as part of Deeming, John C., 2022, Some Afrotropical species of Atherigona Rondani (Diptera: Muscidae) revisited and a new species described, pp. 121-144 in European Journal of Taxonomy 847 (1) on pages 140-141, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.847.1987, http://zenodo.org/record/7387430
Quedius (Raphirus) orientalis Korge 1971
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Quedius
Quedius orientalis

description: Quedius (Raphirus) orientalis KORGE, 1971 (Figs 15-17, 25, Map 1)
Quedius (Sauridus) orientalis KORGE, 1971b: 18 f.
T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Holotype ♂ [dissected prior to present study]: " Iran: Kermanshahan, Heinz leg. / Songhor, ca. 1800 m, 7.VIII.1969 / ♂ - Holotypus Quedius (Sauridus) orientalis Korge " (MNB). Paratypes: 2♀♀: same data as holotype (MNB).
C o m m e n t: The original description is based on a male holotype and two female paratypes from "Songhor, ca. 1800 m, Kermanshahan (Iran)" (KORGE 1971b). In external (Fig. 25) and the male sexual characters (Figs 15-17) similar to Q. hermonensis, Q. orientalis is characterized particularly by the shape of the median lobe of the aedeagus, which has the apex very acute in ventral view. The species is currently known only from Iran (Map 1).
description: Published as part of Assing, Volker, 2018, On the taxonomy and zoogeography of some West Palaearctic Quedius species, with a focus on the East Mediterranean and the species allied to Quedius umbrinus and Q. nivicola (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae), pp. 149-182 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1) on page 157, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3985368
Quedius (Raphirus) pineti
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Quedius
Quedius pineti

description: Quedius (Raphirus) pineti BRISOUT DE BARNEVILLE, 1866
Quedius nevesi SCHEERPELTZ, 1951: 130 ff.; synonymy confirmed.
T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Holotype ♂: " Pe Ramiro, Agrela, 29.VII.1940. Portugal / 21 / Typus Quedius Nevesi O. Scheerpeltz / ex coll. Scheerpeltz / Holotypus Quedius nevesi Scheerpeltz, rev. V. Assing 2017 / Quedius pineti Brisout, det. V. Assing 2017" (NHMW).
C o m m e n t: The original description of Q. nevesi is based on a unique holotype from "Agrela (Prov. Douro, Nord-Portugal)" (SCHEERPELTZ 1951). The name was synonymized with Q. pineti, one of the most common Quedius species of the Iberian Peninsula, by COIFFAIT (1963). An examination of this holotype revealed that the synonymy is correct.
description: Published as part of Assing, Volker, 2018, On the taxonomy and zoogeography of some West Palaearctic Quedius species, with a focus on the East Mediterranean and the species allied to Quedius umbrinus and Q. nivicola (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae), pp. 149-182 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1) on page 161, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3985368
Quedius (Raphirus) ramiroi Scheerpeltz 1951
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Quedius
Quedius ramiroi

description: Quedius (Raphirus) ramiroi SCHEEPELTZ, 1951
Quedius ramiroi SCHEERPELTZ, 1951: 163 ff.
T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Holotype ♂ [aedeagus missing]: " Pe Ramiro, Penamaior, III-1940 / 22 / Typus Quedius Ramiroi O. Scheerpeltz / ex coll. Scheerpeltz / Holotypus Quedius ramiroi Scheerpeltz, rev. V. Assing 2017" (NHMW).
C o m m e n t: The original description is based on a unique male holotype from the environs of "Peña major in Paços de Ferreira (Prov. Douro, Nord-Portugal)" (SCHEERPELTZ 1951). Unfortunately, the aedeagus of the holotype is missing, so that an interpretation of this species mainly relies on the drawings provided by SCHEERPELTZ (1951). Externally, this species is characterized particularly by very dense and rather fine punctation of the elytra, as well as rather dense punctation of the abdomen.
description: Published as part of Assing, Volker, 2018, On the taxonomy and zoogeography of some West Palaearctic Quedius species, with a focus on the East Mediterranean and the species allied to Quedius umbrinus and Q. nivicola (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae), pp. 149-182 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1) on page 161, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3985368
Quedius (Raphirus) limbatus
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Quedius
Quedius limbatus

description: Quedius (Raphirus) limbatus (HEER, 1839)
Heterothops limbatus HEER, 1839: 220.
Quedius scheerpeltzianus FAGEL, 1968c: 195 f.; nov.syn.
T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Holotype ♂ [dissected prior to present study; most of median lobe of aedeagus missing; remainder of aedeagus transferred from microvial to transparent slide]: "Morée: Taygète, IX.1953, J. Brondeel / G. Fagel det., scheerpeltzianus n. sp. / Type / Quedius limbatus (Heer), det. V. Assing 2018 " (IRSNB).
C o m m e n t: The original description of Q. scheerpeltzianus is based on a male holotype from "Morée: Taygète" and a male paratype from "Anatolie: Amasia " (FAGEL 1968c). An examination of the holotype revealed that it belongs to the macropterous morph of Q. limbatus.
description: Published as part of Assing, Volker, 2018, On the taxonomy and zoogeography of some West Palaearctic Quedius species, with a focus on the East Mediterranean and the species allied to Quedius umbrinus and Q. nivicola (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae), pp. 149-182 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1) on page 163, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3985368
Quedius (Raphirus) suturalis
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Quedius
Quedius suturalis

description: Quedius (Raphirus) suturalis KIESENWETTER, 1845
Quedius humeralis anatolicus KORGE, 1964: 119 ff.; nov.syn.
Quedius suturalis anatolicus FAGEL: COIFFAIT (1978a).
Quedius troglophilus COIFFAIT, 1969: 46 ff.; nov.syn.
T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Holotype ♂ [teneral; dissected prior to present study]: " Asia minor, leg. H. Korge / Abant-Geb., 1100-1500 m, 8.8.1963 / ♂ - Holotypus Quedius humeralis ssp. anatolicus Korge / Quedius suturalis Kiesenwetter, det. V. Assing 2018 " (MNB).
C o m m e n t: The original description of Q. humeralis anatolicus is based on a unique male from "Abant-Gebirge" (KORGE 1964); the type locality is situated in Bolu province, North Turkey. COIFFAIT (1978a) moved the subspecies to Q. suturalis. According to KORGE (1964) and COIFFAIT (1978a), Q. anatolicus is distinguished from the nominal subspecies by slight differences in the shape of the aedeagus (paramere broader, longer in relation to median lobe; subapical tooth closer to the apex of the medi- an lobe). Quedius troglophilus was described based on material from several caves in Bulgaria (COIFFAIT 1969).
Quedius suturalis is common and widespread in the Palaearctic region, its distribution ranging from the Iberian Peninsula across practically all of Europe eastwards to the Caucasus region (SCHÜLKE & SMETANA 2015). An examination of material of Q. suturalis from various regions (France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Serbia, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Georgia), including various localities across North Anatolia (Bursa, Samsun, Giresun, Gümüşhane, and Rize provinces), revealed some intraspecific variation in the shape of the aedeagus. An examination of the teneral holotype of Q. humeralis anatolicus and the illustrations of Q. troglophilus provided by COIFFAIT (1969) leave no doubt that the aedeagi of Q. anatolicus and Q. troglophilus are within the range of this variation, so that both names are placed in synonymy with Q. suturalis.
description: Published as part of Assing, Volker, 2018, On the taxonomy and zoogeography of some West Palaearctic Quedius species, with a focus on the East Mediterranean and the species allied to Quedius umbrinus and Q. nivicola (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae), pp. 149-182 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1) on page 163, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3985368
Quedius (Raphirus) job Coiffait 1963
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Quedius
Quedius job

description: Quedius (Raphirus) job COIFFAIT, 1963 (Map 3)
Quedius job COIFFAIT, 1963: 415 ff.
Quedius lydus FAGEL, 1968c: 193 f.; nov.syn.
T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Holotype ♂ [dissected prior to present study; most of median lobe of aedeagus missing; remainder of aedeagus transferred from microvial to transparent slide]: " Turquie, Güne Dag, X.1953, J. Brondeel / G. Fagel det., lydus n. sp. / Type / Quedius job Coiffait, det. V. Assing 2018 " (IRSNB). Paratypes: 1♂ [dissected prior to present study; paramere broken; aedeagus transferred from microvial to transparent slide]: "Samos, Kuruntere / G. Fagel det., lydus n. sp. / Paratype / Quedius job Coiffait, det. V. Assing 2018 " (IRSNB); 1♀: "Anatolie, Manisa Dag / G. Fagel det., lydus n. sp. / Type / Quedius job Coiffait, det. V. Assing 2018 " (IRSNB).
A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Turkey: 1♂, Antalya, Manavgat env., Yaylaalan, 900 m, ravine, floated from debris on stream bank, 31.XII.1990, leg. Assing (cAss); 1♂, Antalya, 25 km ESE Alanya, 36°32'N, 32°16'E, 900 m, litter of deciduous trees sifted, 23.XII.2006, leg. Assing (cAss). Lebanon: 2♂♂, 1♀, 30 km NE Beirut, Ibrahim river near Adonis, 5.III.2014, leg. Reuter (cFel); 1♀, 48 km NE Beirut, Chatine near Arz Tannourine, 1500 m, river bank, 29.IV.2014, leg. Reuter (cFel).
C o m m e n t: The original description of Q. job is based on six males and seven females from " Liban: Nahr es Safa" (COIFFAIT 1963), that of Q. lydus on a male holotype from "Anatolie égéenne: Güne Dagh", a male [sic] from "Anatolie égéene: Manisa Dagh", and two paratypes (a male and a female) from "Samos: Kuruntere" (FAGEL 1968c). An examination of the type material of Q. lydus revealed that the paratype from "Manisa Dagh" is in fact a female, and the aedeagi of the two remaining male type specimens are damaged. The aedeagus of the male paratype from Samos is identical to that of Q. job.
Quedius job was reported from Turkey ("Bosburun-Gebirge im Pisidischen Taurus") by KORGE (1971a) and from the Greek islands Karpathos, Lesbos, and Samos by ASSING (2016a, b, 2017d). The currently known distribution is illustrated in Map 3; the doubtful locality "Samos, Kuruntere" (FAGEL 1968c) is omitted from the map.
description: Published as part of Assing, Volker, 2018, On the taxonomy and zoogeography of some West Palaearctic Quedius species, with a focus on the East Mediterranean and the species allied to Quedius umbrinus and Q. nivicola (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae), pp. 149-182 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1) on pages 164-165, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3985368
Quedius (Raphirus) humeralis Stephens 1832
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Quedius
Quedius humeralis

description: Quedius (Raphirus) humeralis STEPHENS, 1832
Quedius humeralis STEPHENS, 1832: 220.
Quedius oblitteratus ERICHSON, 1840: 549.
Quedius coxalis KRAATZ, 1858: 59 f.; nov.syn.
Quedius gestroi GRIDELLI, 1922: 136.
Quedius atticus COIFFAIT, 1967: 408 f.; nov.syn.
T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Lectotype ♂ [dissected prior to present study]: "Graecia / Typus / coxalis mihi / Coll. Kraatz / Gestroi mihi, det. E. Gridelli / Dtsch. Ent. Inst. Eberswalde / G. Fagel elig. 1968, Quedius coxalis Kr. Lectotype / DEI Müncheberg Col - 10021 / Quedius humeralis Stephens, det. V. Assing 2018 " (SDEI).
C o m m e n t: The original description of Q. coxalis is based on several syntypes ("nicht gerade selten") from "Athen" (KRAATZ 1858). There is, however, only one syntype in the Kraatz collection. This specimen, a male, was examined and designated as the lectotype by FAGEL (1968b). COIFFAIT (1967) described Q. atticus based on a male holotype and seven paratypes (a male and six females) from "Mont Pantélique près d'Athénes". Quedius atticus was synonymized with Q. coxalis by COIFFAIT (1977).
An examination of the lectotype of Q. coxalis revealed that it is conspecific with the widespread and common Q. humeralis. Hence, both Q. coxalis and its junior synonym Q. atticus are placed in synonymy with this name.
description: Published as part of Assing, Volker, 2018, On the taxonomy and zoogeography of some West Palaearctic Quedius species, with a focus on the East Mediterranean and the species allied to Quedius umbrinus and Q. nivicola (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae), pp. 149-182 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1) on page 165, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3985368