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Quedius (Raphirus) petraensis Fagel 1968

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Quedius (Raphirus) petraensis FAGEL, 1968 (Figs 66-68, Map 5)

Quedius petraensis FAGEL, 1968a: 6 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; aedeagus slightly damaged, transferred from microvial to transparent slide]: " Coll. R. I. Sc. N. B., Pétra. 3, Arabie, elytr. parcius punctatus, ex coll. Fauvel / Coll. et det. A. Fauvel, Quedius josue Saulcy, R.I.Sc.N.B. 17.479 / G. Fagel det., Quedius petraensis n.sp. / Type / Quedius petraensis Fagel, det. V. Assing 2018 " (IRSNB).

C o m m e n t: The original description is based on a unique male holotype from "Arabie: Pétra" (FAGEL 1968c), a locality today situated in South Jordan, not in Saudi Arabia as indicated in SCHÜLKE & SMETANA (2015). Subsequent records are unknown. Externally, Q. petraensis differs from the geographically close Q. josue by the coloration (pronotum blackish with the margins narrowly reddish; elytra uniformly pale-reddish). The species is characterized particularly by the shapes of the apices of the median lobe and of the paramere of the aedeagus in ventral view (Figs 66-68).

Notes

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 177, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3985368

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Biodiversity

Collection code
IRSNB
Scientific name authorship
Fagel
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Staphylinidae
Genus
Quedius
Species
petraensis
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Quedius (Raphirus) petraensis Fagel, 1968 sec. Assing, 2018

References

  • FAGEL G. (1968 a): Contribution a la connaissance des Staphylinidae CI. - Remarques diverses sur quelques Quedius de Mediterranee orientale. - B ulletin Institut Royale des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 44 (12): 1 - 13.
  • ASSING V., SCHULKE M., BRACHAT V. & H. MEYBOHM (in press): On the Staphylinidae of the Greek island Corfu (Insecta: Coleoptera). - Contributions to En tomology 68 (1) (2018).
  • FAGEL G. (1968 c): Contribution a la connaissance des Staphylinidae CVI. - Remarques diverses sur des especes de la region palearctique occidentale. - Bulletin et Annales de la Societe Royale d'Entomologie de Belgique 104: 189 - 204.