Quedius equus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Staphylinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Staphylininae
Tribus: Staphylinini
Subtribus: Quediina
Genus: Quedius
Subgenus: Microsaurus
Species: Quedius equus

Name

Quedius (Microsaurus) equus Smetana, 2014

• Type locality: CHINA: NW-Xinjiang ca 58 km WNW Baicheng right trib. of Terek riv. 42°01′N, 81°15′E.
• Holotype: NHMW, ♂, 31.5.–2.6.2009, leg. J. Kalab.

References

Primary references

• Smetana, A. 2014. Contributions to the knowledge of the Quediina (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylinini) of China. Part 44. Genus Quedius Stephens, 1829. Subgenus Microsaurus Dejean, 1833. Section 22. Folia Heyrovskyana, Series A 21(1–4): 1–39. [original description]

Additional references

• Salnitska, M. & Solodovnikov, A.Y. 2018. Revision of the Quedius fauna of Middle Asia (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 65(2): 117–159. DOI: 10.3897/dez.65.27033 Reference page.  [diagnosis, distribution: p. 139]
• Salnitska, M. & Solodovnikov, A.Y. 2018. Taxonomy of the poorly known Quedius mutilatus group of wingless montane species from Middle Asia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini). European journal of taxonomy 401: 1–17. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.401 Reference page.  [material, distribution: p. 10, figs. 1, 4G–N]