Quedius (Microsaurus)

Life-forms

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

Familia: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Staphylininae
Tribus: Staphylinini
Subtribus: Quediina
Genus: Quedius
Subgenus: Microsaurus
Species: Q. abdominalis – Q. abietum – Q. abnormalis – Q. acco – Q. aculeatus – Q. acutulus – Q. adanensis – Q. adjacens – Q. adustus – Q. aethiops – Q. aetolicus – Q. albiorix – Q. altus – Q. amicorum – Q. amplissimus – Q. amurensis – Q. ana – Q. andreinii – Q. angnimai – Q. angustifrons – Q. antennalis – Q. antoni – Q. apfeli – Q. apicicornis – Q. arcus – Q. asphaltinus – Q. atricapillus – Q. auchenias – Q. aurorus – Q. babai – Q. becvari – Q. beesoni – Q. bernhaueri – Q. bernhauerianus – Q. berytensis – Q. biann – Q. bicoloris – Q. bilobus – Q. bito – Q. bohemorum – Q. brevicornis – Q. brevis – Q. bruttius – Q. bucharensis – Q. budha – Q. bureschi – Q. campbelli – Q. canadensis – Q. capillus – Q. capitalis – Q. cavazzutii – Q. cephalotes – Q. cephalus – Q. charactus – Q. chiangi – Q. chremes – Q. cingulatus – Q. citelli – Q. compransor – Q. conviva – Q. cornutus – Q. crassus – Q. crescenti – Q. criddlei – Q. cruentus – Q. cursor – Q. curtus – Q. daibosatsunis – Q. davidkrali – Q. decius – Q. depauperatus – Q. deschutesi – Q. desertus – Q. distans – Q. divergens – Q. doderoi – Q. douglasi – Q. duh – Q. dui – Q. echion – Q. edmundi – Q. emei – Q. ennius – Q. ephialtes – Q. epytus – Q. equus – Q. erriapo – Q. erythras – Q. erythrogaster – Q. euander – Q. euanderoides – Q. euryalus – Q. expectatus – Q. faang – Q. fabbrii – Q. farkaci – Q. fasciculatus – Q. feihuensis – Q. flavocaudatus – Q. fodinarum – Q. fonteius – Q. franzi – Q. fulgidus – Q. fusicornis – Q. gautardi – Q. germanorum – Q. gongga – Q. goong – Q. goropanus – Q. griffinae – Q. guey – Q. guoi – Q. haan – Q. haemon – Q. hailuogou – Q. hakusanus – Q. hamulus – Q. hanno – Q. haw – Q. hei – Q. heterodoxus – Q. higonis – Q. hirticornis – Q. holzschuhi – Q. horii – Q. hospes – Q. howdeni – Q. huenn – Q. incisus – Q. indigestus – Q. inexspectatus – Q. infernus – Q. infuscatus – Q. inquietus – Q. insulanus – Q. invreae – Q. iranicus – Q. iridicolor – Q. iriei – Q. jaang – Q. jaangoides – Q. janatai – Q. jyr – Q. kabateki – Q. kailo – Q. kalabi – Q. kaminakaensis – Q. katerinae – Q. kawasawai – Q. kiangsiensis – Q. kishimotoi – Q. kiuchii – Q. klapperichi – Q. koei – Q. koen – Q. kojii – Q. koltzei – Q. koukatai – Q. krali – Q. kuatunensis – Q. kubani – Q. kucerai – Q. kungeicus – Q. kuniakii – Q. kurbatovi – Q. kvashei – Q. kwang – Q. laestrygon – Q. lamjung – Q. lanugo – Q. leang – Q. leechi – Q. lenkorianensis – Q. lesagei – Q. liang – Q. liangshanensis – Q. liau – Q. lih – Q. lii – Q. limans – Q. limbifer – Q. lindbergi – Q. liukuensis – Q. longicornis – Q. longmen – Q. luai – Q. lundbergi – Q. lusciosus – Q. lyszkowskii – Q. magarasiensis – Q. martensi – Q. masasatoi – Q. masatakai – Q. masuzoi – Q. maurus – Q. mazatl – Q. medius – Q. mesomelinus – Q. microps – Q. milansaar – Q. miwai – Q. mixtus – Q. mnemon – Q. moeris – Q. montanicus – Q. mordax – Q. moritai – Q. morulus – Q. mukuensis – Q. mutilatus – Q. myau – Q. myrmex – Q. newtoni – Q. nian – Q. nidicola – Q. nigridius – Q. nigrocaeruleus – Q. niisatoi – Q. nireus – Q. nishikawai – Q. noboruitoi – Q. norvegorum – Q. nouristanicus – Q. ocelotl – Q. ochripennis – Q. ohkawai – Q. onodai – Q. ontakesanus – Q. oreinos – Q. orestes – Q. otho – Q. pallens – Q. parviceps – Q. pecoudi – Q. pellax – Q. peregrinus – Q. perlucidus – Q. persicus – Q. petilius – Q. placidus – Q. planus – Q. postangulus – Q. przewalskii – Q. pseudassecla – Q. puer – Q. pullmani – Q. puncticollis – Q. purus – Q. pyn – Q. quadriceps – Q. raan – Q. ragusae – Q. rainieri – Q. rectus – Q. repens – Q. repentinus – Q. ripicola – Q. roma – Q. rong – Q. rubidulus – Q. rubigo – Q. rufilabris – Q. rutilans – Q. satanas – Q. scandens – Q. schuelkeanus – Q. schuelkei – Q. schulzei – Q. scitus – Q. scutellaris – Q. senjonis – Q. shibatai – Q. shimomurai – Q. shuang – Q. simplex – Q. simulans – Q. sofiri – Q. solskyi – Q. songpan – Q. songpanoides – Q. spectabilis – Q. spelaeus – Q. stevensi – Q. subwrasei – Q. sugai – Q. suzukii – Q. syh – Q. szechuanus – Q. tadjikiscus – Q. tahomae – Q. tanderi – Q. tarvos – Q. telesto – Q. tenellus – Q. terminatus – Q. terng – Q. tetrapunctatus – Q. tochtli – Q. toyoshimai – Q. trachelos – Q. transcaucasicus – Q. troglodytes – Q. tronqueti – Q. truncicola – Q. tsurugiensis – Q. turnai – Q. tyrrhus – Q. tzwu – Q. uchikawai – Q. uenoi – Q. ulrichi – Q. uludaghensis – Q. umbratus – Q. utis – Q. vafer – Q. vandykei – Q. varius – Q. velox – Q. vexans – Q. viridicans – Q. viridinotus – Q. weiratheri – Q. wrasei – Q. xanthopus – Q. xiaoae – Q. yaoqi – Q. yasuhikoi – Q. yean – Q. yeleensis – Q. yun – Q. zenon – Q. zeuxis – Q. zheduo
Name

Quedius (Microsaurus) Dejean, 1833: 61 [conserved name]

Gender: masculine.

Type species: Staphylinus ochripennis Ménétriés, 1832, fixed by plenary power.

Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 2115.

Synonymy

Quedius (Ediquus) Mulsant & Rey, 1876: 616 [not Ediquus Reitter 1887]
Type species: Quedius microps Gravenhorst, 1847, designated in Tottenham 1939: 229.
Quedius (Ediquus) Reitter, 1887: 211 [attributed to Eppelsheim in lit.; preoccupied genus name, not Ediquus Mulsant & Rey 1876]
Type species: Quedius przewalskii Reitter, 1887, fixed by monotypy.
Quedius (Euryquedius) Reitter, 1909: 108
Type species: Quedius curtus Erichson, 1840, fixed by original designation.
Anastictodera Casey, 1915: 421
Type species: Quedius compransor Fall, 1912, fixed by monotypy.
Quediochrus Casey, 1915: 420
Type species: Quedius spelaeus Horn, 1871, fixed by original designation.
Quedius (Tenebrobius) Rambousek, 1915: 27
Type species: Quedius bernhaueri Rambousek, 1915, fixed by monotypy.
Quedius (Farus) Blackwelder, 1952: 165 [new name for Ediquus Reitter]
Type species: Quedius przewalskii Reitter, 1887, fixed by autotypy.

References
Primary references

Dejean, P.F.M.A. 1833. Catalogue des Coléoptères de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean. Deuxième édition. [Livraison 1 (pp. 1–96), Livraison 2 (pp. 97–176)]. Paris: Méquignon-Marvis Père et Fils. [pp. 177–256, Livraison 3 was published in 1834; pp. 257–360, Livraison 4 in 1835; pp. 361–442, Livraison 5 in 1836]. BHL. Reference page. [original description: p. 61]
ICZN. 2005. Opinion 2115 (Case 3272). Microsaurus Dejean, 1833 (Insecta, Coleoptera): usage conserved by designation of Staphylinus ochripennis Ménétriés, 1832 as the type species. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 62(2): 110–111. BHL. Reference page.

Additional references

Cai, Y-P., Zhao, Z-Y. & Zhou, H-Z. 2015: Taxonomy on Quedius euryalus group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini: Quediina) from China with description of eight new species. Zootaxa 3966(1): 1–70. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3966.1.1. Preview (PDF) ISBN 978-1-77557-711-9 (paperback); ISBN 978-1-77557-712-6 (Online edition) Reference page. [Key to species of Quedius euryalus group: p. 6]
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Cai, Y-P., Zhao, Z-Y. & Zhou, H-Z. 2015. Taxonomy of the Quedius mukuensis group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini: Quediina) with descriptions of four new species from China. Zootaxa 4013(1): 1–26. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4013.1.1. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
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