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NEW AND LITTLE KNOWN HIGH ALTITUDE QUEDIUS FROM MEXICO (COLEOPTERA: STAPHYLINIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

A. Smetana
A. Smetana
Affiliation:
Biosystematics Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa
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Abstract

Eight new high altitude species of the subgenera Microsaurus (Steph.) Smet., Quedionuchus Shp., and Raphirus (Steph.) Smet. of the genus Quedius Steph. (Staphylinidae) from Mexico are described as new.

Quedius (Raphirus) advena Shp. is redescribed, and a lectotype is designated.Each species is described and illustrated. A key to all nearctic species of the caseyi-group of the subgenus Microsaurus, and of the aenescens-group of the subgenus Raphirus is given.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 107 , Issue 3 , March 1975 , pp. 311 - 323
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1975

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Sharp, D. 1882–1887. Aquatic beetles and Staphylinidae. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Coleoptera I, 2. London, 824 pp., 19 pl.Google Scholar
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