Taxonomy of the poorly known Quedius mutilatus group of wingless montane species from Middle Asia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini)

Salnitska, Maria; Solodovnikov, Alexey

doi:10.5852/ejt.2018.401

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“…Within the subgenera we list species so that those we presume to be closely related appear close to each other. Except the recently defined coloratus-group (Assing 2017) and mutilatus-group (Salnitska and Solodovnikov 2018), we cannot use any of the hitherto proposed species groups in Quedius. Species groups of for the West Palaearctic fauna are very outdated, inconsistent and even lack any diagnoses.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The revision of Q. (M.) mutilatus species group by Salnitska and Solodovnikov (2018) was the only recent taxonomic work that touched upon Middle Asian Quedius.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Microsaurus Kascheev 1984, 28;1985, 46 -Q. limbatus Heer, 1839Raphirus Eppelsheim 1892Smetana 1962, 146;Horion 1965, 284;32;Kascheev 2001, 102;2002 Eppelsheim 1888, 58;Gridelli 1924, 23;Coiffait 1978, 161;Klimenko 1996, 121;Smetana 1998, 118;Solodovnikov and Hansen 2016, 3-8;Salnitska and Solodovnikov 2018, 4 Q. kalabi Smetana, 1995Microsaurus Smetana 1995a1998, 119 Gridelli 1925, 125;Coiffait 1963, 389;1970, 143;1978, 228;Bohác 1988, 556;Smetana 1995a, 84;Klimenko 1996, 121;Kadyrov et al 2014a, 31;2014b, 49;Q. dzambulensis: Coiffait 1967, 403;Coiffait 1978, 229;Bohác 1988, 556;Kascheev 2001, 102 =Q.…”

Section: Q Infuscatus Erichson 1840unclassified

“…Comments. We have proposed the mutilatus-group for several Middle Asian species in Salnitska and Solodovnikov (2018), where we revised all available material. Thus only brief information for each of these species is provided with reference to the revision for details.…”

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“…However, species known only from outside this region were not included in this paper. One rather specialized and distinct group of species related to Quedius (Microsaurus) mutilatus, which comprises endemic Middle Asian species with narrow montane distributions, has been revised in a separate publication (Salnitska and Solodovnikov 2018). However, species of the Q. mutilatus group are here included in the identification key to all species of Quedius currently known from Middle Asia.…”

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Revision of the Quedius fauna of Middle Asia (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae)

Salnitska¹,

Solodovnikov²

2018

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Twenty eight species of the genus Quedius from Middle Asia comprising Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, are revised. Quediusaltaicus Korge, 1962, Q.capitalis Eppelsheim, 1892, Q.fusicornis Luze, 1904, Q.solskyi Luze, 1904 and Q.cohaesus Eppelsheim, 1888 are redescribed. The following new synonymies are established: Q.solskyi Luze, 1904 = Q.asiaticus Bernhauer, 1918, syn. n.; Q.cohaesus Eppelsheim, 1888 = Q.turkmenicus Coiffait, 1969, syn. n., = Q.afghanicus Coiffait, 1977, syn. n.; Q.hauseri Bernhauer, 1918 = Q.peneckei Bernhauer, 1918, syn. n., = Q.ouzbekiscus Coiffait, 1969, syn. n.; Q.imitator Luze, 1904 = Q.tschinganensis Coiffait, 1969, syn. n.; Q.novus Eppelsheim, 1892 = Q.dzambulensis Coiffait, 1967, syn. n., Q.pseudonigriceps Reitter, 1909 = Q.kirklarensis Korge, 1971, syn. n. Lectotypes are designated for Q.asiaticus Bernhauer, 1918, Q.fusicornis Luze, 1904, Q.hauseri Bernhauer, 1918, Q.imitator Luze, 1904, Q.novus Eppelsheim, 1892 and Q.solskyi Luze, 1904. For all revised species, taxonomy, distribution and bionomics are summarized. Quediusfuliginosus (Gravenhorst, 1802), Q.sundukovi Smetana, 2003 and Q.pseudonigriceps Reitter, 1909 are recorded for Middle Asia for the first time. One species from the Q.coloratus-group, found to be new to science is not described due to shortage of material. Another possibly new species is tentatively identified as Q.fulvicollis Stephens, 1833 until the taxonomy of that widespread species is revised. An identification key to all species is provided.

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“…The revision of Q. (M.) mutilatus species group by Salnitska and Solodovnikov (2018) was the only recent taxonomic work that touched upon Middle Asian Quedius.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Revision of the Quedius fauna of Middle Asia (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae)

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2018

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The limits of Quediini at last (Staphylinidae: Staphylininae): a rove beetle mega‐radiation resolved by comprehensive sampling and anchored phylogenomics

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Hansen

Salnitska

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Systematic Entomology

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Rove beetles of the tribe Quediini are abundant predators in humid microhabitats of forested, open, synanthropic or subterranean ecosystems, with just over 800 species distributed across the temperate and subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Previous molecular phylogenies included only a limited representation of this diversity but have already indicated that Quedius, containing the majority of Quediini species, is polyphyletic. Six genera, historically associated with Quediini but now Staphylininae incertae sedis, are known only from few pinned specimens and have never been sequenced. Recent synergy between target enrichment phylogenomics, low‐input sequencing of dry, pinned insect specimens and advances in alpha taxonomic knowledge have made comprehensive sampling of Quediini tractable. Here we developed a novel probe set specialized for anchored hybrid enrichment of 1229 single‐copy orthologous loci in Staphylinidae. In one of the largest target enrichment phylogenies of insects to‐date, we sequenced 201 ingroup taxa to clearly delimit monophyletic Quediini within Staphylininae and resolve relationships within this tribe, with 46% of sampled taxa derived from pinned specimens (0–45 years old). Maximum likelihood and coalescent phylogenetic analyses produced well‐resolved, congruent topologies that will serve as a framework for further exploration of this radiation and its necessary generic revision. The inclusion of nearly all remaining Staphylininae incertae sedis genera, all known only from pinned specimens, resulted in the creation of Quelaestrygonini Brunke, trib. n. and revised concepts for Cyrtoquediini and Indoquediini. Quediini was resolved as monophyletic with the transfer of Q. elevatus and Q. nigropolitus to other tribes but Quedius and its subgenera Microsaurus, Distichalius and Raphirus were shown to be para‐ or polyphyletic. Based on the results of our analyses, Velleiopsis Fairmaire, 1882 syn. n. and Megaquedius Casey, 1915 syn. n. are synonymized with Microsaurus Dejean, 1833 resulting in: Q. (Microsaurus) marginiventris (Fairmaire) comb. n., Q. (M.) varendorffi (Reitter) comb.n. Several species of Quedius were transferred from Microsaurus to Distichalius (Q. aethiops Smetana, Q. biann Smetana, Q. cingulatus Smetana and Q. taruni Smetana), Distichalius to Raphirus (Q. fagelianus Scheerpeltz) and Microsaurus to Raphirus (Q. mixtus Eppelsheim and Q. persicus Korge).

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Taxonomy of the poorly known Quedius mutilatus group of wingless montane species from Middle Asia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini)

Cited by 1,192 publications

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Revision of the Quedius fauna of Middle Asia (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae)

Revision of the Quedius fauna of Middle Asia (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae)

The limits of Quediini at last (Staphylinidae: Staphylininae): a rove beetle mega‐radiation resolved by comprehensive sampling and anchored phylogenomics

Insecta filtered data for inventories completeness analysis

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