FIGURE 6. Q in Larval morphology of selected Quedius Stephens, 1829 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini) with comments on their subgeneric affiliation

FIGURE 6. Q. brevis (A – F), Q. fuliginosus (G, H), Q. cruentus (I), Q. microps (J, K), mature larvae, right maxilla in dorsal aspect. A, cardo and stipes with microtrichia (B); C, G, J, maxillary palp; D, E, apex of segment III of maxillary palp; F, apex of right mala; H, K, right mala in dorsal aspect. Abbreviations: I – III, segments of maxillary palp; Cd, cardo; Dmt, dorsal microtrichia; Ma, mala; Mp, maxillary palp; Pf, palpifer; Sa, sensory appendage; So, solenidium; St, stipes.