TAXONOMY OF THE POORLY KNOWN QUEDIUS MUTILATUS GROUP OF WINGLESS MONTANE SPECIES FROM MIDDLE ASIA (COLEOPTERA: STAPHYLINIDAE: STAPHYLININI)

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

The Quedius mutilatus group, a very poorly known presumably monophyletic complex ALLERGY RELIEF of wingless, possibly hypogean species confined to the Tien-Shan Mountains, is characterized as such for the first time.Newly available material clarified the identity of Q.mutilatus Eppelsheim, 1888 and Q.kalabi Smetana, 1995, each hitherto known from a

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