Zyras (Zyras) parahirtus Assing 2017, spec. nov.
Creators: name: Assing, Volker
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Zyras
Zyras parahirtus

description: Zyras (Zyras) parahirtus spec. nov.
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(Figs 227–228, 231–232)
Type material: Holotype ♂: “ INDONESIA: Borneo, Kalimantan Tengah, Busang–Rekut confl., 0°03'S, 113°59'E / Flight intercept FIT 9, Brendell - Mendel, August 2001 / Barito Ulu 2001´, BMNH(E), 2001-191 / Holotypus ♂ Zyras parahirtus sp. n., det. V. Assing 2016” (BMNH). Paratypes: 2 ♀♀: same data as holotype (except “ FIT 2” and “ FIT 7”, respectively) (BMNH, cAss).
Etymology: The specific epithet (adjective) alludes to the external resemblance of this species to Z. hirtus.
Description: Body length 6.5–7.5 mm; length of forebody 3.0– 3.2 mm. Coloration: forebody dark-reddish to darkbrown, with the elytra at least slightly paler; abdomen dark-reddish, with most of tergite VI somewhat infuscate; legs dark-yellowish; antennae brown to dark-brown with the basal two antennomeres reddish and antennomere XI slightly paler brown; maxillary palpi reddish with the terminal palpomere yellowish.
Other external characters highly similar to those of Z. matangensis, except as follows:
Antenna 2.2–2.3 mm long. Tergites III–V with a transverse row of 4–6 setiferous punctures across middle and with 6–10 setiferous punctures at posterior margins, tergite V additionally with a lateral cluster of setiferous punctures on either side; tergites VI and VII with a transverse band of dense and moderately coarse non-setiferous punctures anteriorly and with sparser non-setiferous punctation on remainder of surface; posterior margin of tergite VIII (Fig. 232) indistinctly concave in the middle.
♂: posterior margin of sternite VIII broadly convex; median lobe of aedeagus (Figs 227–228) 0.9 mm long and robust; ventral process broadly triangular in ventral view; paramere (Fig. 231) approximately 1.0 mm long and with moderately long apical lobe.
Comparative notes: This species is distinguished from the similar and geographically close Z. matangensis only by somewhat larger body size, darker coloration, a slightly different chaetotaxy of the abdomen, and particularly by an aedeagus with a larger median lobe, a ventral process of different shape (especially in lateral view), and a longer apical lobe of the paramere.
Distribution and natural history: The type material was collected with flight interception traps in Kalimantan Tengah, Borneo (Indonesia).
3.5 Unnamed species
The examined material included females of several evidently undescribed species. Since males are often indispensible for a reliable identification of Zyras sensu strictu species, these species remain unnamed for the time being.
description: Published as part of Assing, Volker, 2017, On Zyras sensu strictu in the East Palaearctic and Oriental regions, with a focus on the faunas of the Himalaya, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Sulawesi (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Lomechusini), pp. 117-192 in Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 67 (1) on page 159, DOI: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.67.1.117-192, http://zenodo.org/record/5742363