Zyras (Zyras) variolatus PACE, 2003

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), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 67 (1), pp. 117-192 : 157

Zyras (Zyras) variolatus PACE, 2003

( Figs 266–270 )

Zyras (Zyras) variolatus PACE, 2003: 68 f.

Material examined: Malaysia: 1 ♂, Kelantan, Gua Musang, 3.VI.2006, leg. Ciampor (cAss).

Comment: When describing Z. variolatus based on a unique male from “ Malaysia, Pahang, Jerau Water Falls” PACE (2003) compared this species with other Zyras species of various subgenera, but not of Zyras sensu strictu.

A study of the above male revealed that it is highly similar to Z. montanus (see below) and distinguished from that species only by slightly smaller size, slightly more irregular punctation of the pronotum, slightly shorter elytra with less coarse and less dense punctation, and a smaller aedeagus ( Figs 266–270 ); for illustrations of the paramere and the male tergite and sternite VIII see Figs 268–270 . The specimen differs from the original description by having only antennomere XI (not antennomeres X–XI) yellow. A study of more material, including the holotype, is needed to clarify if the observed differences should be interpreted as intra- or interspecific variation.

Figures

Figs 260–277: Zyras morulus (260–265), Z. variolatus (266–270), Z. montanus (271–275), and Z. preangeranus from Java (276–277): forebody (260); antenna (261); abdomen (262); median lobe of aedeagus in lateral and in ventral view (263–264, 266–267, 271–272, 276–277); paramere (265, 268, 273); male tergite VIII (269, 274); male sternite VIII (270, 275). Scale bars: 260–262: 1.0 mm; 263–277: 0.5 mm.