Zyras (incertae sedis) angkoricola PACE, 2004, 2017

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 : 169

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.21248/contrib.entomol.67.1.117-192
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FD33C1AE-F7D9-4E3A-A053-A2CAA7261CFE
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5888382
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A787BA-FFF5-E506-5340-87FB6637FB95
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Zyras (incertae sedis) angkoricola PACE, 2004
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Treatment

Zyras (incertae sedis) angkoricola PACE, 2004 View in CoL

Zyras (Zyras) angkoricola PACE, 2004: 292 View in CoL .

Type material examined: Holotype ♀: “Coll. I.R.Sc.N.B., CAMBODIA ( Angkor ), Preah-Kahn Temple , 31.V.2003 Light trap, Leg. J. Constant & K. Smets / Holotypus Zyras angkoricola n. sp., det. R. Pace 2004 / Zyras angkoricola n. sp., det. R. Pace 2004” ( IRSNB) . Paratype ♂ [aedeagus missing]: same data as holotype ( IRSNB).

Comment: The original description is based on a female holotype and a male paratype ( PACE 2004). An examination of these specimens revealed that the aedeagus of the male is missing and only the distal portion of the spermatheca of the holotype is present. The subgeneric assignment of this species appears to be erroneous. The species lacks typical and probably synapomorphic characters constituting the monophyly of Zyras sensu strictu such as the chaetotaxy and punctation pattern of the abdomen (including segment VIII) and is additionally distinguished from other previously examined species of the subgenus by completely different habitus, head shape, slender and parallel abdomen, antennal morphology, etc. Until its status is clarified, Z. angkoricola is therefore treated as Zyras incertae sedis.