Zyras (Zyras) wei PACE, 1993

Assing, Volker, 2017, On Zyras sensu strictu in the East Palaearctic and Oriental regions III, with a focus on the Southeast of Continental Asia and the Sunda Islands (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Lomechusini), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 67 (2), pp. 213-246 : 235

Zyras (Zyras) wei PACE, 1993

( Figs 76–77 )

Material examined: Laos: 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀, Phongsali Province, Phongsali env., 1300–1500 m, 1–15.V.2004 (cMar, cAss) . Vietnam: 1 ♀, 10 km NW Sa Pa, 22°22'N, 103°45'E, 1850 m, moist stream valley with deciduous trees, litter and roots between rocks sifted, 8.VIII.2013, leg. Wunderle (cWun) .

Comment: Confirmed records of Z. wei were known from the Chinese provinces Guizhou, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Sichuan ( ASSING 2016a). The above specimens from Phongsali represent the first record from Laos. The specimen from Vietnam was reported as Zyras sp. 2 in ASSING (2015). Since it is a female, this record should be considered tentative, also because the elytra are completely blackish. The aedeagus of the male from Laos is illustrated in Figs 76–77 .

Figures

Figs 72–86: Zyras latibasalis (72), Z. flavorufus, lectotype (73–75), Z. wei from Laos (76–77), Z. notaticornis from Laos (78–80), and Z. rutrilobatus (81–86): paramere (72, 75, 80, 83); median lobe of aedeagus in lateral and in ventral view (73–74, 76–79, 81–82); male tergite VIII (84); male sternite VIII (85); postero-median portion of male sternite VIII (86). Scale bars: 84–85: 0.5 mm; 72–83: 0.2 mm; 86: 0.1 mm.