Myrmedonota modiglianii ( CAMERON, 1925 ) Assing, 2017

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 : 240

Myrmedonota modiglianii ( CAMERON, 1925) , comb. nov.

( Figs 18 , 51–52 , 102 )

Myrmedonia (s. str.) modiglianii CAMERON, 1925: 47 f.

Type material examined: Paratype ♀: “ Sumatra, Padang, 1890. E. Modigliani / Myrmedonia modigliani [sic] Cam Cotype / Syntype / Museo Civ. Genova / M. Cameron. Bequest., B.M. 1955-147. / Paratypus Myrmedonia modiglianii Cameron , rev. V. Assing 2017 / Myrmedonota modiglianii ( Cameron) , det. V. Assing 2017” ( BMNH).

Comment: The original description is based on a male holotype from “ Sumatra, Siboga” and an unspecified number of paratypes from “Padang” ( CAMERON 1925). An examination of a female paratype revealed that this species does not belong to Zyras sensu strictu. According to Maruyama (e-mail 27. February, 2017), it belongs to Myrmedonota CAMERON, 1920 . The external and female sexual characters are illustrated in Figs 18 , 51–52 , 102.

Figures

Figs 1–26: Antenna (1–18) and forebody (19–26) of Zyras spp. (1–17, 19–26) and Myrmedonota modiglianii (18): punctipennis, holotype (1, 19); facundus, lectotype (2, 24); latibasalis (3, 25); kinabaluensis, holotype (4, 21); matangensis, holotype (5, 26); bryanti, holotype (6, 23); granulipennis, holotype (7); flavorufus, lectotype (8); rutrilobatus (9); parvilobatus (10); hirtiventris (11–12; 11: holotype; 12 female paratype); hlavaci (13–14; 13 holotype; 14 paratype from Selangor); lunatus (15); elegantulus, lectotype (16, 20); pallipyga, holotype (17, 22). Scale bars: 1.0 mm.

Figs 40–52: Abdomen (40–49, 52), abdominal tergite VI (50), and forebody (51) of Zyras spp. (40–50) and Myrmedonota modiglianii (51–52): latibasalis (40); matangensis, holotype (41); flavorufus, lectotype (42); parvilobatus (43); kinabaluensis, holotype (44); rutrilobatus (45); granulipennis, holotype (46); lunatus (47); hlavaci, holotype (48); hirtiventris, holotype (49–50). Scale bars:1.0 mm.

Figs 87–102: Zyras parvilobatus (87–89), Z. hlavaci (90–95; 90–92: holotype; 93–95: paratype from Selangor), Z. hirtiventris, holotype (96–98), Z. lunatus (99–101), and Myrmedonota modiglanii (102): median lobe of aedeagus in lateral and in ventral view (87–88, 90–91, 93–94, 96–97, 99–100); paramere (89, 92, 95, 98, 101); spermatheca (102). Scale bars: 87–101: 0.5 mm; 102: 0.1 mm.