Zyras (Zyras) notaticornis PACE, 1998

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 : 236

Zyras (Zyras) notaticornis PACE, 1998

( Figs 78–80 )

Material examined: Laos: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Phongsali Province, Phongsali env., 1300–1500 m, 1–15.V.2004 (cMar, cAss) .

Comment: This species was known from Hong Kong and the Chinese provinces Guangxi and Zhejiang ( ASSING 2016a). The above specimens represent the first record from Laos. Unlike the previously examined specimens from China and Hong Kong, those from Laos have the elytra and abdomen practically completely black. The aedeagus of the male from Laos is illustrated in Figs 78–80 .

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.