Zyras (Glossacantha) laocaiensis PACE , 2008

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Zyras (Glossacantha) laocaiensis PACE, 2008 , nov.comb. ( Fig. 54 )

Zyras (Pella) laocaiensis PACE, 2008: 11 f.

Pella laocaiensis: HLAVÁČ, NEWTON & MARUYAMA (2011) .

T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Holotype 3 [in poor condition]: " Vietnam, Lao Cai, ca. 40 km SE Sapa , 1400 m, 15-16. II.05, G. de Rougemont leg. / Holotypus Zyras laocaiensis n. sp., det. R. Pace 2005 / Zyras laocaiensis n. sp., det. R. Pace 2005" (cRou).

C o m m e n t: PACE (2008) assigned Z. laocaiensis to Pella , which he regarded as a subgenus of Zyras , although Pella had been attributed generic status in a revision by MARUYAMA (2006). The species was listed as Pella laocaiensis by HLAVÁČ et al. (2011). An examination of the holotype revealed that it does not belong to Pella , but to Zyras . According to MARUYAMA (e-mail 7 October, 2015), it belongs to the subgenus Glossacantha GEMMINGER & HAROLD, 1868 sensu lato. The forebody of the holotype is illustrated in Fig. 54 .

Figures

Figs 54-59: Zyras laocaiensis PACE, holotype (54), Z. pokarzhevskii DVOŘAK, holotype (55), and Z. funestus (DVOŘAK), paratype (56-59): forebody (54-56); antenna (57); abdominal segments III- VI (58); abdominal segments VII-VIII (59). Scale bars: 54-56, 58: 1.0 mm; 57, 59: 0.5 mm.