New species and additional records of the subgenus Termidonia Motschulsky of the genus Zyras Stephens in China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae)
Author
Yan, Zhu-Qi
Author
Li, Li-Zhen
text
Zootaxa
2015
4028
1
136
142
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4028.1.7
6d2273b3-355a-4990-a661-3a852e7196a8
1175-5326
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Zyras
(
Termidonia
)
nabanensis
Z.-Q. Yan and L.-Z. Li, new species
(
Fig. 2
)
FIGURE 2.
Zyras
(
Termidonia
)
nabanensis
.
A
Habitus
B
male tergite VIII
C
male sternite VIII
D
female tergite VIII
E
female sternite VIII
F
spermatheca
G
median lobe of aedeagus, in ventral view
H
median lobe of aedeagus, in lateral view
I
median lobe of aedeagus, in dorsal view. Scales (mm): A = 2.0; F = 0.2; B, C, D, E, G, H, I = 0.5.
Type
material.
Holotype
:
China
:
1 ♂
, labeled ‘
CHINA
: Yunnan Prov., Xishuangbanna (西双版纳), Nabanhe N. R. (纳 版河自然保护区),
18.vi.2009
, Ling-Zeng Meng leg.’;
HOLOTYPE
[red],
Zyras nabanensis
, Yan & Li
det. 2015, (
SNUC
);
Paratype
: 1 ♀, same label as above-mentioned,
PARATYPE
[yellow],
Zyras nabanensis
, Yan & Li
det. 2015, (
SNUC
).
Description.
Body length:
9.45–9.78 mm
. Coloration: head, elytra, blackish; pronotum reddish; abdomen blackish with the posterior margins of the segments reddish-brown; legs and antennae reddish to reddish-brown.
Head (
Fig. 2
A) approximately 1.22 times as long as wide; punctation sparse in median dorsal area, moderately sparse in lateral and posterior areas; eyes medium large and bulging, just 1.25 times as long as postocular region in dorsal view; Antennae not distinctly flattened and short, can almost reaching posterior margin of pronotum when directed caudad; antennomere III distinctly dilated apically, nearly twice as long as wide; Pronotum (
Fig. 2
A) squared, approximately 1.13 times as wide as head and 1.14 times as wide as long; punctation distinctly denser and coarser than that of head. Elytra dilated posteriad, at posterior margin approximately 1.27 times as wide, and at suture as long as pronotum (
Fig. 2
A); punctation conspicuously dense and defined, but finer than that of pronotum.
Hind
wings fully developed. Abdomen (
Fig. 2
A) approximately as wide as elytra at posterior margin, widest at segment V; microsculpture present, but mostly shallow; punctation fine and moderately dense; tergites IV and VII with pronounced sexual dimorphism.
Male: tergite IV conspicuously modified, posterior margin elongated and on either side with long and acute process (
Fig. 2
A); paratergite with two pair of short processes; tergite VII at posterior margin with pronounced tubercle (
Fig. 2
A); posterior margin of tergite VIII in the middle slightly concaved. aedeagus (
Figs. 2
G, 2H,
2I
) with conspicuous processes.
Female: tergites IV, and VII unmodified; posterior margin of tergite VIII in the middle concave; spermatheca as in
Fig.
2
F.
Measurements.
BL: 8.45–9.78; FBL: 4.06–4.56; HW: 1.20–1.22; PL: 1.44–1.50; PW: 1.66–1.70; EL: 1.39–1.57; EW: 2.30–2.33.
Distribution.
China
: Yunnan.
Etymology.
The specific epithet derives from the name of the
type
locality.
Comment.
Based on the shape and coloration of body, the new species is similar to the
Zyras
(
Termidonia
)
rougemonti
Pace, 1986
. The new species can be distinguished from
Z.
(
T.
)
rougemonti
by having a cambered convex between two processes of the tergite IV, and by different sharp of the apico-lateral processes of median lobe of the aedeagus (in
Z.
(
T.
)
rougemonti
with a barb at apex in lateral view).