On Zyras sensu strictu in the East Palaearctic and Oriental regions, with a focus on the faunas of the Himalaya, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Sulawesi (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Lomechusini) Author Assing, Volker text Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 2017 2017-06-30 67 1 117 192 journal article 2472 10.21248/contrib.entomol.67.1.117-192 39f2d8c0-d0e4-46ea-8d5d-63e668fe9e43 0005-805X 5742363 FD33C1AE-F7D9-4E3A-A053-A2CAA7261CFE Zyras ( Zyras ) parahirtus spec. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: AF0B4E37-02D6-4618-A7C4-3D21FD8A5063 ( Figs 227–228, 231–232 ) Type material : Holotype ♂ : “ INDONESIA : Borneo , Kalimantan Tengah , Busang–Rekut confl., 0°03'S , 113°59'E / Flight intercept FIT 9, Brendell - Mendel, August 2001 / Barito Ulu 2001´, BMNH(E), 2001-191 / Holotypus ♂ Zyras parahirtus sp. n. , det. V. Assing 2016” ( BMNH ) . Paratypes : 2 ♀♀: same data as holotype (except “ FIT 2” and “ FIT 7”, respectively) ( BMNH , cAss) . Etymology : The specific epithet (adjective) alludes to the external resemblance of this species to Z. hirtus . Description : Body length 6.5–7.5 mm ; length of forebody 3.0– 3.2 mm . Coloration: forebody dark-reddish to darkbrown, with the elytra at least slightly paler; abdomen dark-reddish, with most of tergite VI somewhat infuscate; legs dark-yellowish; antennae brown to dark-brown with the basal two antennomeres reddish and antennomere XI slightly paler brown; maxillary palpi reddish with the terminal palpomere yellowish. Other external characters highly similar to those of Z. matangensis , except as follows: Antenna 2.2–2.3 mm long. Tergites III–V with a transverse row of 4–6 setiferous punctures across middle and with 6–10 setiferous punctures at posterior margins, tergite V additionally with a lateral cluster of setiferous punctures on either side; tergites VI and VII with a transverse band of dense and moderately coarse non-setiferous punctures anteriorly and with sparser non-setiferous punctation on remainder of surface; posterior margin of tergite VIII ( Fig. 232 ) indistinctly concave in the middle. ♂: posterior margin of sternite VIII broadly convex; median lobe of aedeagus ( Figs 227–228 ) 0.9 mm long and robust; ventral process broadly triangular in ventral view; paramere ( Fig. 231 ) approximately 1.0 mm long and with moderately long apical lobe. Comparative notes : This species is distinguished from the similar and geographically close Z. matangensis only by somewhat larger body size, darker coloration, a slightly different chaetotaxy of the abdomen, and particularly by an aedeagus with a larger median lobe, a ventral process of different shape (especially in lateral view), and a longer apical lobe of the paramere. Distribution and natural history : The type material was collected with flight interception traps in Kalimantan Tengah , Borneo ( Indonesia ). 3.5 Unnamed species The examined material included females of several evidently undescribed species. Since males are often indispensible for a reliable identification of Zyras sensu strictu species, these species remain unnamed for the time being.