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 Drusilla ? unicolor ( CAMERON, 1950 ) , comb. nov : Zyras unicolor CAMERON, 1950: 126 . Type material examined : Holotype ♂ [teneral; in poor condition]: “Holotype / Malaya , Kuala Lumpur , January 1931 ., H.M. Pendlebury / A. unicolor Cam. Type / M. Cameron. Bequest, B.M. 1955-147.” ( BMNH ). Comment : In the original description, which is based on a unique male from “ Kuala Lumpur ”, CAMERON (1950) stated that this was a “somewhat anomalous species” somewhat resembling “ Astilbus ” (now a junior synonym of Drusilla ), but with “the neck much broader”. As can be inferred from his identification label attached to the holotype , he had originally planned to assign the species to Astilbus , but eventually decided to describe it in Zyras . The external characters suggest that the holotype belongs to Drusilla rather than to Zyras . Since the specimen is teneral and in generally poor condition, it was not dissected. Mature specimens are presumably of significantly darker coloration.