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

Description

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.

Notes

Published as part of Assing, Volker & V, North, 2015, On the Lomechusini fauna of Vietnam (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), pp. 1257-1282 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 (2) on page 1274, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5282217

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
T, II, R
Family
Staphylinidae
Genus
Zyras
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
PACE
Species
laocaiensis
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Zyras (Glossacantha) laocaiensis (HLAVAC, 2008) sec. Assing & V, 2015

References

  • PACE R. (2008): Nuovi dati, nuovo genere e tre nuove specie di Aleocharinae del Vietnam (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). - Lavori della Societa Veneziana di Scienze Naturali 33: 7 - 13.
  • MARUYAMA M. (2006): Revision of the Palearctic species of the myrmecophilous genus Pella (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). - National Science Museum Monographs 32: 1 - 207.
  • HLAVAC P., NEWTON A. F. & M. MARUYAMA (2011): World catalogue of the species of the tribe Lomechusini (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). - Zootaxa 3075: 1 - 151.