Zyras (incertae sedis) trapeziceps DVOŘÁK, 1996, 2017

Assing, Volker, 2017, 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), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 67 (1), pp. 117-192 : 183

Zyras (incertae sedis) trapeziceps DVOŘÁK, 1996

Zyras (Pella) trapeziceps DVOŘAK, 1996: 5 f.

Comment: The teneral holotype of Z. trapeziceps was studied and illustrated by ASSING (2015), who tentatively attributed the species to the subgenus Zyras . However, after examination of numerous additional species of Zyras sensu strictu, it is regarded as Zyras incertae sedis owing to significant differences distinguishing it from the representatives of the nominal subgenus, in particular conspicuously elongate maxillae (including the palpi), a conspicuously trapeziform head, a weakly convex pronotum (cross-section), microreticulate elytra with very fine and dense punctation, and a densely punctate abdomen without non-setiferous punctation.