Zyras (Zyras)

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 : 159

Zyras (Zyras) spec. nov. 2

Material examined: Nepal: 1 ♀, Dhaulagiri Himal, Kali Gandaki valley, Yak Kharka, above Marpha , 4100– 4600 m, 12–13.VII.1998, leg. Jäger ( SMTD) .

Comment: The above female is characterized by moderate size (body length 5.3 mm; length of forebody 2.5 mm), dark coloration (body blackish with the posterior margins of the abdominal segments pale-brown; legs with blackish femora and brown tibiae; antennae blackish with antennomere XI dark-reddish), and particularly by fine and sparse punctation of the pronotum and elytra, a character combination distinguishing it from all other geographically close congeners.