Zyras (Ctenodonia) gombanus, Pace, 2012

Pace, R., 2012, New data and new species of Aleocharinae from Tropical Africa in the Natural History Museum of the Humboldt University, Berlin (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 44 (2), pp. 1331-1362 : 1346

Zyras (Ctenodonia) gombanus nov.sp. ( Figs 75-76 )

T y p e m a t e r i a l: Holotype, O. Afrika, Gomba, lux, leg. Inst. Amani (MNHUB). Paratype: 1, same origin (MNHUB).

D e s c r i p t i o n: Length 9 mm. Body shiny, pronotum and elytra feebly opaque. Body reddish-brown, pronotum and first basal free abdominal tergite yellowish-red, antennae brown with the two basal antennomeres yellowish-red, legs yellowish-red. Reticulation of head and abdomen evident, that of pronotum and elytra strong. Puncturation of the head deep, that of the pronotum superficial, that of the elytra evident. Antennae laterally compressed. Head with a bump between the antennae. Pronotum with fine median sulcus interrupted in front. Spermatheca Fig. 76.

C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: The fine median sulcus of the pronotum of the new species is similar to that of the pronotum of Z. torosus nov.sp. described above. The puncturation of the head of the new species is deep, that of the head of Z. torosus very superficial. The distal bulb of the spermatheca is broad in the new species, narrow that of Z. torosus . The proximal portion of the spermatheca of the new species is short Fig. 76 , that of Z. torosus long, Fig. 74.

E t y m o l o g y: The name of the new species derives from the toponym Gomba.

Figures

Figs 71-76: Aedeagus in lateral and ventral views, habitus, spermatheca. (71-72) Zyras (Ctenodonia) sericeicollis nov.sp.; (73-74) Zyras (Ctenodonia) torosus nov.sp.; (75-76) Zyras (Ctenodonia) gombanus nov.sp. Habitus scale bar Fig. 73: 6 mm, Fig. 75; 9 mm, other scale bars: 0.1 mm.