Zyras (Camonia) malawensis, 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 : 1344

Zyras (Camonia) malawensis nov.sp. ( Figs 65-67 )

T y p e m a t e r i a l: Holotype, Afrika, N-Malaŵi, Nyka-Plateau, 2300 m, 21.III.1991, leg. C. Bayer ( MNHUB).

D e s c r i p t i o n: Length 7 mm. Body feebly opaque. Head and free abdominal tergites three to six black-brown, pronotum and free tergites one and two yellowish-red, elytra yellowish-brown, antennae brown with the three basal antennomeres yellowishred, legs yellowish-red. Antennae not laterally compressed or crushed. Reticulation of the fore-body strong, that of the abdomen evident. Puncturation of the head evident, that of the pronotum fine, that of the elytra still finer. Head with disc concave, without puncturation in the bottom. Pronotum with fine median sulcus and a feeble lateral impression. First free tergite of the male as in Fig. 65 . Aedeagus Figs 66-67.

C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: The aedeagus of the new species is squat like that of Z. afer GESTRO 1892 from Somalia. Also the secondary sexual characters of the first free tergite of the male are similar. The ventral preapical portion of the aedeagus of the new species is much arched, that of Z. afer a little arched. In ventral view, the apex of the aedeagus of the new species is separated in two short lobes, that of Z. afer is entire.

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

Figures

Figs 65-70: Habitus, aedeagus in lateral and ventral views, spermatheca. (65-67) Zyras (Camonia) malawensis nov.sp.; (68-69) Zyras (Camonia) bayeri nov.sp.; (70) Zyras (Ctenodonia) sericeicollis nov.sp. Habitus scale bar Fig. 65: 7 mm; Fig. 68: 6.1 mm; Fig. 70: 6 mm, other scale bars: 0.1 mm.