Zyras (Parophthalmonia) relegatus, 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 : 1342

Zyras (Parophthalmonia) relegatus nov.sp. ( Figs 49-52 )

T y p e m a t e r i a l: Holotype, Brit. O. Afrika, Kitwezi, 24.XII.1905, leg. Scheffler (MNHUB). Paratype: 1, same origin (MNHUB).

D e s c r i p t i o n: Length 6 mm. Body shiny and reddish, antennae yellowish-red with the two basal antennomeres yellow, legs yellowish-red. Antennomeres laterally very compressed. Reticulation of the head evident, that of the pronotum strong, that of the elytra very strong, that of the abdomen composed of polygonal irregular fine mesh. Puncturation of the head umbilicate and clearly visible, absent on the longitudinal median band, that of the pronotum strong, irregularly distributed and absent on the longitudinal median band, that of the elytra deep and close. Fifth free tergite of the male with two superficial posterior median reliefs.

C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: The new species in the form of the aedeagus and the habitus is similar to Z. corniger BERNHAUER 1927 from Guinea-Bissau. It differs in the presence of the "crista apicalis", absent in the aedeagus of Z. corniger , and in the absence of a deep hollow near the "crista apicalis", present in the aedeagus of Z. corniger .

E t y m o l o g y: The name of the new species derives from the Latin relegatus = confined.

Figures

Figs 49-56: Habitus, aedeagus in lateral and ventral views, spermatheca. (49-52) Zyras (Parophthalmonia) relegatus nov.sp.; (53-56) Zyras (Camonia) vescus nov.sp. Habitus scale bar Fig. 49: 6 mm; Fig. 53: 6 mm, other scale bars: 0.1 mm.