Zyras alternans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Staphylinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Aleocharinae
Tribus: Lomechusini
Subtribus: Myrmedoniina
Genus: Zyras
Species: Zyras alternans

Name

Zyras (Zyras) alternans (Cameron, 1925: 45)

• Type locality: Sumatra, Lago Toba.

Synonymy

• Myrmedonia (Zyras) alternans Cameron, 1925: 45
• Zyras (Zyras) optimus Cameron, 1939: 534 [syn. by Assing, 2017: 141]

Native distribution areas

India (Arunachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand), Malaysia (Johore, Pahang), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, E. Kalimantan).

References

Primary references

• Cameron, M. 1925. Descriptions of new species of Oriental Staphylinidae. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova 52: 34–49. [original description: p. 45]
• Assing, V. 2017. On Zyras sensu strictu in the East Palaearctic and Oriental regions, with a focus on the faunas of the Himalaya, India, Stri Lanka, Thailand, and Sulawesi (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Lomechusini). Beiträge zur Entomologie 67(1): 117–192. DOI: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.67.1.117-192 Reference page.  [syn. nov., material, comment, redescription, distribution: p. 141, figs. 20, 58, 99, 166–169, map 8]

Additional references

• Assing, V. 2016. A revision of Zyras Stephens sensu strictu of China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, with records and (re-)descriptions of some species from other regions (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Lomechusini) Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde (A) 9(1):87–175. DOI: 10.18476/sbna.v9.a7 Reference page.  [comment: p. 172]