Zyras castaneus

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
Subgenus: Zyras
Species: Zyras castaneus

Name

Zyras (Zyras) castaneus (Motschulsky, 1861: 150)

• Type locality: Sommité du Mont Patannas.

Synonymy

• Hygroptera castanea Motschulsky, 1861: 150
• Drusilla adulescens Pace, 1987b: 212 [syn. Assing, 2017: 132]
• Zyras (Zyras) britannorum Pace, 1992: 140 [syn. Assing, 2017: 132]
• Zyras (Zyras) fratrumkadooriorum Pace, 1998: 968 [syn. Assing, 2017: 132]
• Zyras (Zyras) chumphonensis Pace, 2004: 292 [syn. Assing, 2017: 132]
• Zyras (Zyras) dibrugarhensis Pace, 2011: 36 [syn. Assing, 2017: 132]

Native distribution areas

Sri Lanka, India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam), Nepal, Thailand, China (Hong Kong, Yunnan), Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia (Pahang, Sabah), Indonesia (Java, E. Kalimantan).

References

Primary references

• Motschoulsky, V. de 1861. Essai d’un catalogue des insectes de l’ile Ceylan. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 34(1): 95–155. [original description: p. 150]
• 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, distribution: p. 132, fig. 27, map 5]

Additional references

• Assing, V. 2017. On Zyras sensu strictu in the East Palaearctic and Oriental regions III, with a focus on the Southeast of Continental Asia and the Sunda Islands (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Lomechusini). Beiträge zur Entomologie 67(2): 213–246. DOI: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.67.2.213-246 Reference page.  [material, comment: p. 230]
• Assing, V. 2019. On the Lomechusini fauna of the Palaearctic and Oriental regions. XXVI. New species, a new synonymy, and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Beiträge zur entomologie 69(1): 033–070. DOI: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.69.1.033-070 Reference page.  [records, comment: p. 63]
• Assing, V. 2021. On the Lomechusini of the Palaearctic and Oriental regions XXVIII. New genera, species, and records, with a focus on the fauna of Laos and Borneo (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Acta Musei Moraviae, scientiae biologicae 106(1): 1–193. PDF Reference page.  [material (Malaysia): p. 170]