Zyras (incertae sedis) angkoricola PACE, 2004

Zyras (Zyras) angkoricola PACE, 2004: 292 .

Type material examined: Holotype ♀: “Coll. I.R.Sc.N.B., CAMBODIA ( Angkor), Preah-Kahn Temple, 31.V.2003 Light trap, Leg. J. Constant & K. Smets / Holotypus Zyras angkoricola n. sp., det. R. Pace 2004 / Zyras angkoricola n. sp., det. R. Pace 2004” (IRSNB) . Paratype ♂ [aedeagus missing]: same data as holotype (IRSNB).

Comment: The original description is based on a female holotype and a male paratype (PACE 2004). An examination of these specimens revealed that the aedeagus of the male is missing and only the distal portion of the spermatheca of the holotype is present. The subgeneric assignment of this species appears to be erroneous. The species lacks typical and probably synapomorphic characters constituting the monophyly of Zyras sensu strictu such as the chaetotaxy and punctation pattern of the abdomen (including segment VIII) and is additionally distinguished from other previously examined species of the subgenus by completely different habitus, head shape, slender and parallel abdomen, antennal morphology, etc. Until its status is clarified, Z. angkoricola is therefore treated as Zyras incertae sedis .