Amarochara megalops ASSING, 2002

Assing, Volker, 2015, A revision of Amarochara THOMSON of the Holarctic region V. A new species from China, a new combination, the male of A. caeca ASSING, and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Aleocharini), Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 (1), pp. 63-71 : 66

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13146841
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13146835
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scientific name	Amarochara megalops ASSING, 2002
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Amarochara megalops ASSING, 2002 View in CoL ( Map 2 View Map 2 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: China:Y u n n a n: 1ex.,EKunming, Xiaobailong Forest Park, 24°56'N, 103°05'E, 2110 m, secondary pine forest, pine litter and litter at trail margin sifted, 10.VIII.2014, leg. Schülke (cSch) GoogleMaps ; 13, NE Kunming, 25°09'N, 102°54'E, 2280 m, secondary pine forest with scattered old alder, litter sifted, 11.VIII.2014, leg. Schülke (cAss). Laos: 5 exs., Phongsaly province, Phongsaly env., 21°41-42'N, 102°06-08'E, ca. 1500 m, 28.V.-20.VI.2003, leg. Kubáň ( NHMB, cAss) GoogleMaps .

C o m m e n t: This species was previously known only from Nepal and Taiwan ( ASSING 2002a, 2010). The above specimens represent the first records from China and Laos. Some of them were collected together with A. wrasei . The currently known distribution is illustrated in Map 2 View Map 2 .

References

ASSING V. (2002 a): A taxonomic and phylogenetic revision of Amarochara THOMSON. I. The species of the Holarctic region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini). - Beitrage zur Entomologie, Keltern 52 (1): 111 - 204.

ASSING V. (2010): A revision of Amarochara of the Holarctic region. IV. Three new species from China, a new synonymy, additional records, and an updated key to species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Oxypodini). - Linzer Biologische Beitrage 42 (2): 1139 - 1154.