Amara (Reductocelia) lucidissima Baliani, 1932

Kavanaugh, David H., Hieke, Fritz, Liang, Hongbin & Dong, Dazhi, 2014, Inventory of the carabid beetle fauna of the Gaoligong Mountains, western Yunnan Province, China: species of the tribe Zabrini (Coleoptera, Carabidae), ZooKeys 407, pp. 55-119 : 87-90

13. Amara (Reductocelia) lucidissima Baliani, 1932 Figs 5 b–c, 5e, 6b, 8a, 21, 22a, 27-30

Amara (Celia) lucidissima Baliani, 1932: 10. Type material: Holotype male and allotype in MCSNG, 2 female paratypes in NMPC, and 1 female paratype in ZMHB. Type locality: China, Sichuan, Kangding ( “Tatsienlu-Chiulung”). Synonymized with Amara alacris Tschitschérine by Hieke (1975: 316), again treated as a distinct species by Hieke (1994: 320), and transferred to subgenus Reductocelia by Hieke (1999b: 350).

Amara (Leiocnemis) kuatensis Jedlička, 1956: 209. Type material: Holotype male in ZFMK, about 200 paratypes in NMPC and ZFMK. Type locality: China, Fujian, Kuatun. Synonymized with Amara alacris Tschitschérine by Hieke (1975: 312), later synonymized with Amara lucidissima by Hieke (1994: 320).

Diagnosis.

Adults of this species (Fig. 21) can be distinguished from those of all other species in the region by the following combination of character states: body length 6.5-8.0 mm; dorsal surface light-brown to brownish black, without metallic reflection, entire legs and antennae pale; elytra with parascutellar pore puncture absent; medial protibial spurs simple; tarsomere 5 of hind tarsi with two or (in a few specimens) three pairs of setae ventrally (Fig. 6b); last abdominal sternite of male with one pair (Fig. 5e) and female with two pairs (Fig. 5c) of setiferous punctures near hind margin; male aedeagus with apical third of median lobe broader than middle third, apical hook of right paramere large and slightly subapical (Fig. 8a).

Habitat distribution.

Specimens of this species were collected, often in great abundance, in daytime from under stones and other cover in open roadside areas and waste areas (Fig. 22a) around human settlements with scattered grasses and shrubs, at the edges of agricultural fields and on open banks of streams, and in these same habitats at night, when beetles were found active on bare substrate. Members of this species were found at elevations ranging from 1185 to 3140 m and syntopic with adults of Amara birmana , Amara chalciope , Amara dissimilis , Amara latithorax , Amara shaanxiensis , Amara sikkimensis , Amara simplicidens and Amara silvestrii at one or more sites.

Geographical distribution within the Gaoligong Shan.

Fig. 21d. We examined a total of 581 specimens (276 males and 305 females) from the following localities: Fugong County: Mugujia Village (Guquan He, 26.86177°, 98.86900°, 1175 m, 21 April 2004, D.H. Kavanaugh collector [1 female; CAS]); Shibali Road (above Shilajia village, 27.13947°, 98.82184°, 1900 m, 24 April 2004, D.H. Kavanaugh collector [2 females; CAS]), (above Shilajia Village at North Fork Yamu He, 27.13947°, 98.82184°, 1800-1900 m, 25 April 2004, D.H. Kavanaugh & C.E. Griswold collectors [18 males and 8 females; CAS, IOZ]); South Fork Yamu He (above Shilajia Village, 27.12101°, 98.83173°, 1630-1790 m, D.H. Kavanaugh collector [1 male; CAS]). Longyang County: Bawan-Tengchong Road Km 36 (24.9375°, 98.78028°, 2075 m, 11 October 2003, H.B.Liang collector [2 males and 2 females; CAS, IOZ]); Bawan-Tengchong Road Km 48-51 near Dahaoping Forest Station (24.97556°, 98.73000°, 2014 m, 18 October 2003, H.B. Liang collector [1 male, 3 females; CAS, IOZ]); Bawan-Tengchong Road Km 40-41 (24.92694°, 98.75278°, 2404 m, 12 October 2003, H.B.Liang collector [7 males and 3 females; CAS, IOZ]); Bawan-Tengchong Road Km 51 near Dahaoping Forest Station (24.9725°, 98.73889°, 2170 m, 18 October 2003, H.B. Liang & X.C. Shi collectors [1 female; IOZ]); Nankang Forest Station (24.82444°, 98.77889°, 2085 m, 27 October 2003, H.B. Liang & X.C. Shi collectors [12 males, 6 females; CAS, IOZ]); Nankang Yakou (24.83167°, 98.76667°, 2130 m, 4-7 November 1998, D.H. Kavanaugh collector [23 males and 44 females; CAS, IOZ]), (at Baoshan-Tengchong Road Km 24, 24.82583°, 98.77222°, 2130 m, 26 October 2003m, H.B. Liang & X.C. Shi collectors [11 males and 10 females; CAS, IOZ]), (mountain NW of Nankang Yakou, 24.83250°, 98.76944°, 2245 m, 27 October 2003, H.B. Liang & X.C. Shi collectors [1 male and 1 female; CAS, IOZ]). Lushui County: Gangfang Sancha Lukou (26.12167°, 98.575°, 1550 m, 14-15 October 1998, D.H. Kavanaugh collector [3 males and 5 females; CAS, IOZ]). Tengchong County: Bawan-Tengchong Road Km 42-46 (24.95361°, 98.74222°, 2290 m, 14 October 2003, H.B. Liang & X.C. Shi collectors [2 males and 1 female; IOZ], 17 October 2003, H.B. Liang collector [1 male and 2 females; IOZ]); Bawan-Tengchong Road Km 46-51 (24.95722°, 98.73667°, 2220 m, 17 October 2003, D.Z. Dong, H.B. Liang & X.C. Shi collectors [16 males and 25 females; CAS, IOZ]); Bawan-Tengchong Road Km 65 at Longwenqiao (25.02396°, 98.67675°, 1285 m, 19 October 2003, D.Z. Dong collector [4 males and 1 female; CAS, IOZ]); Baoshan-Tengchong Road Km 24 (24.82889°, 98.76028°, 2008 m, 29 October 2003, N.D. Penny & T.S. Briggs collectors [5 males and 6 females; CAS, IOZ]); 5-8 km E of Dahaoping (24.93417°, 98.7475°, 2358 m, 18 October 2003, N.D. Penny, T.S. Briggs, & D.Z. Dong collectors [1 male; CAS]); Datang Village (Maluchong, 25.58194°, 98.67583°, 1740 m, 24 October 2003, H.B. Liang collector [1 male; IOZ]), (Danlonghe Bridge, 25.60500°, 98.67028°, 1768 m, 24October 2003, H.B. Liang & X.C. Shi collectors [3 males and 3 females; CAS, IOZ]); Longchuan Jiang (at Longkou Village, 25.28167°, 98.59167°, 1500 m, 2 November 1998, D.H. Kavanaugh & C.E. Griswold collectors [4 males and 11 females; CAS, IOZ]), (at Xiaojiangqiao (25.23944°, 98.62722°, 1445 m, 21 October 2003, H.B. Liang & X.C. Shi collectors [1 male and 2 females; CAS, IOZ]), (at Yonganqiao (25.32556°, 98.60944°, 1500 m, 22 October 2003, H.B. Liang & X.C. Shi collectors [10 male and 10 females; CAS, IOZ]), (at Yonganqiao (25.60500°, 98.67583°, 1500 m, 22 October 2003, H.B. Liang & X.C. Shi collectors [2 females; IOZ]); Longkou Village, 25.28167°, 98.59167°, 1500 m, 22 October 2003, H.B. Liang & X.C. Shi collectors [15 males and 26 females; CAS, IOZ]); Shaba Village (25.39639°, 98.70306°, 1850 m, 23 October 2003, H.B. Liang & X.C. Shi collectors [6 males and 7 female; CAS, IOZ]); Xiaodifang Village (24.85722°, 98.75917°, 2150 m, 29 October 2003, D.Z. Dong collector [2 males and 1 female; CAS, IOZ]); Xiaoheishan Forest Station (24.82889°, 98.76000°, 2025 m, 29 October 2003, H.B. Liang collector [32 males and 41 females; CAS, IOZ]); Zhoujia-po Village, 25.33222°, 98.67611°, 1740 m, 24 October 2003, D.Z. Dong collector [2 males; CAS]); near Zhoujia-po village (25.58194°, 98.67611°, 1725 m, 24 October 2003, N.D. Penny & T.S. Briggs collectors [2 females; CAS, IOZ].

This species was recorded from the southern two-thirds of the study area (Core Areas 2,4, 5, 6 and 7), on both eastern and western slopes of the mountain range.

Overall geographical distribution.

Fig. 27. This species has been recorded from China (Fujian, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Zhejiang Provinces) and Taiwan. Its occurrence in the study area represents the western limit of its known geographical range.