Amara lucidissima

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Taxonavigation

Genus: Amara

Name

Amara lucidissima Baliani, 1932 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile

• 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.

Taxon Treatment

• Kavanaugh, D; Hieke, F; Liang, H; Dong, D; 2014: Inventory of the carabid beetle fauna of the Gaoligong Mountains, western Yunnan Province, China: species of the tribe Zabrini (Coleoptera, Carabidae) ZooKeys, 407: 55-119. doi

Images

Figures 2–4. 2 Map showing natural extent of study area, colored in gray (however, sampling was permitted only in those portions in Yunnan Province 3 Map showing location of core sampling areas 4 Map showing locations of all entomological sampling sites.  Figure 5. Tibial and abdominal apices. a–b right tibial apices, lateroventral aspect; a. Amara davidi Tschitshérine b Amara sikkimensis Andrewes, typical of all other Amara species of the area c–e abdominal apices, ventral aspect, with white arrows indicating insertion points for setae c Amara sikkimensis, typical of all Amara females d Amara sikkimensis Andrewes male e Amara latithorax Baliani, typical of males of all other Amara species of the area.  Figure 6. Tarsomere 5 of left hind tarsus, medial aspect. a Amara pingshiangi Jedlička b Amara sikkimensis Andrewes, typical of all other Amara species of the area.  Figure 8. Apical region of median lobe (dorsal aspect) and apex of right paramere (medial aspect) of aedeagus of males. a Amara lucidissima Baliani b all other species of subgenus Reductocelia (for comparative purposes only, no other species of this subgenus in the area).  Figure 21. Amara (Reductocelia) lucidissima Baliani. a dorsal habitus (CASENT1011863) b–c median lobe of aedeagus of male (CASENT1002221) b left lateral aspect c dorsal aspect; scale lines = 1.0 mm d Map of localities records (red circles) for Amara lucidissima in the Gaoligong Shan region, scale line = 100 km.  Figure 22. Photographs of habitats for Amara species in the Gaoligong Shan region. a. Baoshan-Tengchong Road at Nankang Yakou, elevation 2130 m; habitat in which specimens of Amara birmana, Amara davidi, Amara dissimilis, Amara lucidissima and Amara shaanxiensis were collected. b. Gongshan County, Cikai Township, Heiwadi Village area, elevation 1800 m; habitat in which specimens of Amara congrua and Amara latithorax were collected.  Figure 27. Map showing approximate overall geographical distributions of species occurring in the Gaoligong Shan region (ranges that extend to the upper right corner of the map are truncated there but continue northeast to Japan and the Russian Far East); dashed lines connect apparently significant disjunct areas of the range of a species; scale line = 500 km. 1 Amara (Amara) congrua Morawitz 2 Amara (Bradytus) simplicidens Morawitz 3 Amara (Zezea) davidi Tschitschérine 4 Amara (Bradytus) pingshiangi Jedlička 5 Amara (Reductocelia) lucidissima Baliani 6 Amara (Amara) silvestrii Baliani 7 Amara (Amara) shaanxiensis Hieke; 8 Amara (Xenocelia) sikkimensis Andrewes 9 Amara (Harpaloamara) latithorax Baliani 10 Amara (Bradytus) chalciope (Bates) 11 Amara (Bradytus) dissimilis Tschitschérine 12 Amara (Pseudoamara) birmana Baliani; 13 Amara (Bradytus) elegantula Tschitschérine.  Figure 28. Chart showing the representation of Amara species in project-designated Core Areas (see Fig. 3) in the Gaoligong Shan region.  Figure 29. Chart illustrating the altitudinal ranges of Amara species represented in the Gaoligong Shan region.  Figure 30. Chart illustrating the co-occurence (syntopy) of Amara species in samples from the same habitats and at the same sites in the Gaoligong Shan region.