Amarochara wrasei 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 : 65-66

Amarochara wrasei ASSING, 2002 ( Map 1 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: China:G a n s u: 2♀♀, mountains 38 km SE Longnan, 33°11'N, 105°14'E, 2030 m, N-slope with scree, moss, fern roots, and litter sifted, 31.VII.2012, leg. Schülke (cSch). S h a a n x i 1♀, Qinling Shan, 52 km SSW Zhouzhi, 33°44'N, 107°58'E, 1900 m, stream valley with mixed forest, litter and soil sifted, 25.VII.2012, leg. Wrase (cAss). Y u n n a n:13, E Kunming, 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 (cAss) ; 1♀, NE Kunming , 25°09'N, 102°54'E, 2280 m, secondary pine forest with scattered old alder, litter sifted, 11.VIII.2014, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 2♀♀, NE Kunming , 25°09'N, 102°54'E, 2320 m, mixed forest with alder, oak, and pine, litter and mushrooms sifted, 13.VIII.2014, leg. Assing & Schülke (cAss, cSch). Laos: 3 exs., Phongsaly province, Phongsaly env., 21°41'N, 102°06'E, ca. 1500 m, 6.- 17. V.2004, leg. Kubáň ( NHMB, cAss) ; 4 exs., same data, but 21°41-42'N, 102°06-08'E, 28. V.- 20. VI.2003 ( NHMB, cAss) .

C o m m e n t: Amarochara wrasei was previously known from the Chinese provinces Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Yunnan ( ASSING 2002a, 2010), where it is evidently the most common species of the genus. The above specimens from Laos represent a new country record. The currently known distribution is illustrated in Map 1 .

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Map 1: Distribution of Amarochara wrasei (black circles) and A. daweiana (star) in the East Palaearctic region.