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

Amarochara megalops ASSING, 2002 ( 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) ; 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) .

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 .

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Map 2: Distribution of Amarochara megalops in the East Palaearctic region.