Amara (Bradytus) pingshiangi Jedlicka , 1957

Hieke, Fritz, Kavanaugh, David H. & Liang, Hongbin, 2012, A new species of Amara (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Zabrini) from Sichuan Province, China, with additional records for other Amara species from the region, ZooKeys 254, pp. 47-65 : 55

Amara (Bradytus) pingshiangi Jedlicka, 1957

Amara (Curtonotus) pingshiangi Jedlička, 1957:24. Type material: Lectotype female in CJED ( Hieke 1990:238). Type locality: China: “Süd China: Pingshiang", probably Jiangsu Province. Transferred to subgenus Bradytus by Hieke 1990:238.

Specimens examined.

One male specimen (CAS) from the following locality: "CHINA, Yunnan, Kunming City, Guandu District, Heilongtan, Kunming Institute of Botany Botanical Garden, 1945 m"/ 25.14035°N, 102.74107°E, 16-17 September 2002, Stop # DHK-2002-019, D.H. Kavanaugh & P.E. Marek collectors" [first record for Yunnan Province].

Geographical distribution.

Known only from China (Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangsu and Sichuan Provinces).