Xenocelia mandarina, Baliani, 1932

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 : 53

Amara (Xenocelia) mandarina Baliani, 1932

Amara (Bradytus) mandarina Baliani, 1932:15. Type material: Holotype male and 3 paratypes in MCSNG, 21 paratypes in BMNH, DEI, NMPC, RMNH, SNF and ZMHB. Type locality: China, Sichuan, Kangding ( “Tatsienlu-Chiulung”). Erroneously synonymized with Amara singularis Tschitschérine by Hieke 1975:317; returned to species status and transferred to subgenus Xenocelia by Hieke 2001:104.

Specimens examined.

One male specimen (IZCAS) from the following locality: "CHINA, Sichuan, Kangding County, Xinduqiao Township, Gaoersishan, 1 km W of Yakou at Highway 318, 4245 m, 30.04988°N, 101.37485°E,"/ "15 September 2007, Stop# 2007-036, D.H. Kavanaugh & H.B. Liang collectors".

Geographical distribution.

Known only from China (Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces).