Amara (Reductocelia) lucidissima Baliani 1932

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.

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 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.