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<mods:title>Cladistic classification of Mecyclothorax Sharp (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Moriomorphini) and taxonomic revision of the New Caledonian subgenus Phacothorax Jeannel</mods:title>
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2.
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/BC6BAC70-3131-45CD-B8DE-0D72BB0D70A3" authority="Liebherr" authorityName="Liebherr" authorityYear="2018" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Mecyclothorax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mecyclothorax laterosinuatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laterosinuatus" status="sp. n.">Mecyclothorax laterosinuatus Liebherr</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="16" pageNumber="17">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 9. New Caledonian Mecyclothorax (Phacothorax) spp., dorsal view: A, M. laterobustus; B, M. laterosinuatus; C, M. laterorectus; D, M. fleutiauxi; E, M. jeanneli." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.65.21000.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/179965" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Figures 9B</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 10. Male aedeagal median lobe and parameres, and ring sclerite-mediotergite plus antecostal margin, tergite IX-of Mecyclothorax (Phacothorax) spp.: A-B, M. laterorobustus, right view, dorsal view in situ (Ningua); C, M. laterosinuatus, right view (Col d'Amieu); D, M. laterosinuatus, right view (Touho TV tower); E, M. laterosinuatus ring, dorsal view; F, M. laterorectus, right view (Mt. Panie); G-H, M. laterorectus, right vew, dorsal view in situ (Mandjelia); I-J, M. fleutiauxi, right view, dorsal view in situ (Mt. Do); K-L, M. fleutiauxi, right view, sac inverted and everted (Me Maoya); M, M. fleutiauxi, right view (Ningua); N-O, M. jeanneli, right view, dorsal view in situ (Mt. Humboldt, 1350 m); P, M. jeanneli, right view (Mt. Humboldt, 1300 m); Q, M. jeanneli, right view, sac everted (Mt. Dzumac); R, M. jeanneli, right view (Riviere Bleue). See Table 2 for abbreviations." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.65.21000.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/179966" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">, 10C-E</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 11. Paired left (above) and right (below) parameres of Mecyclothorax (Phacothorax) spp. (ectal view): A, M. laterosinuatus; B, M. laterorectus; C, M. fleutiauxi; D, M. jeanneli." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.65.21000.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/179967" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">, 11A</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 12. Female reproductive tract, gonocoxites and associated laterotergites, Mecyclothorax (Phacothorax) spp: A, M. laterobustus; B, M. laterosinuatus; C, M. laterorectus; D, M. fleutiauxi; E, M. jeanneli; F, M. plurisetosus; G, M. megalovatulus. See Table 2 for abbreviations." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.65.21000.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/179968" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">, 12B</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 13. Left female gonocoxa, ventral view, Mecyclothorax (Phacothorax) spp.: A, M. laterobustus; B, M. laterosinuatus; C, M. laterorectus; D, M. fleutiauxi; E, M. jeanneli; F, M. plurisetosus; G, M. megalovatulus. See Table 2 for abbreviations." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.65.21000.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/179969" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">, 13B</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 14. Geographical distributions of Mecyclothorax (Phacothorax) spp." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.65.21000.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/179970" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">, 14</figureCitation>
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="17" pageNumber="18" type="diagnosis">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="17" pageNumber="18" start="start">Diagnosis</pageBreakToken>
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
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These beetles are very similar in external appearance to those of
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<taxonomicName genus="M." lsidName="M. laterorectus" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" rank="species" species="laterorectus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">M. laterorectus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 9. New Caledonian Mecyclothorax (Phacothorax) spp., dorsal view: A, M. laterobustus; B, M. laterosinuatus; C, M. laterorectus; D, M. fleutiauxi; E, M. jeanneli." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.65.21000.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/179965" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">9B-C</figureCitation>
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) below, sharing the moderately robust body form and cordate pronotum, though the pronotal base is slightly broader relative to the maximal pronotal width in this species: MPW/BPW = 1.28-1.33. This species also differs from
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<taxonomicName genus="M." lsidName="M. laterorectus" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" rank="species" species="laterorectus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">M. laterorectus</emphasis>
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in the very shallow second elytral stria contrasted to the deeper sutural stria and striae 3-6. Like the preceding
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<taxonomicName genus="M." lsidName="M. laterobustus" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" rank="species" species="laterobustus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">M. laterobustus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, the pronotal hind angles protrude, with the pronotal lateral margin concave before the angle, but in this species and the following, the pronotal lateral seta is present. Also, this and the following species exhibit both anterior and posterior supraorbital setae. Standardized body length 3.7-4.3 mm. Chaetotaxy +/+//+/-//+/2/+/+.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Figure 9.</emphasis>
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New Caledonian
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<taxonomicName authority="" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Mecyclothorax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mecyclothorax (Phacothorax)" order="Coleoptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Phacothorax">Mecyclothorax (Phacothorax)</taxonomicName>
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spp., dorsal view:
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">A</emphasis>
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,
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<taxonomicName genus="M." lsidName="M. laterobustus" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" rank="species" species="laterobustus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">M. laterobustus</emphasis>
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;
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">B</emphasis>
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,
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<taxonomicName genus="M." lsidName="M. laterosinuatus" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" rank="species" species="laterosinuatus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">M. laterosinuatus</emphasis>
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;
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">C</emphasis>
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,
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<taxonomicName genus="M." lsidName="M. laterorectus" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" rank="species" species="laterorectus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">M. laterorectus</emphasis>
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;
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">D</emphasis>
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,
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<taxonomicName genus="M." lsidName="M. fleutiauxi" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" rank="species" species="fleutiauxi">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">M. fleutiauxi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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;
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">E</emphasis>
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,
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<taxonomicName genus="M." lsidName="M. jeanneli" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" rank="species" species="jeanneli">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">M. jeanneli</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Description</paragraph>
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(n = 5). Head capsule broad, eyes convex, ocular lobe meeting gena at obtuse angle very close to eye posterior margin; 12-14 ommatidia along horizontal diameter of eye; ocular ratio 1.43-1.50, ocular lobe ratio 0.84-0.89, EyL/EyD = 2.50-2.65; frontal grooves nearly straight from posterior terminus inside anterior supraorbital seta to deepest point just posterad clypeus, briefly and shallowly extended onto clypeus; mandibles moderately elongate, mandibular ratio 1.8; ligular anterior margin narrowly rounded to ligular seta, concave between setae, the two setae separated by two setal diameters; paraglossae thin, extended as far beyond ligular margin as their basal length to margin; antennae elongate, antennomere 9 length 2.25
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maximal breadth; antennomere 3 glabrous except for apical ring of setae. Pronotum distinctly constricted basally, cordate, hind angles obtuse rounded, lateral pronotal margins subparallel anterad hind angles, then distinctly divergent anteriorly (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 9. New Caledonian Mecyclothorax (Phacothorax) spp., dorsal view: A, M. laterobustus; B, M. laterosinuatus; C, M. laterorectus; D, M. fleutiauxi; E, M. jeanneli." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.65.21000.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/179965" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">9B</figureCitation>
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); MPW/BPW = 1.37-1.40, MPW/PL = 1.24-1.27; front angles protruded, obtusely angulate, APW/BPW = 0.75-0.78; basal margin slightly convex, nearly straight between broadly upraised hind margins posterad broad laterobasal depressions; laterobasal depression with longitudinal tubercle inside hind angle, and broad furrowlike longitudinal extension onto disc; median longitudinal impression fine and shallow on disc, with deep longitudinal pitlike depression anterad median base, absent anterad very broad and shallow anterior transverse impression; proepisternum separated anteriorly from prosternum by fine shallow groove, distinctly separated ventrally by smooth, deep groove; prosternal process deeply, narrowly between procoxae, that deep depression extended 1/3 distance toward anterior prothoracic margin. Elytra broadly ellipsoid, humeri extended laterally, humeral angle obtusely rounded outside pronotal hind angles; MEW/EL = 0.81-0.86; basal groove evenly arcuate from scutellum to humeral angles, with depressions at bases of sutural and elytral striae 3-5; sutural stria deep throughout length, stria 2 shallow, obsolete on disc, striae 3-5 deep, stria 6 shallow, and stria 7 obsolete in basal half; striae 1-2, 7 and 8 evident apically, elytra appressed and conjoined apically, sutural intervals narrower and upraised at apex. Pterothoracic mesepisternal anterior furrow with five broad depressions in one to two vertical rows; metepisternum maximum width/lateral length = 1.1; mesosternal-mesepisternal suture complete (as in Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Thoracic structures of Mecyclothorax spp. A-B. Lateral view of elytral epipleuron and meso-and metapleurites: A, M. laterorectus; B, M. fleutiauxi. C-D. Metathoracic flight wing: C, M. punctipennis, showing fully developed flight wing folded under elytron; D, M. lissus, stenopterous wing rudiment that extends beyond metanotum, rudimentary wing venation present at base of strap. Abbreviations include: mms, mesepisternal-mesosternal suture; msp, mesepimeron; mst, mesepisternum; mtp, metepimeron; mtt, metepisternum." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.65.21000.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/179959" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">3A</figureCitation>
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); metepisternal-metepimeral suture incomplete, shallower and incomplete laterally. Abdomen with deep crescent-shaped depression along suture between first and second ventrite, second ventrite depressed within crescent; suture between second and third ventrites reduced, incomplete laterally; ventrites 2-6 with broad, shallow, linear plaques near lateral margin. Microsculpture of frons an evident transverse mesh, transverse sculpticells mixed with isodiametric sculpticells on vertex; pronotal disc and base covered with elongate transverse mesh plus transverse lines,
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<pageBreakToken pageId="18" pageNumber="19" start="start">surface</pageBreakToken>
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iridescent; elytra iridescent, disc with loose elongate transverse mesh, apex with very elongate transverse mesh, sculpticell breadth 3-4
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length. Femora rufobrunneous basally, with a broad flavous band in apical third.
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Male genitalia</emphasis>
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(n = 5). Antecostal margin of abdominal mediotergite IX angulate distally, an elongate distal extension present (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 10. Male aedeagal median lobe and parameres, and ring sclerite-mediotergite plus antecostal margin, tergite IX-of Mecyclothorax (Phacothorax) spp.: A-B, M. laterorobustus, right view, dorsal view in situ (Ningua); C, M. laterosinuatus, right view (Col d'Amieu); D, M. laterosinuatus, right view (Touho TV tower); E, M. laterosinuatus ring, dorsal view; F, M. laterorectus, right view (Mt. Panie); G-H, M. laterorectus, right vew, dorsal view in situ (Mandjelia); I-J, M. fleutiauxi, right view, dorsal view in situ (Mt. Do); K-L, M. fleutiauxi, right view, sac inverted and everted (Me Maoya); M, M. fleutiauxi, right view (Ningua); N-O, M. jeanneli, right view, dorsal view in situ (Mt. Humboldt, 1350 m); P, M. jeanneli, right view (Mt. Humboldt, 1300 m); Q, M. jeanneli, right view, sac everted (Mt. Dzumac); R, M. jeanneli, right view (Riviere Bleue). See Table 2 for abbreviations." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.65.21000.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/179966" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">10E</figureCitation>
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); right paramere very elongate, apical half narrowed into a whiplike extension (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 11. Paired left (above) and right (below) parameres of Mecyclothorax (Phacothorax) spp. (ectal view): A, M. laterosinuatus; B, M. laterorectus; C, M. fleutiauxi; D, M. jeanneli." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.65.21000.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/179967" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">11A</figureCitation>
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), with 10 setae on ventral surface complementing the two apical setae, dorsal surface with four small setae; left paramere narrow basally, evenly extended to whiplike apex, surfaces glabrous except for two apical setae; aedeagal median lobe robust, broad dorsoapically, apex broadly curved ventrally with tip rounded (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 10. Male aedeagal median lobe and parameres, and ring sclerite-mediotergite plus antecostal margin, tergite IX-of Mecyclothorax (Phacothorax) spp.: A-B, M. laterorobustus, right view, dorsal view in situ (Ningua); C, M. laterosinuatus, right view (Col d'Amieu); D, M. laterosinuatus, right view (Touho TV tower); E, M. laterosinuatus ring, dorsal view; F, M. laterorectus, right view (Mt. Panie); G-H, M. laterorectus, right vew, dorsal view in situ (Mandjelia); I-J, M. fleutiauxi, right view, dorsal view in situ (Mt. Do); K-L, M. fleutiauxi, right view, sac inverted and everted (Me Maoya); M, M. fleutiauxi, right view (Ningua); N-O, M. jeanneli, right view, dorsal view in situ (Mt. Humboldt, 1350 m); P, M. jeanneli, right view (Mt. Humboldt, 1300 m); Q, M. jeanneli, right view, sac everted (Mt. Dzumac); R, M. jeanneli, right view (Riviere Bleue). See Table 2 for abbreviations." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.65.21000.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/179966" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">10C-D</figureCitation>
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); aedeagal median lobe internal sac with flagellum, flagellar sheath, and dorsal plate, the former two structures curved dorsad apically. The median lobes of the two figured males-Col
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<normalizedToken originalValue="d’Amieu">d'Amieu</normalizedToken>
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(Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 10. Male aedeagal median lobe and parameres, and ring sclerite-mediotergite plus antecostal margin, tergite IX-of Mecyclothorax (Phacothorax) spp.: A-B, M. laterorobustus, right view, dorsal view in situ (Ningua); C, M. laterosinuatus, right view (Col d'Amieu); D, M. laterosinuatus, right view (Touho TV tower); E, M. laterosinuatus ring, dorsal view; F, M. laterorectus, right view (Mt. Panie); G-H, M. laterorectus, right vew, dorsal view in situ (Mandjelia); I-J, M. fleutiauxi, right view, dorsal view in situ (Mt. Do); K-L, M. fleutiauxi, right view, sac inverted and everted (Me Maoya); M, M. fleutiauxi, right view (Ningua); N-O, M. jeanneli, right view, dorsal view in situ (Mt. Humboldt, 1350 m); P, M. jeanneli, right view (Mt. Humboldt, 1300 m); Q, M. jeanneli, right view, sac everted (Mt. Dzumac); R, M. jeanneli, right view (Riviere Bleue). See Table 2 for abbreviations." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.65.21000.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/179966" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">10C</figureCitation>
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) and Touho TV Tower (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 10. Male aedeagal median lobe and parameres, and ring sclerite-mediotergite plus antecostal margin, tergite IX-of Mecyclothorax (Phacothorax) spp.: A-B, M. laterorobustus, right view, dorsal view in situ (Ningua); C, M. laterosinuatus, right view (Col d'Amieu); D, M. laterosinuatus, right view (Touho TV tower); E, M. laterosinuatus ring, dorsal view; F, M. laterorectus, right view (Mt. Panie); G-H, M. laterorectus, right vew, dorsal view in situ (Mandjelia); I-J, M. fleutiauxi, right view, dorsal view in situ (Mt. Do); K-L, M. fleutiauxi, right view, sac inverted and everted (Me Maoya); M, M. fleutiauxi, right view (Ningua); N-O, M. jeanneli, right view, dorsal view in situ (Mt. Humboldt, 1350 m); P, M. jeanneli, right view (Mt. Humboldt, 1300 m); Q, M. jeanneli, right view, sac everted (Mt. Dzumac); R, M. jeanneli, right view (Riviere Bleue). See Table 2 for abbreviations." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.65.21000.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/179966" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">10D</figureCitation>
|
||
) - differ about 10% in length, whereas the males themselves are nearly identical in standardized body length; 4.0 versus 4.05 mm. As the internal sac structures do not appear to differ except in the basal shape of the dorsal plate (differing orientation inside median lobe?), these two populations are considered conspecific.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption ID-Zenodo-Dep="3488445" doi="10.3897/dez.65.21000.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/179966" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" start="Figure 10" startId="F11">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Figure 10.</emphasis>
|
||
Male aedeagal median lobe and parameres, and ring sclerite-mediotergite plus antecostal margin, tergite IX-of
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Mecyclothorax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mecyclothorax (Phacothorax)" order="Coleoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Phacothorax">Mecyclothorax (Phacothorax)</taxonomicName>
|
||
spp.:
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">A-B</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName genus="M." lsidName="M. laterorobustus" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="laterorobustus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">M. laterorobustus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, right view, dorsal view in situ (Ningua);
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">C</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName genus="M." lsidName="M. laterosinuatus" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="laterosinuatus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">M. laterosinuatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, right view (Col
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="d’Amieu">d'Amieu</normalizedToken>
|
||
);
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">D</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName genus="M." lsidName="M. laterosinuatus" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="laterosinuatus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">M. laterosinuatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, right view (Touho TV tower);
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">E</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName genus="M." lsidName="M. laterosinuatus" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="laterosinuatus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">M. laterosinuatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
ring, dorsal view;
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">F</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName genus="M." lsidName="M. laterorectus" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="laterorectus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">M. laterorectus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, right view (Mt.
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="Panié">Panie</normalizedToken>
|
||
);
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">G-H</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName genus="M." lsidName="M. laterorectus" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="laterorectus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">M. laterorectus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, right vew, dorsal view in situ (
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="Mandjélia">Mandjelia</normalizedToken>
|
||
);
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">I-J</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName genus="M." lsidName="M. fleutiauxi" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="fleutiauxi">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">M. fleutiauxi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, right view, dorsal view in situ (Mt. Do);
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">K-L</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName genus="M." lsidName="M. fleutiauxi" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="fleutiauxi">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">M. fleutiauxi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, right view, sac inverted and everted (Me Maoya);
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">M</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName genus="M." lsidName="M. fleutiauxi" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="fleutiauxi">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">M. fleutiauxi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, right view (Ningua);
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">N-O</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName genus="M." lsidName="M. jeanneli" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="jeanneli">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">M. jeanneli</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, right view, dorsal view in situ (Mt. Humboldt, 1350 m);
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">P</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName genus="M." lsidName="M. jeanneli" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="jeanneli">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">M. jeanneli</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, right view (Mt. Humboldt, 1300 m);
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Q</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName genus="M." lsidName="M. jeanneli" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="jeanneli">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">M. jeanneli</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, right view, sac everted (Mt. Dzumac);
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">R</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName genus="M." lsidName="M. jeanneli" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="jeanneli">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">M. jeanneli</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, right view (
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="Rivière">Riviere</normalizedToken>
|
||
Bleue). See Table
|
||
<tableCitation captionStart="Table 2" captionStartId="T2" captionText="Table 2. Key to abbreviations for structures of male genitalia, and female genitalia and reproductive tracts." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/E2C2FA730E55AFD2D7E83E55AE47B542" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" tableUuid="E2C2FA730E55AFD2D7E83E55AE47B542">2</tableCitation>
|
||
for abbreviations.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption ID-Zenodo-Dep="3488447" doi="10.3897/dez.65.21000.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/179967" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" start="Figure 11" startId="F12">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Figure 11.</emphasis>
|
||
Paired left (above) and right (below) parameres of
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Mecyclothorax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mecyclothorax (Phacothorax)" order="Coleoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Phacothorax">Mecyclothorax (Phacothorax)</taxonomicName>
|
||
spp. (ectal view):
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">A</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName genus="M." lsidName="M. laterosinuatus" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="laterosinuatus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">M. laterosinuatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
;
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">B</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName genus="M." lsidName="M. laterorectus" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="laterorectus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">M. laterorectus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
;
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">C</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName genus="M." lsidName="M. fleutiauxi" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="fleutiauxi">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">M. fleutiauxi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
;
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">D</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName genus="M." lsidName="M. jeanneli" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="jeanneli">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">M. jeanneli</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Female reproductive tract</emphasis>
|
||
(n = 2). Bursa copulatrix elongate, length about twice circumference, surface translucent, membranous (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 12. Female reproductive tract, gonocoxites and associated laterotergites, Mecyclothorax (Phacothorax) spp: A, M. laterobustus; B, M. laterosinuatus; C, M. laterorectus; D, M. fleutiauxi; E, M. jeanneli; F, M. plurisetosus; G, M. megalovatulus. See Table 2 for abbreviations." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.65.21000.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/179968" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">12B</figureCitation>
|
||
); spermathecal duct entering near bursa-common oviduct juncture with duct oriented toward right side of bursa, duct as long as spermathecal reservoir; an elongate laminar helminthoid sclerite present at base of spermathecal duct; spermatheca fusiform on narrow duct, spermathecal gland duct entering at base of spermathecal reservoir; ligular apophysis present near base of common oviduct; basal gonocoxite 1 with apical fringe of one to two short setae laterally on apical margin, smaller microsetae scattered along apical margin, and a series of small setae lining medial margin (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 13. Left female gonocoxa, ventral view, Mecyclothorax (Phacothorax) spp.: A, M. laterobustus; B, M. laterosinuatus; C, M. laterorectus; D, M. fleutiauxi; E, M. jeanneli; F, M. plurisetosus; G, M. megalovatulus. See Table 2 for abbreviations." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.65.21000.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/179969" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">13B</figureCitation>
|
||
); gonocoxite 2 broad basally, basal width slightly more than half medial length; two short, gracile lateral ensiform setae present.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption ID-Zenodo-Dep="3488449" doi="10.3897/dez.65.21000.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/179968" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" start="Figure 12" startId="F13">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Figure 12.</emphasis>
|
||
Female reproductive tract, gonocoxites and associated laterotergites,
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Mecyclothorax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mecyclothorax (Phacothorax)" order="Coleoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Phacothorax">Mecyclothorax (Phacothorax)</taxonomicName>
|
||
spp:
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">A</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName genus="M." lsidName="M. laterobustus" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="laterobustus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">M. laterobustus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
;
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">B</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName genus="M." lsidName="M. laterosinuatus" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="laterosinuatus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">M. laterosinuatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
;
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">C</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName genus="M." lsidName="M. laterorectus" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="laterorectus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">M. laterorectus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
;
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">D</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName genus="M." lsidName="M. fleutiauxi" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="fleutiauxi">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">M. fleutiauxi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
;
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">E</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName genus="M." lsidName="M. jeanneli" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="jeanneli">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">M. jeanneli</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
;
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">F</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName genus="M." lsidName="M. plurisetosus" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="plurisetosus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">M. plurisetosus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
;
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">G</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName genus="M." lsidName="M. megalovatulus" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="megalovatulus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">M. megalovatulus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. See Table
|
||
<tableCitation captionStart="Table 2" captionStartId="T2" captionText="Table 2. Key to abbreviations for structures of male genitalia, and female genitalia and reproductive tracts." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/E2C2FA730E55AFD2D7E83E55AE47B542" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" tableUuid="E2C2FA730E55AFD2D7E83E55AE47B542">2</tableCitation>
|
||
for abbreviations.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption ID-Zenodo-Dep="3488451" doi="10.3897/dez.65.21000.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/179969" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" start="Figure 13" startId="F14">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Figure 13.</emphasis>
|
||
Left female gonocoxa, ventral view,
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Mecyclothorax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mecyclothorax (Phacothorax)" order="Coleoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Phacothorax">Mecyclothorax (Phacothorax)</taxonomicName>
|
||
spp.:
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">A</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName genus="M." lsidName="M. laterobustus" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="laterobustus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">M. laterobustus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
;
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">B</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName genus="M." lsidName="M. laterosinuatus" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="laterosinuatus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">M. laterosinuatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
;
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">C</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName genus="M." lsidName="M. laterorectus" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="laterorectus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">M. laterorectus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
;
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">D</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName genus="M." lsidName="M. fleutiauxi" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="fleutiauxi">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">M. fleutiauxi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
;
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">E</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName genus="M." lsidName="M. jeanneli" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="jeanneli">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">M. jeanneli</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
;
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">F</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName genus="M." lsidName="M. plurisetosus" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="plurisetosus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">M. plurisetosus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
;
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">G</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName genus="M." lsidName="M. megalovatulus" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" rank="species" species="megalovatulus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">M. megalovatulus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. See Table
|
||
<tableCitation captionStart="Table 2" captionStartId="T2" captionText="Table 2. Key to abbreviations for structures of male genitalia, and female genitalia and reproductive tracts." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/E2C2FA730E55AFD2D7E83E55AE47B542" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" tableUuid="E2C2FA730E55AFD2D7E83E55AE47B542">2</tableCitation>
|
||
for abbreviations.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Types</emphasis>
|
||
- Holotype male (MNHN): NEW CALEDONIA / Aoupinie top camp / 2-3Nov 2001 / G.B.Monteith // QM Berlesate 1060 / 21°11
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="’Sx165°18’">'Sx
|
||
<geoCoordinate degrees="165" direction="east" minutes="18" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="165.3">165°18'E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
</normalizedToken>
|
||
/ Rainforest, 850m / Sieved litter // QUEENSLAND / MUSEUM LOAN / DATE: Nov. 2003 / No. LEN-1686 (green label) //
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
|
||
New Caledonia
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sharp" authorityYear="1903" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Mecyclothorax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mecyclothorax" order="Coleoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Mecyclothorax</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
revision / measured specimen 2 / J.K.
|
||
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.3897/dez.63.10241" author="Liebherr, JK" journalOrPublisher="Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift" pageId="51" pageNumber="52" pagination="211 - 270" refId="B61" refString="Liebherr, JK, 2016. Cyphocoleus Chaudoir (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Odacanthini): descriptive taxonomy, phylogenetic relationships, and the Cenozoic history of New Caledonia. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 63: 211 - 270, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/dez.63.10241" title="Cyphocoleus Chaudoir (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Odacanthini): descriptive taxonomy, phylogenetic relationships, and the Cenozoic history of New Caledonia." url="https://doi.org/10.3897/dez.63.10241" volume="63" year="2016">Liebherr 2016</bibRefCitation>
|
||
// HOLOTYPE /
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Sharp" authorityYear="1903" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Mecyclothorax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mecyclothorax" order="Coleoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Mecyclothorax</taxonomicName>
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/
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Liebherr" authorityYear="2018" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Mecyclothorax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mecyclothorax laterosinuatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laterosinuatus">Mecyclothorax laterosinuatus</taxonomicName>
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/ J.K.Liebherr 2017 (black-bordered red label).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Paratypes (83 specimens; BPBM, MNHW, PMGC, QMB): see Suppl. material 2.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="18" pageNumber="19" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
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Like the preceding and immediately following species, beetles of this species exhibit a basally broad pronotum (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 9. New Caledonian Mecyclothorax (Phacothorax) spp., dorsal view: A, M. laterobustus; B, M. laterosinuatus; C, M. laterorectus; D, M. fleutiauxi; E, M. jeanneli." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.65.21000.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/179965" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">9A-C</figureCitation>
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). In this species, the distinctly sinuate lateral pronotal margin leads to the compound adjectival species epithet
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Liebherr" authorityYear="2018" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Mecyclothorax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mecyclothorax laterosinuatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laterosinuatus">Mecyclothorax laterosinuatus</taxonomicName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="18" pageNumber="19" type="distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Distribution and habitat.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
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This species is broadly distributed along mid-latitudinal Grand Terre, from Touho TV tower on the north to Mt. Rembai on the south (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 14. Geographical distributions of Mecyclothorax (Phacothorax) spp." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.65.21000.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/179970" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">14</figureCitation>
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), with beetles found from 400 m elevation to the summits of the occupied uplands. Of the 76 known specimens, 67 have been collected from sieved litter, indicating occupation of the ground-level microhabitat. Exceptions with situational label data include a singleton found via headlamp search at night (Will, EMEC), and two beetles collected from two flight-intercept traps (Monteith, QMB;
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Théry">Thery</normalizedToken>
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, MNMH), no doubt after crawling into the collecting tray.
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</paragraph>
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<caption ID-Zenodo-Dep="3488453" doi="10.3897/dez.65.21000.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/179970" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" start="Figure 14" startId="F15">
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Figure 14.</emphasis>
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Geographical distributions of
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<taxonomicName authority="" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Mecyclothorax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mecyclothorax (Phacothorax)" order="Coleoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Phacothorax">Mecyclothorax (Phacothorax)</taxonomicName>
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spp.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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