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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.322.5492" ID-GBIF-Dataset="36ad3806-c865-4b7b-9d42-8d190cfd5d97" ID-PMC="PMC3760220" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-322-1" ID-PubMed="24003312" ModsDocAuthor="" ModsDocDate="2013" ModsDocID="1313-2970-322-1" ModsDocOrigin="ZooKeys 322" ModsDocTitle="The Mecyclothorax beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Moriomorphini) of Tahiti, Society Islands" checkinTime="1451247045918" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Liebherr, James K." docDate="2013" docId="F3ADD9581E4C19FC93F8B3D8A85A6820" docLanguage="en" docName="ZooKeys 322: 1-170" docOrigin="ZooKeys 322" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.322.5492" docTitle="Mecyclothorax manina Liebherr, 2013, sp. n." docType="treatment" docVersion="4" lastPageNumber="45" masterDocId="20750D3CFFB5F54CB8239531171AFFB8" masterDocTitle="The Mecyclothorax beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Moriomorphini) of Tahiti, Society Islands" masterLastPageNumber="170" masterPageNumber="1" pageNumber="45" updateTime="1668156297693" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>The Mecyclothorax beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Moriomorphini) of Tahiti, Society Islands</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Liebherr, James K.</mods:namePart>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="152047061" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:078F2FF5-C228-485C-98EA-C182B6E81B31" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/F3ADD9581E4C19FC93F8B3D8A85A6820" lastPageId="45" lastPageNumber="45" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/078F2FF5-C228-485C-98EA-C182B6E81B31" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Mecyclothorax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mecyclothorax manina" order="Coleoptera" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="manina">Mecyclothorax manina</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="44" pageNumber="45">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<paragraph pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Like
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Mecyclothorax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mecyclothorax papau" order="Coleoptera" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="papau">Mecyclothorax papau</taxonomicName>
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in the very shallow elytral striae and rufopiceous elytra with a metallic reflection, but with more narrowly ellipsoid elytra, and a more transverse and more basally constricted pronotum, MPW/PL = 1.31, MPW/BPW = 1.47 (Fig. 22B). The head and pronotum are concolorous, dark rufobrunneous, without fields of melanized cuticle as in
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Mecyclothorax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mecyclothorax papau" order="Coleoptera" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="papau">Mecyclothorax papau</taxonomicName>
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. Setal formula 2222; standardized body length 6.0 mm. Head with sinuously canaliculated frontal grooves, the frons with a few indistinct wrinkles on the mesal slopes of the grooves; eyes moderately convex, ocular ratio 1.57, the ocular lobe protruded and margined behind by a distinct groove, ocular lobe ratio 0.88; antennae filiform, antennomere 8 length 2.25
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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maximal breadth. Pronotum with rounded hind angles, the basal seta producing a jag in the margin that is 0.10
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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the pronotal length anterad the basal margin; median base depressed relative to convex disc, 8-11 fine punctures each side, punctures smaller and more isolated medially, 5-8 elongate punctures along margin with disc; anterior transverse impression broad and shallow but complete medially, finely incised anteriorly only in lateral half of each side; lateral marginal depression of even breadth in anterior half of pronotum, not broader at front angle. Elytra narrowly rounded basally, the proximate humeri angled; striae 1-6 shallow and partially discontinuous on disc, punctures best developed on striae 1 and 2, stria 7 visible only as a discontinuous series of elongate depressions; eighth interval only slightly upraised laterad stria 7 from above subapical sinuation to apex; lateral elytral setae 7 + (5-6). Microsculpture of frons and vertex a shallow transverse mesh. Pronotal disc with an elongate transverse mesh visible outside areas of reflected light, the sculpticell breadth 4
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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length, and discal elytral intervals with a distinct, regular transverse mesh, sculpticell breadth 2
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<normalizedToken originalValue="–3×">-3x</normalizedToken>
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length. Coloration of antennomere 1 flavous, antennomeres 2-7 or 8 rufobrunneous, and antennomeres 8 or 9-11 rufoflavous; ventral body sclerites rufobrunneous, contrasted to dorsally flavous elytral epipleuron and flavous femora; tibiae and tarsi rufobrunneous.
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<paragraph pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Female reproductive tract. The female holotype was not dissected, but the gonocoxae are exerted and therefore visible. Basal gonocoxite 1 with apical fringe of 2-3 setae laterally, and 4-5 smaller setae along medial margin including apex; apical gonocoxite 2 with two lateral ensiform setae, the apical lateral seta stouter but of the same length as the basal seta, and a single dorsal ensiform seta as broad as the apical seta; apical sensory furrow bearing two nematiform setae.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="44" pageNumber="45">
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Holotype female (MNHN) labeled: French Polynesia: Tahiti Nui / Pito Hiti el. 2110 m 2-VI- / 2006 lot 04 pyrethrin fog /
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="-17.614334">17°36.860'S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="-149.46394">149°27.837'W</geoCoordinate>
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/ E. M. Claridge // HOLOTYPE / Mecyclothorax / manina / J.K. Liebherr 2013 (black-bordered red label).
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<subSubSection pageId="44" pageNumber="45" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Etymology.</paragraph>
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The species epithet is the Tahitian word
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<normalizedToken originalValue="mānina">manina</normalizedToken>
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, meaning smooth, polished, or unwrinkled, signifying the smooth polished elytra observed in the holotype.
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<paragraph pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Distribution and habitat.</paragraph>
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This was the sole specimen collected on the actual summit of Pito Hiti, 2110 m elevation. It was found via pyrethrin fogging of moss-covered
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<pageBreakToken pageId="45" pageNumber="46" start="start">vegetation</pageBreakToken>
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. Only 30 m lower in elevation, the same collecting technique resulted in specimens of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Mecyclothorax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mecyclothorax papau" order="Coleoptera" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="papau">Mecyclothorax papau</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Mecyclothorax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mecyclothorax everardi" order="Coleoptera" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="everardi">Mecyclothorax everardi</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Mecyclothorax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mecyclothorax pitohitiensis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pitohitiensis">Mecyclothorax pitohitiensis</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Mecyclothorax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mecyclothorax hoeahiti" order="Coleoptera" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hoeahiti">Mecyclothorax hoeahiti</taxonomicName>
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sp. n., and
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Mecyclothorax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mecyclothorax paraglobosus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paraglobosus">Mecyclothorax paraglobosus</taxonomicName>
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Perrault.
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