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<mods:title>The Mecyclothorax beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Moriomorphini) of Haleakala-, Maui: Keystone of a hyperdiverse Hawaiian radiation</mods:title>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="127853556" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:9A54F54F-7663-4615-9D35-A458A19F7B45" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/CBD29086EB192F9E93F571B90A65A4A7" lastPageId="220" lastPageNumber="221" pageId="216" pageNumber="217">
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<paragraph pageId="216" pageNumber="217">Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Carabidae</paragraph>
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(090)
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/9A54F54F-7663-4615-9D35-A458A19F7B45" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Mecyclothorax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mecyclothorax simpulum" order="Coleoptera" pageId="216" pageNumber="217" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="simpulum">Mecyclothorax simpulum</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="216" pageNumber="217">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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Figs 104F, 105F, 110C, 112, 113
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<subSubSection lastPageId="217" lastPageNumber="218" pageId="216" pageNumber="217" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="216" pageNumber="217">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph lastPageId="217" lastPageNumber="218" pageId="216" pageNumber="217">
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This species (Fig. 110C) can be easily diagnosed from the other two in this triplet-
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Mecyclothorax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mecyclothorax bacrionis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="216" pageNumber="217" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bacrionis">Mecyclothorax bacrionis</taxonomicName>
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(Fig. 110A) and
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Mecyclothorax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mecyclothorax haleakalae" order="Coleoptera" pageId="216" pageNumber="217" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="haleakalae">Mecyclothorax haleakalae</taxonomicName>
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(Fig. 110B) by the presence of both anterior and posterior supraorbital setae (in 1 of 22 specimens, the anterior supraorbital setae is unilaterally absent; setal formula 2(1) 0 2 0). The pronotum of
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<pageBreakToken pageId="217" pageNumber="218" start="start">this</pageBreakToken>
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species is of exceedingly similar to that of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Mecyclothorax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mecyclothorax haleakalae" order="Coleoptera" pageId="217" pageNumber="218" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="haleakalae">Mecyclothorax haleakalae</taxonomicName>
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, however there are fewer punctures on the median base; ~25 each side. The sutural stria is shallower also, though discal stria 2 is about as impressed as in individuals of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Mecyclothorax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mecyclothorax haleakalae" order="Coleoptera" pageId="217" pageNumber="218" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="haleakalae">Mecyclothorax haleakalae</taxonomicName>
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. The male aedeagal median lobe has a slightly narrower apex, assessed dorsoventrally, with a more rounded tip (Fig. 113E, G) versus the dorsoventrally broader, apically flattened median lobe apex of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Mecyclothorax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mecyclothorax haleakalae" order="Coleoptera" pageId="217" pageNumber="218" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="haleakalae">Mecyclothorax haleakalae</taxonomicName>
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males (Fig. 113A,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="C–D">C-D</normalizedToken>
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). The male aedeagal internal sac also lacks any discrete ventral ostial microtrichial patches (Fig. 113G), though a dorsal ostial microtichial patch is present. Standardized body length 5.3-6.3 mm.
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<subSubSection lastPageId="220" lastPageNumber="221" pageId="217" pageNumber="218" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="217" pageNumber="218">Description</paragraph>
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(n = 5). [The above description of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Mecyclothorax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mecyclothorax bacrionis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="217" pageNumber="218" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bacrionis">Mecyclothorax bacrionis</taxonomicName>
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can serve to describe this species with the following substitutions.] Eyes large and convex, ocular ratio = 1.51-1.61, ocular lobe ratio = 0.84-0.91. Pronotum appearing elongate, but MPW/PL = 1.11-1.12, basally constricted, MPW/BPW = 1.59-1.72; hind angles slightly obtuse, apex sharp, projected; basal margin slightly convex between laterobasal de
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<pageBreakToken pageId="218" pageNumber="219" start="start">pressions</pageBreakToken>
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, margins posterad laterobasal depressions separately convex; anterior callosity slightly convex, crossed by dense though indistinct longitudinal wrinkles; pronotal apical width variably subequal to greater than basal width, APW/BPW = 1.01-1.14, laterobasal depression narrow, surface punctate, continuous with lateral depression. Elytra narrowly ovoid but humeral angles situated posterolaterad pronotal hind angles, therefore MEW/HuW = 2.19-2.38 (values marginally less than those recorded for
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Mecyclothorax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mecyclothorax bacrionis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="218" pageNumber="219" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bacrionis">Mecyclothorax bacrionis</taxonomicName>
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); discal striae 1-2 impressed, punctate, the punctures more closely spaced on sutural stria; striae 3-5 punctate but less impressed than inner striae, punctures therefore more isolated; 2 dorsal elytral setae at 0.22
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<normalizedToken originalValue="–0.27×">-0.27x</normalizedToken>
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and 0.66
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<normalizedToken originalValue="–0.69×">-0.69x</normalizedToken>
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elytral length. Mesepisternum with ~11 punctures in 2-3 rows. Microsculpture of vertex an indistinct transverse mesh, sculpticell breadth 2
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<normalizedToken originalValue="–3×">-3x</normalizedToken>
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length, surface glossy in parts; pronotal disc with indistinct transverse lines on a glossy surface, median base glossy medially, indistinct transverse sculpticells laterally; elytral disc with very small, indistinct isodiametric sculpticells in partially transverse rows, apex with shallow isodiametric mesh in transverse rows. Coloration of elytral disc rufopiceous, but without cupreous reflection associated with glossy elytral surface of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Mecyclothorax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mecyclothorax bacrionis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="218" pageNumber="219" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bacrionis">Mecyclothorax bacrionis</taxonomicName>
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.
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<paragraph lastPageId="219" lastPageNumber="220" pageId="218" pageNumber="219">
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Male genitalia (n = 5). Aedeagal median lobe robust, distance from parameral articulation to tip 3.2
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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depth at midlength (Fig. 113E, G); apex narrowly extended 2
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<normalizedToken originalValue="–3×">-3x</normalizedToken>
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its depth beyond ostial opening, tip slightly oblique, dorsoapical face flattened, tip slightly expanded ventrally; median lobe parallel sided along shaft, right margin broadly concave before slightly offset parallel-sided apex with blunt tip (Fig. 113F);
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<pageBreakToken pageId="219" pageNumber="220" start="start">internal</pageBreakToken>
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sac with transverse dorsal ostial microtrichial patch at base of right side (Fig. 113G), ventral surface covered with shaggy pelage of long microtrichia; flagellar plate large, robust, length 0.56
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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parameral articulation-tip distance.
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<paragraph lastPageId="220" lastPageNumber="221" pageId="219" pageNumber="220">
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Female reproductive tract (n = 1). Bursa copulatrix columnar with a rounded apical expansion, length 1.6 mm, apical lobe width 0.72 mm, basal constriction at vagina
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<pageBreakToken pageId="220" pageNumber="221" start="start">0.36</pageBreakToken>
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mm broad (Fig. 104F); bursal walls translucent, thickly wrinkled; gonocoxite 1 with 5-6 apical fringe setae, 1-2 thick setae at medioapical angle and 12-14 smaller setae along medial surface (Fig. 105F); gonocoxite 2 subacuminate, lateral extension at base with curved terminus, 2 lateral ensiform setae, apical nematiform setae on medioventral surface at 0.75
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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gonocoxite length.
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<subSubSection pageId="220" pageNumber="221" type="holotype">
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<paragraph pageId="220" pageNumber="221">Holotype.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="220" pageNumber="221">
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Male (CUIC) labeled: HI: Maui Haleakala N.P. / Kaupo Gap el. 1736 m /
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<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="15" value="20.7075">N20°42'27"</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="15" value="-156.14471">W156°08'41"</geoCoordinate>
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/ 17-V-2001 lot 01 pyr. fog /
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<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Acacia koa" order="Fabales" pageId="220" pageNumber="221" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="koa">Acacia koa</taxonomicName>
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J.K. Liebherr // HOLOTYPE /
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Mecyclothorax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mecyclothorax" order="Coleoptera" pageId="220" pageNumber="221" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Mecyclothorax</taxonomicName>
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/
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<taxonomicName lsidName="simpulum" pageId="220" pageNumber="221" rank="species" species="simpulum">simpulum</taxonomicName>
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/ Liebherr / det. J.K. Liebherr 2015 (black-margined red label).
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<subSubSection pageId="220" pageNumber="221" type="paratypes">
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<paragraph pageId="220" pageNumber="221">Paratypes.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="220" pageNumber="221">
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HI: Maui: Haleakala N.P., Kaupo Gap, pyrethrin fog
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<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Acacia koa" order="Fabales" pageId="220" pageNumber="221" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="koa">Acacia koa</taxonomicName>
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, 1736 m el., 17-v-2001 lot 01, Liebherr (CUIC, 22); Kipahulu Vy., Central Pali Tr., sift leaf/moss litter, 915 m el., 30-iv-1991 lot 03, Liebherr/Medeiros (CUIC, 1).
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="220" pageNumber="221" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="220" pageNumber="221">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="220" pageNumber="221">
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As in
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Mecyclothorax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mecyclothorax bacrionis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="220" pageNumber="221" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bacrionis">Mecyclothorax bacrionis</taxonomicName>
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, the conformation of the male aedeagal median lobe is the most reliable means to diagnose this species. Here the Latin
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<taxonomicName lsidName="simpulum" pageId="220" pageNumber="221" rank="species" species="simpulum">simpulum</taxonomicName>
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, small ladle, is used as a noun in apposition to signify the shape of the male median lobe (Figs 113E, G).
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<paragraph pageId="220" pageNumber="221">Distribution and habitat.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="220" pageNumber="221">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Mecyclothorax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mecyclothorax simpulum" order="Coleoptera" pageId="220" pageNumber="221" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="simpulum">Mecyclothorax simpulum</taxonomicName>
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is a species of
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<taxonomicName lsidName="koa" pageId="220" pageNumber="221" rank="species" species="koa">koa</taxonomicName>
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forests in eastern
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Haleakalā">Haleakala</normalizedToken>
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, found in lower
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Kīpahulu">Kīpahulu</normalizedToken>
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Valley (915 m el.) and in
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Kaupō">Kaupō</normalizedToken>
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Gap at 1736 m elevation (Fig. 112). The
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Kīpahulu">Kīpahulu</normalizedToken>
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record was from sifted moss and leaf litter from under large koas, and the
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Kaupō">Kaupō</normalizedToken>
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Gap record was based on application of pyrethrin fog to the trunk of a large
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<taxonomicName lsidName="koa" pageId="220" pageNumber="221" rank="species" species="koa">koa</taxonomicName>
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