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<emphasis id="B974EABCFFE9EF3C62B2FE58FD69FE56" bold="true" box="[408,643,413,435]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="389">Mecyclothorax flavipes</emphasis>
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(
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,
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,
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,
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)
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<emphasis id="B974EABCFFE9EF3C63EDFE21FEC5FE1F" bold="true" box="[199,303,484,506]" pageId="6" pageNumber="389">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Beetles with glossy, rufopiceous head, pronotum and elytra, contrasted with the flavous antennae and legs. The glabrous pronotum is convex with very narrow lateral margins that are only slightly paler in color than the disc, the basolateral margins briefly sinuate anterad the bluntly angulate, obtuse hind angles (
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). The anterior supraorbital seta is absent, and the posterior seta is situated just laterad the dorsal terminus of the postocular groove. This species is most similar in body shape to
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<emphasis id="B974EABCFFE9EF3C62CCFD41FDB1FD7C" box="[486,603,644,665]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="389">M. simiolus</emphasis>
(Blackburn)
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of Oahu, however, beetles of this species are larger—standardized body length
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versus 4.0
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for
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—and the eyes are more convex in this species than in
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<emphasis id="B974EABCFFE9EF3C60E4FD7CFF15FD0C" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="389">M. simiolus</emphasis>
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, with an ocular ratio 1.501.54 versus
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the latter. Moreover,
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individuals have the second elytral stria absent from the elytral apex with that character aiding the species placement in the
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<emphasis id="B974EABCFFE9EF3C6020FCCCFC76FCFB" box="[778,924,777,798]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="389">M. scaritoides</emphasis>
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species group (Liebherr 2009), whereas in
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<emphasis id="B974EABCFFE9EF3C613AFCE6FD6AFCDD" box="[528,640,803,824]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="389">M. flavipes</emphasis>
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individuals stria 2, though shallow, can be traced to the elytral apex.
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<emphasis id="B974EABCFFE9EF3C63EDFC9CFEAAFC8A" bold="true" box="[199,320,857,879]" pageId="6" pageNumber="389">Description.</emphasis>
Vertex and frons slightly convex between the shallow, finely incised frontal grooves, clypeo-ocular region laterad grooves raised into elongate callus, frontal groove nearly meeting postocular groove; mentum tooth flattened apically, lateral margins divergent resulting in rhomboid shape. Pronotal disc convex; median base convex between very small and deep laterobasal depressions located just mesad bluntly angled hind angles, base with 1520 small, isolated punctures each side of midline, basal margin with very narrow bead medially, the bead extended laterally to mesal margin of laterobasal depression; median longitudinal impression with several isolated punctures near median base, obsolete on disc; anterior transverse impression finely incised though shallow, smooth, deepest laterally at juncture with narrowly rounded, non-protruded front angles; lateral margin beaded, lateral marginal depression mesad bead obsolete; prosternal projection unmargined ventrally, posterior face slightly convex between procoxae. Elytra convex, suborbicular (
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), the base somewhat extended laterally mesad humeral angle; striae 13 continuous and punctate on disc, stria 4 shallower though still punctate and continuous, stria 5 represented by a discontinuous series of punctures, striae 6 and 7 obsolete; stria 1 consisting of four isolated punctures laterad parascutellar striole that is also 4-punctate; elytral apex with sutural stria 1 deep and continuous, stria 2 very shallow though traceable, striae 36 obsolete, only stria 7 evident for short distance before apex; parascutellar seta present; two dorsal elytral setae present each side; lateral elytral setae configured as 7(6) + 6; no apical seta present near apex of stria 2. Fourth metatarsomere emarginate apically, the outer apical lobe 0.5
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mediodorsal tarsomere length; tarsomeres relatively short, robust. Metepisternum appearing slightly elongate, though mesal margin length is only 1.1
<emphasis id="B974EABCFFE9EF3C603BFA1DFCCFFA09" bold="true" box="[785,805,1496,1516]" pageId="6" pageNumber="389">3</emphasis>
length of anterior margin. Microsculpture of head an intermittent transverse mesh, interspersed with glossy portions of cuticle; pronotal disc glossy, microsculpture obsolete; elytra with shallow transverse-mesh microsculpture, sculpticell breadth 24
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length; thoracic ventrites glossy, smooth, the metepisternum and metepimeron covered with isodiametric sculpticells; abdominal ventrites with transverse mesh microsculpture medially, an isodiametric mesh laterally.
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<emphasis id="B974EABCFFE8EF3D638DFA47FF0FFA70" bold="true" box="[167,229,1410,1429]" pageId="7" pageNumber="390">Fig. 2.</emphasis>
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spp.
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(vignettes represent actual body size). A.
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. B.
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<emphasis id="B974EABCFFE8EF3D609EFA47FF00FA48" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="390">M. mundanus</emphasis>
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. C.
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.
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In addition to diagnosis, palpomeres flavous with diffuse smoky cast; elytral lateral marginal depression narrowly flavous anteriorly, flavous border expanded posteriorly to cover 7th and 8th intervals anterad subapical sinuation, somewhat broader at apex, sutural interval rufous; pro- and elytral epipleura rufoflavous, concolorous with lateral reaches of visible ventrites 35 and apical margin of ventrite 6, median portions of ventrites and abdominal sternites piceous; legs including trochanters flavous, coxae rufopiceous.
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<emphasis id="B974EABCFFE7EF3263EDFE28FEB7FDE7" box="[199,349,493,514]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="391">Male genitalia</emphasis>
(
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). Aedeagal median lobe robust, median dorsoventral breadth 0.25
<emphasis id="B974EABCFFE7EF32621FFDCDFEA3FDF9" bold="true" box="[309,329,520,540]" pageId="8" pageNumber="391">3</emphasis>
distance from tip to distal margin of sagittal crest (
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), median lobe ventral surface curved in apical half of length; lobe apex extended for short distance apicad ostial opening, the tip tightly rounded and apical face slightly convex; based on one uneverted specimen, the dorsal plate is elongate, its length 0.37
<emphasis id="B974EABCFFE7EF32620AFDB1FEDEFD6D" bold="true" box="[288,308,628,648]" pageId="8" pageNumber="391">3</emphasis>
distance from basal lobe sagittal crest to median lobe apex, and the sac is covered with a well-developed field of microspicules.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B974EABCFFE7EF3263EDFD6FFE2CFD5A" box="[199,454,682,703]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="391">Female reproductive tract</emphasis>
(
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). Female bursa copulatrix with accessory dorsal lobe attached to dorsal surface of a distinct ventral lobe (
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), the dorsal lobe juncture distinctly apicad the junction of common oviduct and ventral lobe; spermathecal duct short, spermatheca just extended beyond lateral margin of bursa; spermathecal gland duct short, the duct about half length of spermathecal duct; basal gonocoxite 1 with apical fringe of three setae (
<figureCitation id="133B2A2BFFE7EF3261C7FCF4FCD6FCA2" box="[749,828,817,839]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="10.[196,227,1250,1269]" captionTargetBox="[236,944,194,1228]" captionTargetId="figure-67@10.[236,944,194,1228]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="Fig. 4. Female reproductive tracts (A, C) and gonocoxa (B, D) of Mecyclothorax spp. A, B. M. flavipes. C, D. M. filipes. Abbreviations: alf, apicolateral fringe setae; am, apicomedial seta; an, apical nematiform setae; bc, bursa copulatrix, co, common oviduct; de, dorsal ensiform seta; dl, dorsal lobe of bursa copulatrix; gc1, basal gonocoxite 1; gc2, apical gonocoxite 2; le, lateral ensiform setae; sg, spermathecal gland; sp, spermatheca; vl, ventral lobe of bursa copulatrix." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4924364" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4924364/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="391">Fig. 4B</figureCitation>
), and a small seta on mesal margin near medioapical angle (not considered homologous with apicomedial seta, see
<figureCitation id="133B2A2BFFE7EF3262A2FCA2FE30FC98" box="[392,474,871,893]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="10.[196,227,1250,1269]" captionTargetBox="[236,944,194,1228]" captionTargetId="figure-67@10.[236,944,194,1228]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="Fig. 4. Female reproductive tracts (A, C) and gonocoxa (B, D) of Mecyclothorax spp. A, B. M. flavipes. C, D. M. filipes. Abbreviations: alf, apicolateral fringe setae; am, apicomedial seta; an, apical nematiform setae; bc, bursa copulatrix, co, common oviduct; de, dorsal ensiform seta; dl, dorsal lobe of bursa copulatrix; gc1, basal gonocoxite 1; gc2, apical gonocoxite 2; le, lateral ensiform setae; sg, spermathecal gland; sp, spermatheca; vl, ventral lobe of bursa copulatrix." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4924364" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4924364/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="391">Fig. 4D</figureCitation>
); apical gonocoxite 2 broad basally, with basolateral margin recurved anterad, lateral margin of apical gonocoxite strongly curved, apex tightly rounded; lateral ensiform setae of apical gonocoxite small, dorsal ensiform seta and two apical nematiform setae also present.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BBF36AEFFE7EF3263EDFC11FD56FB39" blockId="8.[175,1005,194,1570]" pageId="8" pageNumber="391">
<emphasis id="B974EABCFFE7EF3263EDFC11FEE3FC0F" bold="true" box="[199,265,980,1002]" pageId="8" pageNumber="391">Types.</emphasis>
<typeStatus id="54BB880CFFE7EF32623DFC11FE9DFC0F" box="[279,375,980,1002]" pageId="8" pageNumber="391" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
male (BPBM), dissected and card mounted, genitalia in polyethylene genitalia vial on pin: HAWAIIAN IS: Lanai I. Monroe [sic Munro] Rd.; nr. Lanai-hale,
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,
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/ on live
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bark / G. Paulay and S. Montgomery, Coll. BISHOP MUSEUM Acc.
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1987.027 /
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24757C7FFE7EF32609EFBE1FC07FBDF" box="[948,1005,1060,1082]" pageId="8" pageNumber="391" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
variipes male 1 det. J. Liebherr /
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<taxonomicName id="4C004D2DFFE7EF3261B1FBFAFC61FBB0" authorityName="Liebherr" authorityYear="2009" box="[667,907,1087,1109]" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Mecyclothorax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="391" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavipes">Mecyclothorax flavipes</taxonomicName>
det. J.K. Liebherr 2009 (black-margined red label).
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. HI: Lanai, Munro Tr. near Lanaihale,
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el., on live
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<emphasis id="B974EABCFFE7EF326107FBB3FD79FB6E" box="[557,659,1142,1163]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="391">Casuarina</emphasis>
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bark,
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, Paulay and Montgomery (BPBM, 1), on dead
<taxonomicName id="4C004D2DFFE7EF32611EFB54FD48FB43" box="[564,674,1169,1190]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myrtaceae" genus="Eucalyptus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="8" pageNumber="391" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B974EABCFFE7EF32611EFB54FD48FB43" box="[564,674,1169,1190]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="391">Eucalyptus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
trunk,
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, Paulay and Montgomery (BPBM, 1); Waiakeakua,
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el., on tree trunks and beating vegetation at night,
<date id="FFBE106EFFE7EF3262AAFB03FE0AFB39" box="[384,480,1222,1244]" pageId="8" pageNumber="391" value="1993-05-02">2-V-1993</date>
, Liebherr (CUIC, 1).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C31A6525FFE7EF3263EDFB27FD15FAF6" pageId="8" pageNumber="391" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BBF36AEFFE7EF3263EDFB27FD15FAF6" blockId="8.[175,1005,194,1570]" pageId="8" pageNumber="391">
<emphasis id="B974EABCFFE7EF3263EDFB27FED0FB1D" bold="true" box="[199,314,1250,1272]" pageId="8" pageNumber="391">Etymology.</emphasis>
The epithet
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<emphasis id="B974EABCFFE7EF326297FB27FDE2FB12" box="[445,520,1250,1271]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="391">flavipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
signifies the distinctive yellow legs and tarsi of this species, and is to be treated as a noun in apposition.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C31A6525FFE7EF3263EDFADCFE09F9C7" pageId="8" pageNumber="391" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BBF36AEFFE7EF3263EDFADCFEE0FA80" blockId="8.[175,1005,194,1570]" pageId="8" pageNumber="391">
<emphasis id="B974EABCFFE7EF3263EDFADCFEACFACA" bold="true" box="[199,326,1305,1327]" pageId="8" pageNumber="391">Distribution.</emphasis>
Recorded from the summit ridge of Lanai at Lanaihale and Waiakeakua (
<figureCitation id="133B2A2BFFE7EF32626BFAF1FE79FAAF" box="[321,403,1332,1354]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="11.[167,198,1309,1328]" captionTargetBox="[172,950,194,1286]" captionTargetId="figure-17@11.[172,950,194,1287]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="Fig. 5. Known distributions of carabid beetle species on Lanai. A. Mecyclothorax flavipes. B. M. mundanus. C. M. filipes. D. Bembidion ignicola. E. Blackburnia lanaiensis. F. Bl. lucipetens." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4924366" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4924366/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="391">Fig. 5A</figureCitation>
), two localities near
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elevation and separated by
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BBF36AEFFE7EF3263EDFAAFFE09F9C7" blockId="8.[175,1005,194,1570]" pageId="8" pageNumber="391">
<emphasis id="B974EABCFFE7EF3263EDFAAFFEF1FA65" bold="true" box="[199,283,1386,1408]" pageId="8" pageNumber="391">Habitat.</emphasis>
Three of the
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are recorded from the trunks of nonnative trees, either
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<emphasis id="B974EABCFFE7EF3262A2FA43FE04FA7E" box="[392,494,1414,1435]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="391">Casuarina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
or
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<emphasis id="B974EABCFFE7EF32610AFA43FD64FA7E" box="[544,654,1414,1435]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="391">Eucalyptus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, within the native cloud forest community (
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). Thus it appears this species includes arboreal microhabitats within its ecological preferences, though whether that substrate comprises native or non-native plant species is of lesser importance. The 1993 specimen was collected during a nighttime stop, along with
<taxonomicName id="4C004D2DFFE7EF3261BDFA37FC2DF9E2" authority="(Sharp)" baseAuthorityName="Sharp" baseAuthorityYear="1903" box="[663,967,1521,1543]" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Blackburnia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="391" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="depressa">
<emphasis id="B974EABCFFE7EF3261BDFA37FC84F9E2" box="[663,878,1522,1543]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="391">Blackburnia depressa</emphasis>
(Sharp)
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B974EABCFFE7EF3260FCFA37FF00F9C7" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="391">B. filipes</emphasis>
(Sharp)
</taxonomicName>
, and
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<emphasis id="B974EABCFFE7EF326256F9C8FE37F9C7" box="[380,477,1549,1570]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="391">M. filipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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</treatment>
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