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<mods:title>The Mecyclothorax beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Moriomorphini) of Tahiti, Society Islands</mods:title>
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<paragraph pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Identification.</paragraph>
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This species is easily diagnosed by the broadly ellipsoid elytra and small, little transverse pronotum, MPW/PL = 1.25 (n = 2) (Fig. 23D). It shares pronotal proportions with the sympatric
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(Fig. 22E), but differs in the larger body size, standardized body length 5.3-5.6 mm, and by the presence of two supraorbital setae each side; setal formula 2221.
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is characterized by elytral intervals covered by dense transverse lines, with only occasional cross-connections resulting in transverse sculpticells versus the transverse mesh characterizing
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. The male aedeagal median lobe is nearly symmetrically expanded apically, with a rounded ventral and a subangulate dorsal expansion, and the apex face is rounded (Fig. 24G). The ostial canal parallels the dorsal margin, and the right paramere is narrowly extended to a whiplike apex.
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<paragraph pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Distribution and habitat.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="51" pageNumber="52">This species is known from 800-1100 m elevations on Mont Teatara, Tahiti Iti. One specimen was collected via pyrethrin fogging of mossy horizontal logs and mossy tree trunks.</paragraph>
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