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Mecyclothorax
Mecyclothorax is a genus of beetles that contains over 400 described species or subspecies, mostly from the Hawaiian Islands, and Tahiti and Moorea, French Polynesia. Additional radiations have evolved in Queensland, Australia, New Guinea and New Caledonia. The genus has been divided into five subgenera: Eucyclothorax Liebherr 2018 of Australia, Qecyclothorax Liebherr 2018 of Queensland, Australia, Meonochilus Liebherr & Marris, 2009 of New Zealand, Phacothorax Jeannel 1944 of New Caledonia, and the more widely distributed subgenus Mecyclothorax Sharp 1903 [in Australia, the Sundas, New Zealand, the Society Islands (Moorea and Tahiti), and Hawaii]. The adelphotaxon to Mecyclothorax is hypothesized to consist of the genera associated with Amblytelus Blackburn, also distributed in Australia, and therefore the evolutionary history of Mecyclothorax commenced in Australia.
21 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Mecyclothorax
subgenusMecyclothorax
Meonochilus
subgenusMeonochilus
Mecyclothorax monteithi
speciesMecyclothorax monteithi
Mecyclothorax oculatus
speciesMecyclothorax oculatus
Mecyclothorax bembidicus
speciesMecyclothorax bembidicus
Mecyclothorax bembidioides
speciesMecyclothorax bembidioides
Mecyclothorax deverilli
speciesMecyclothorax deverilli
Mecyclothorax discedens
speciesMecyclothorax discedens
Mecyclothorax karschi
speciesMecyclothorax karschi
Mecyclothorax konanus
speciesMecyclothorax konanus
Mecyclothorax parvus
speciesMecyclothorax parvus
Mecyclothorax pele
speciesMecyclothorax pele
Mecyclothorax perpolitus
speciesMecyclothorax perpolitus
Mecyclothorax subunctus
speciesMecyclothorax subunctus
Mecyclothorax variipes
speciesMecyclothorax variipes
Mecyclothorax vulcanus
speciesMecyclothorax vulcanus
Mecyclothorax argutor
speciesMecyclothorax argutor
Mecyclothorax simiolus
speciesMecyclothorax simiolus
Mecyclothorax putaputa
speciesMecyclothorax putaputa
Mecyclothorax ramagei
speciesMecyclothorax ramagei
Mecyclothorax paradoxus
speciesMecyclothorax paradoxus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 377019.