Mecyclothorax molokaiae explained

Mecyclothorax molokaiae is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Psydrinae.^[1] It was described by Sharp in 1903.^[1]

Distribution

Occurs on the island of Molokai of the Hawaiian Islands at elevations ranging from 900 to 1380 m. This species has been found in the tree fern Cibotium and in the myrtle plant Metrosideros.^{[2] [1] [3]}

Taxonomy

The species was first described in 1903 by the English entomologist David Sharp (1840–1922), and its valid status was confirmed in a revision carried out in 2007 by the American coleopterologist James K. Liebherr of Cornell University.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mecyclothorax molokaiae (Sharp, 1903) . Catalogue of Life . 2023-03-11 .
2. Liebherr James K. . 2007 . Taxonomic revision of the Mecyclothorax beetles (Coleoptera : Carabidae, Psydrini) of Molokai, Hawaii and recognition of areas of endemism on Kamakou Volcano . Journal of the New York Entomological Society . 114 . 4 . 179–281 .
3. Liebherr James K. . 2015 . The Mecyclothorax beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Moriomorphini) of Haleakalā, Maui: keystone of a hyperdiverse Hawaiian radiation . . 544 . 407 pp . 10.3897/zookeys.544.6074. 26798289 . free . 4714384 .
4. Sharp D. 1903. Coleoptera, Caraboidea. In Sharp D. (ed.). Fauna Hawaiiensis 3. University Press, Cambridge: pp. 175-292.