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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.
5 branches of this group, most-observed first

Mecyclothorax ambiguus
speciesMecyclothorax ambiguus

Mecyclothorax punctipennis
speciesMecyclothorax punctipennis

Mecyclothorax rotundicollis
speciesMecyclothorax rotundicollis
Mecyclothorax oopteroides
speciesMecyclothorax oopteroides

Mecyclothorax otagoensis
speciesMecyclothorax otagoensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 632525.