Mecyclothorax

Mecyclothorax  er en slekt av løpebiller som har gjennomgått en stor adaptiv radiasjon på øyer i Polynesia.

Utseende  
Middelsstore, avlange, blanke, mørke løpebiller. Hodet er firkantet med noe utstående fasettøyne. pronotum er rundet, kraftig punktert ved roten. Dekkvingene er rundede med fine punkstriper.

Levevis 
Artene er knyttet til råtten ved.

Utbredelse 
De fleste av artene lever på Hawaii og på øyene Tahiti og Moorea i Fransk Polynesia. Slekten forekommer også på New Zealand, Ny-Guinea, Ny-Caledonia og i Queensland.

Systematisk inndeling 

 Ordenen biller, Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758
 Underordenen Adephaga Schellenberg, 1806
 Overfamilien løpebiller og vannkalver, Caraboidea Latreille, 1802
 Familien løpebiller, Carabidae Latreille, 1802
 Underfamilien Psydrinae LeConte, 1853
 Slekten Mecyclothorax Sharp, 1903
 Underslekten Eucyclothorax Liebherr, 2018 - Australia
 Underslekten Mecyclothorax (i snever forstand) - Indonesia til Hawaii, New Zealand
 Underslekten Meonochilus Liebherr & Marris, 2009 - New Zealand
 Underslekten Phacothorax Jeannel, 1944 - Ny-Caledonia
 Underslekten Qecyclothorax Liebherr, 2018 - Queensland

Liste (ufullstendig) over artene 
Mecyclothorax aa Liebherr, 2008
Mecyclothorax aano Liebherr, 2013
Mecyclothorax abax Liebherr, 2007
Mecyclothorax acherontius Liebherr, 2009
Mecyclothorax acutangulus Perrault, 1988
Mecyclothorax aeneipennis Liebherr, 2005
Mecyclothorax aeneus Sharp, 1903
Mecyclothorax affinis Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax ahulili Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax allostriatus Liebherr, 2011
Mecyclothorax altiusculoides Perrault, 1988
Mecyclothorax altiusculus (Britton, 1938)
Mecyclothorax amaroides Sharp, 1903
Mecyclothorax ambiguus (Erichson, 1842)
Mecyclothorax ambulatus Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax amingwiwae Liebherr, 2017
Mecyclothorax anaana Liebherr, 2012
Mecyclothorax anchisteus Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax andersoni Liebherr, 2017
Mecyclothorax angulosus Perrault, 1989
Mecyclothorax angusticollis (Blackburn, 1878)
Mecyclothorax annae Liebherr, 2007
Mecyclothorax antaeus Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax anthracinus Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax aorai Perrault, 1978
Mecyclothorax apicalis (Sharp, 1903)
Mecyclothorax aquilus Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax arboricola Liebherr, 2013
Mecyclothorax arcanus Liebherr, 2011
Mecyclothorax arcuatus Liebherr, 2007
Mecyclothorax argutor (Sharp, 1903)
Mecyclothorax argutuloides Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax argutulus Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax arthuri Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax ata Perrault, 1978
Mecyclothorax ataraensis Perrault, 1989
Mecyclothorax ater Britton, 1948
Mecyclothorax bacrionis Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax badius Liebherr, 2011
Mecyclothorax baehri Guéorguiev, 2013
Mecyclothorax balli Perrault, 1978
Mecyclothorax ballioides Perrault, 1978
Mecyclothorax bartletti Liebherr, 2011
Mecyclothorax basipunctus Louwerens, 1953
Mecyclothorax bembidicus Sharp, 1903
Mecyclothorax bembidioides (Blackburn, 1879)
Mecyclothorax bicolor Sharp, 1903
Mecyclothorax bicoloratus Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax bicoloris Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax bilaianus Baehr, 1998
Mecyclothorax bilobatus Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax blackburni (Sloane, 1898)
Mecyclothorax blackburnianus Liebherr, 2008
Mecyclothorax bougainvillei Perrault, 1986
Mecyclothorax bradycellinus Sharp, 1903
Mecyclothorax bradycelloides Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax bradyderus (Sharp, 1903)
Mecyclothorax brevidux Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax brevipennis Perrault, 1984
Mecyclothorax brevis (Blackburn, 1878)
Mecyclothorax brispex Liebherr, 2017
Mecyclothorax brittoni Perrault, 1978
Mecyclothorax bryobioides Perrault, 1988
Mecyclothorax bryobius (Britton, 1938)
Mecyclothorax calceus Liebherr, 2009
Mecyclothorax carteri (Perkins, 1917)
Mecyclothorax castaneus Perrault, 1986
Mecyclothorax ceteratus Liebherr, 2011
Mecyclothorax chalcosus (Sharp, 1903)
Mecyclothorax claridgeiae Liebherr, 2013
Mecyclothorax clermontiae Liebherr, 2011
Mecyclothorax cognatus Sharp, 1903
Mecyclothorax comma Liebherr, 2007
Mecyclothorax consanguineus Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax consobrinus Liebherr, 2005
Mecyclothorax constrictus (Sharp, 1903)
Mecyclothorax contractus Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax convexicollis (Emden, 1937)
Mecyclothorax convexus Liebherr, 2007
Mecyclothorax cooki Perrault, 1986
Mecyclothorax cordaticollaris Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax cordaticollis (Blackburn, 1878)
Mecyclothorax cordicollis (Sloane, 1900)
Mecyclothorax cordithorax Liebherr, 2005
Mecyclothorax crassuloides Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax crassulus Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax crassus (Sharp, 1903)
Mecyclothorax cuccodoroi Baehr, 2002
Mecyclothorax cupreoides Perrault, 1978
Mecyclothorax cupreus Perrault, 1978
Mecyclothorax cupripennis Perrault, 1989
Mecyclothorax curtimutinus Liebherr, 2011
Mecyclothorax curtipes (Sharp, 1903)
Mecyclothorax curtisi Liebherr, 2013
Mecyclothorax curtus (Sloane, 1895)
Mecyclothorax cymindicus Sharp, 1903
Mecyclothorax cymindoides Liebherr, 2007
Mecyclothorax cymindulus Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax dannieae Perrault, 1978
Mecyclothorax daptinus Sharp, 1903
Mecyclothorax debiliceps Liebherr, 2007
Mecyclothorax debilis (Sharp, 1903)
Mecyclothorax dentatus Liebherr, 2009
Mecyclothorax deverilli (Blackburn, 1879)
Mecyclothorax discedens (Sharp, 1903)
Mecyclothorax dispar Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax doesburgi Louwerens, 1949
Mecyclothorax ducalis (Sharp, 1903)
Mecyclothorax dunbarorum Liebherr, 2007
Mecyclothorax ehu Liebherr, 2013
Mecyclothorax eipomeki Baehr, 1995
Mecyclothorax eliti Baehr, 1995
Mecyclothorax euryoides Liebherr, 2009
Mecyclothorax everardi Liebherr, 2013
Mecyclothorax ewingi Liebherr, 2007
Mecyclothorax excavatus Liebherr, 2011
Mecyclothorax exilioides Liebherr, 2011
Mecyclothorax exilis Britton, 1948
Mecyclothorax externestriatus Perrault, 1989
Mecyclothorax eyrensis (Blackburn, 1892)
Mecyclothorax fairmairei Perrault, 1986
Mecyclothorax fatata Liebherr, 2012
Mecyclothorax fefemata Liebherr, 2013
Mecyclothorax ferovipennis Liebherr, 2011
Mecyclothorax ferruginosus Perrault, 1988
Mecyclothorax filipes (Sharp, 1903)
Mecyclothorax filipoides Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax filitarsis Liebherr, 2011
Mecyclothorax flavipes Liebherr, 2009
Mecyclothorax flaviventris Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax flavolateralis Liebherr, 2007
Mecyclothorax flavomarginatus Britton, 1948
Mecyclothorax fleutiauxi (Jeannel, 1944)
Mecyclothorax footei Liebherr, 2008
Mecyclothorax fortis (Blackburn, 1889)
Mecyclothorax fosbergi Perrault, 1979
Mecyclothorax fosbergioides Perrault, 1988
Mecyclothorax foveolatus Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax foveopunctatus Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax funebris Liebherr, 2008
Mecyclothorax fuscus Perrault, 1989
Mecyclothorax gagnei Liebherr, 2008
Mecyclothorax geminatus Liebherr, 2011
Mecyclothorax georgettae Perrault, 1978
Mecyclothorax gerardi Perrault, 1978
Mecyclothorax giffardi Liebherr, 2005
Mecyclothorax giffini Liebherr, 2008
Mecyclothorax globicollis (Mandl, 1969)
Mecyclothorax globosoides Perrault, 1989
Mecyclothorax globosus (Britton, 1948)
Mecyclothorax globulosus Perrault, 1978
Mecyclothorax gourvesi Perrault, 1978
Mecyclothorax gourvesioides Perrault, 1988
Mecyclothorax goweri Moore, 1992
Mecyclothorax gracilicollis Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax granulatus Liebherr, 2007
Mecyclothorax granulipennis Liebherr, 2008
Mecyclothorax gressitti Liebherr, 2017
Mecyclothorax haleakalae (Sharp, 1903)
Mecyclothorax hamatus Perrault, 1988
Mecyclothorax haydeni Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax hemisphaericus Perrault, 1989
Mecyclothorax hephaestoides Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax hephaestus Liebherr, 2008
Mecyclothorax hoeahiti Liebherr, 2013
Mecyclothorax howei Moore, 1992
Mecyclothorax hunapopoti Liebherr, 2013
Mecyclothorax impressipennis Baehr, 2003
Mecyclothorax improcerus Liebherr, 2011
Mecyclothorax impunctatus Liebherr, 2007
Mecyclothorax inaequalis (Blackburn, 1878)
Mecyclothorax incompositus Britton, 1948
Mecyclothorax inconscriptus Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax inflatus inflatus Baehr, 2003
Mecyclothorax inflatus spinifer Baehr, 2003
Mecyclothorax insolitus (Sharp, 1903)
Mecyclothorax invictus Liebherr, 2009
Mecyclothorax invisitatus Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax interruptus Sharp, 1903
Mecyclothorax irregularis Britton, 1948
Mecyclothorax iteratus Sharp, 1903
Mecyclothorax jarrigei Perrault, 1978
Mecyclothorax jeanneli Liebherr, 2018
Mecyclothorax jeanyvesi Liebherr, 2013
Mecyclothorax jiwikae Baehr, 1995
Mecyclothorax joni Liebherr, 2007
Mecyclothorax julianae Baehr, 1995
Mecyclothorax kahalawaiae Liebherr, 2011
Mecyclothorax kanak Moore & Liebherr, 2018
Mecyclothorax karschi (Blackburn, 1882)
Mecyclothorax kaukukini Liebherr, 2008
Mecyclothorax kaumakani Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax kavanaughi Liebherr, 2008
Mecyclothorax kayballae Liebherr, 2013
Mecyclothorax kipahulu Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax kipwilli Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax kokone Liebherr, 2013
Mecyclothorax konanus Sharp, 1903
Mecyclothorax konemata Liebherr, 2013
Mecyclothorax krushelnyckyi Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax kubor Baehr, 2008
Mecyclothorax kuiki Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax lackneri Baehr, 2008
Mecyclothorax laetus (Blackburn, 1881)
Mecyclothorax laevilateralis Perrault, 1989
Mecyclothorax lahainae Britton, 1948
Mecyclothorax langdae Baehr, 1995
Mecyclothorax lateralis (Castelnau, 1867)
Mecyclothorax laterobustus Liebherr, 2018
Mecyclothorax laterorectus Liebherr, 2018
Mecyclothorax laterosinuatus Liebherr, 2018
Mecyclothorax laterovatulus Liebherr, 2018
Mecyclothorax latissimus Liebherr, 2007
Mecyclothorax latus Liebherr, 2007
Mecyclothorax lemur Liebherr, 2009
Mecyclothorax lewisensis Moore, 1984
Mecyclothorax lewisensis uncinatus Baehr, 2003
Mecyclothorax lisae Liebherr, 2007
Mecyclothorax lissopterus Liebherr, 2007
Mecyclothorax lissus (Andrewes, 1933)
Mecyclothorax lobatus Liebherr, 2009
Mecyclothorax loebli Baehr, 2002
Mecyclothorax longidux Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax longulus Sharp, 1903
Mecyclothorax lophoides (Chaudoir, 1854)
Mecyclothorax lyratus Liebherr, 2011
Mecyclothorax macrops (Sharp, 1903)
Mecyclothorax mahatahi Liebherr, 2012
Mecyclothorax mahina Perrault, 1984
Mecyclothorax major Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax manautei Liebherr, 2018
Mecyclothorax manina Liebherr, 2013
Mecyclothorax maninamata Liebherr, 2013
Mecyclothorax maninapopoti Liebherr, 2013
Mecyclothorax manducus Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax mapo Liebherr, 2012
Mecyclothorax mapura Perrault, 1984
Mecyclothorax marau Perrault, 1978
Mecyclothorax marginatus Perrault, 1978
Mecyclothorax mauiae Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax maunakukini Liebherr, 2008
Mecyclothorax medeirosi Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax medioconstrictus Liebherr, 2017
Mecyclothorax megalovatulus Liebherr, 2018
Mecyclothorax menemene Liebherr, 2012
Mecyclothorax micans (Blackburn, 1878)
Mecyclothorax microps Sharp, 1903
Mecyclothorax minimops Liebherr, 2011
Mecyclothorax minor Britton, 1948
Mecyclothorax minutus (Castelnau, 1867)
Mecyclothorax molokaiae (Sharp, 1903)
Mecyclothorax molops (Sharp, 1903)
Mecyclothorax montanus Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax monteithi Moore, 1985
Mecyclothorax montivagus (Blackburn, 1878)
Mecyclothorax moorei Baehr, 2009
Mecyclothorax mordax Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax mordicus Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax mouensis Moore & Liebherr, 2018
Mecyclothorax multipunctatus (Blackburn, 1878)
Mecyclothorax mundanus (Sharp, 1903)
Mecyclothorax muriauxi Perrault, 1978
Mecyclothorax najtae Deuve, 1987
Mecyclothorax nanunctus Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax negrei Perrault, 1986
Mecyclothorax niho Liebherr, 2013
Mecyclothorax ninamu Liebherr, 2013
Mecyclothorax niobe Liebherr, 2009
Mecyclothorax nitidus Liebherr, 2008
Mecyclothorax notobscuricornis Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax nubicola (Blackburn, 1878)
Mecyclothorax oahuensis (Blackburn, 1878)
Mecyclothorax oaoa Liebherr, 2013
Mecyclothorax obscuricolor (Blackburn, 1878)
Mecyclothorax obscuricornis Sharp, 1903
Mecyclothorax obscurus Liebherr, 2007
Mecyclothorax obtuseangulatus Baehr, 2014
Mecyclothorax obtusus Perrault, 1984
Mecyclothorax occultus Sharp, 1903
Mecyclothorax octavius Liebherr, 2018
Mecyclothorax oculatus Sharp, 1903
Mecyclothorax oculellus Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax ommatoplax Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax oopteroides Liebherr & Marris, 2009
Mecyclothorax oppenheimeri Liebherr, 2011
Mecyclothorax orbiculus Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax otagoensis Liebherr & Marris, 2009
Mecyclothorax ovalipennis Perrault, 1988
Mecyclothorax ovalis Sloane, 1915
Mecyclothorax ovatulus Liebherr, 2009
Mecyclothorax ovipennis Sharp, 1903
Mecyclothorax paahonu Liebherr, 2013
Mecyclothorax pahere Liebherr, 2012
Mecyclothorax palikea Liebherr & Krushelnycky, 2011
Mecyclothorax pallidus Liebherr, 2011
Mecyclothorax palustris (Sharp, 1903)
Mecyclothorax palustroides Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax paniensis Liebherr, 2018
Mecyclothorax papau Liebherr, 2013
Mecyclothorax papuhiti Liebherr, 2013
Mecyclothorax paradoxus (Blackburn, 1879)
Mecyclothorax paraglobosus Perrault, 1989
Mecyclothorax paraltiusculus Perrault, 1988
Mecyclothorax parapicalis Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax parovalipennis Perrault, 1988
Mecyclothorax patagiatus Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax patulus Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax pau Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax pele (Blackburn, 1879)
Mecyclothorax pelops Liebherr, 2009
Mecyclothorax perivariipes Liebherr, 2008
Mecyclothorax perkinsi (Sharp, 1903)
Mecyclothorax perkinsianus (Sharp, 1903)
Mecyclothorax perpolitus Perkins, 1917
Mecyclothorax perseveratus Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax perstriatus (Sharp, 1903)
Mecyclothorax peryphoides (Blackburn, 1889)
Mecyclothorax picdupinsensis Liebherr, 2018
Mecyclothorax pirihao Liebherr, 2012
Mecyclothorax pitohitiensis Liebherr, 2013
Mecyclothorax planatus Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax planipennis Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax platops Liebherr, 2011
Mecyclothorax platysminus (Sharp, 1903)
Mecyclothorax polhemusi Liebherr, 2007
Mecyclothorax pomarei Perrault, 1986
Mecyclothorax poouli Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax popotioaoa Liebherr, 2012
Mecyclothorax poria Liebherr, 2013
Mecyclothorax poro Liebherr, 2012
Mecyclothorax profondestriatus Perrault, 1989
Mecyclothorax pseudaltiusculus Perrault, 1988
Mecyclothorax punakukini Liebherr, 2008
Mecyclothorax punctatostriatus Liebherr, 2007
Mecyclothorax punctatus (Sloane, 1895)
Mecyclothorax punctatus peckorum Baehr, 2016
Mecyclothorax punctipennis (Macleay, 1871)
Mecyclothorax purpuripennis Liebherr, 2008
Mecyclothorax pusillus Sharp, 1903
Mecyclothorax putaputa Liebherr, 2012
Mecyclothorax quadraticollis Perrault, 1984
Mecyclothorax rahimata Liebherr, 2013
Mecyclothorax ramagei Liebherr, 2013
Mecyclothorax ramsdalei Liebherr, 2009
Mecyclothorax rectangulus Louwerens, 1953
Mecyclothorax refulgens Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax reiteratus Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax rex Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax riedeli Baehr, 1992
Mecyclothorax robustus (Blackburn, 1881)
Mecyclothorax rotundatus Lorenz, 1998
Mecyclothorax rotundicollis (White, 1846)
Mecyclothorax rufipennis Liebherr, 2008
Mecyclothorax rusticus Sharp, 1903
Mecyclothorax sabulicola (Britton, 1948)
Mecyclothorax sapei Baehr, 1995
Mecyclothorax satyrus Liebherr, 2009
Mecyclothorax scapulatus Liebherr, 2011
Mecyclothorax scarites Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax scaritoides (Blackburn, 1878)
Mecyclothorax sculptonotatus (Enderlein, 1909)
Mecyclothorax sedlaceki Darlington, 1971
Mecyclothorax semistriatus Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax sharpi Britton, 1948
Mecyclothorax simiolus (Blackburn, 1878)
Mecyclothorax simpulum Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax sinuatus Perrault, 1988
Mecyclothorax sinuosus Liebherr, 2008
Mecyclothorax sobrinus Sharp, 1903
Mecyclothorax spinosus Perrault, 1989
Mecyclothorax splendidus Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax stenolophinus Liebherr, 2007
Mecyclothorax storeyi Moore, 1984
Mecyclothorax storeyi frerei Baehr, 2003
Mecyclothorax strigosus Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax striatopunctatus Perrault, 1986
Mecyclothorax subater Liebherr, 2007
Mecyclothorax subconstrictus (Sharp, 1903)
Mecyclothorax subquadratus Perrault, 1984
Mecyclothorax subsinuatus Liebherr, 2007
Mecyclothorax subternus Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax subtilis Britton & Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax subunctus (Perkins, 1917)
Mecyclothorax superstriatus Liebherr, 2005
Mecyclothorax swezeyi Liebherr, 2008
Mecyclothorax taatitore Liebherr, 2013
Mecyclothorax tahitiensis Perrault, 1978
Mecyclothorax taiarapu Perrault, 1989
Mecyclothorax takumiae Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax tantalus Britton, 1948
Mecyclothorax tauberorum Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax teatara Perrault, 1986
Mecyclothorax tihotii Liebherr, 2012
Mecyclothorax timberlakei Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax toretore Liebherr, 2012
Mecyclothorax toxopei Darlington, 1962
Mecyclothorax trisetifer Liebherr, 2007
Mecyclothorax tuberculatus Perrault, 1988
Mecyclothorax tuea Liebherr, 2013
Mecyclothorax tutei Liebherr, 2012
Mecyclothorax uncinus Liebherr, 2009
Mecyclothorax unctus (Blackburn, 1881)
Mecyclothorax ustulatus Liebherr, 2011
Mecyclothorax vaifaufa Perrault, 1989
Mecyclothorax variipes (Sharp, 1903)
Mecyclothorax vicinus Liebherr, 2011
Mecyclothorax villiersi Perrault, 1986
Mecyclothorax viridis Perrault, 1978
Mecyclothorax vitreus Britton, 1948
Mecyclothorax vulcanoides Liebherr, 2011
Mecyclothorax vulcanus (Blackburn, 1879)
Mecyclothorax waikamoi Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax wallisi Perrault, 1986
Mecyclothorax williamsi Liebherr, 2008
Mecyclothorax xestos Liebherr, 2015
Mecyclothorax zimmermani Perrault, 1978

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