Baehr: a new Mecyclothorax carabid beetle 
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both palpi asetose. Antenna short, antennomeres 7-10 c. 
1 V 3 x as long as wide. Posterior supraorbital seta situated 
slightly in front of posterior margin of eye. Upper surface of 
head without any microreticulation, impunctate apart from a 
few very coarse punctures on lateral parts of frons near the 
eyes. Surface very glossy. 
Pronotum. Wide, laterally and dorsally convex. 
Apex straight or even slightly convex, apical angles not 
produced. Lateral margins in apical half markedly convex, 
in basal half straight and oblique, just in front of basal 
angles shortly and weakly sinuate. Basal angles angulate 
and slightly produced. Base in middle straight, laterally 
slightly excised. Both, apex and base not margined, 
marginal sulcus narrow throughout, not widened towards 
base. Median line fine and inconspicuous, not attaining 
apex nor base. Basal grooves deep, short, linear. Anterior 
transversal sulcus barely indicated, basal transverse sulcus 
fairly deep. Both marginal setae present, the anterior one 
situated at the widest diameter at or slightly in front of 
middle, the posterior one at basal angle. Disk with sparse, 
very coarse, and somewhat irregularly spaced punctures, 
distance between punctures at least as large, and mostly 
much larger than diameter of punctures. Surface without 
any microreticulation, absolutely smooth, very glossy. 
Elytra. Very short and wide, dorsally very convex, 
remarkably oviform. Humeri wide, very gently angulate, 
lateral margin convex throughout. Base completely 
bordered. Scutellar stria indicated only by one or two large 
punctures, situated in first interval, scutellar pore and seta 
situated at or slightly laterad of origin of first stria. First 
stria slightly impressed and marked by a row of coarse 
punctures, stria ends at apical third or fourth of elytra. 
Other striae very vaguely indicated as rows of scattered, 
rather coarse punctures, but almost the whole surface 
without distinct striae. Intervals apart from first absolutely 
depressed. Dorsal setiferous punctures situated at position 
of third stria, rather inconspicuous, the anterior one situated 
in or slightly behind basal third, the posterior one situated 
at apical third. Setae elongate. Series of marginal setae 
consisting of 7 anterior and 5-6 posterior setae that are 
widely separated in middle, punctures coarse, setae, if 
unbroken, very elongate. At the position where the third and 
fifth intervals would end, either with a short seta. Intervals 
without any microreticulation and punctures, absolutely 
smooth, very glossy. Posterior wings very short. 
Lower surface. Lateral parts of prothorax and mesothorax, 
and prosternum with dense and very coarse punctures, 
the diameter of which is larger than the distance between 
the punctures. Metepisternum short, quadrate. Surface of 
abdomen without any microreticulation and punctures, 
glossy. Terminal sternum in both sexes quadrisetose. 
Legs. Moderately elongate. Four basal tarsomeres of 
male protarsus slightly widened, first to third tarsomeres 
asymmetrically squamose on lower surface. Mesotibia and 
metatibia with remarkably distinct microreticulation on the 
upper surface. 
Male genitalia (Fig. 2). Genital ring moderately elongate, 
asymmetrically triangular, apex moderately wide, fairly 
elongate. Aedeagus slightly turned to the left side (in beetle), 
rather short and compact (in genus), lower surface evenly 
concave, in front of apex slightly more curved down. Apex 
short and wide, probably obtuse at tip, but the very tip in the 
single male destroyed. Ostium rather short. Internal sac rather 
complexly folded, with a sclerotized spine-like flagellum 
and several partly sclerotized plates within. Parameres 
dissimilar, left comparatively stout, probably with elongate, 
tapering, spine-like apex, but apex broken in the male. Right 
paramere narrow and elongate, with evenly tapering apex, 
with 2 short apical setae, and about six rather elongate setae 
along lower margin. 
Female genitalia (Fig. 3). Gonocoxite 1 without any 
ensiform setae at ventro-apical margin. Gonocoxite 2 rather 
short, with short apex and two large dentiform ventro-lateral 
ensiform setae of about similar size below middle of lateral 
margin. Near apex with a large, oblong pit but apparently 
with only a single nematiform seta originating from that pit. 
In middle of dorso-median surface with a large, dentiform, 
dorso-median ensiform seta. Lateral plate with a densely 
setose area at median apical margin. 
Variation. Very little variation noted. 
Fig. 2. Mecyclothorax moorei n.sp., male aedeagus, parameres and genital ring. Scales: 0.25 mm. 
