Systematic revision of the trans-Bassian moriomorphine genus Moore (Coleoptera, Carabidae).

The Australian genus Moore, 1963, is taxonomically revised to comprise five species, two newly described: Liebherr & Porch, of Tasmania, and Liebherr, Porch & Maddison, from the Otway Ranges, Victoria. Two previously described species, (Castelnau) and (Castelnau), are distributed in the mountains of Victoria. The third previously described species, (Sloane) is found in Tasmania.

Hawaiian Casey (Coleoptera, Carabidae): small beetles of sodden summits, stony streams, and stygian voids.

Five Hawaiian species of Casey are revised, including four newly described: from Kauai; from Moloka'i; from Maui; and from Hawai'i Island. A lectotype is designated for the fifth Hawaiian species currently combined with , Blackburn, 1878 of Oahu. Hawaiian spp.

sp. nov. with comments on classification of the New Caledonian genus Fauvel (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechini, Trechodina).

from Poum, New Caledonia is newly described and shown to be a member of the monophyletic Sporades subgenus Perileptosporades Deuve, 2010. Giachino and Donabauer are newly recognized as members of the subgenus Perileptosporades, and a key to its species is provided. Although can be defined monophyletically relative to the rest of the genus, genitalic variation among species assigned to the nominate subgenus Sporades Fauvel, 1882 leave monophyly of that taxon ambiguously supported.

Phylogenetic placement of two species known only from resting spores: Zoophthora independentia sp. nov. and Z. porteri comb nov. (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae).

Molecular methods were used to determine the generic placement of two species of Entomophthorales known only from resting spores. Historically, these species would belong in the form-genus Tarichium, but this classification provides no information about phylogenetic relationships. Using DNA from resting spores, Zoophthora independentia, infecting Tipula (Lunatipula) submaculata in New York State, is now described as a new species and Tarichium porteri, described in 1942, which infects Tipula (Triplicitipula) colei in Tennessee, is transferred to the genus Zoophthora.

The Mecyclothorax beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Moriomorphini) of Haleakala-, Maui: Keystone of a hyperdiverse Hawaiian radiation.

The Mecyclothorax carabid beetle fauna of Haleakalā volcano, Maui Island, Hawai'i is taxonomically revised, with 116 species precinctive to Haleakalā recognized, 74 newly described. Species are classified into 14 species groups, with the newly described species arrayed as follows: 1, Mecyclothorax constrictus group with Mecyclothorax perseveratus sp. n.

The Mecyclothorax beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Moriomorphini) of Tahiti, Society Islands.

The 101 species of Mecyclothorax Sharp known to inhabit Tahiti Island, French Polynesia are taxonomically revised, including 28 species that are newly described: Mecyclothorax claridgeiae sp. n., Mecyclothorax jeanyvesi sp.

New Mecyclothorax spp. (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Moriomorphini) define Mont Mauru, eastern Tahiti Nui, as a distinct area of endemism.

Seven species of Mecyclothorax Sharp precinctive to Mont Mauru, Tahiti, Society Islands are newly described: Mecyclothorax tuteisp. n., Mecyclothorax tihotiisp.

The first precinctive Carabidae from Moorea, Society Islands: new Mecyclothorax spp. (Coleoptera) from the summit of Mont Tohiea.

Seven species of Mecyclothorax Sharp from Moorea, Society Islands are newly described; Mecyclothorax perraultisp. n., Mecyclothorax paheresp.

Cladistic assessment of subtribal affinities within the tribe Moriomorphini with description of Rossjoycea glacialis, gen. n. and sp. n. from the South Island, and revision of Meonochilus Liebherr and Marris from the North Island, New Zealand (Coleoptera, Carabidae).

Phylogenetic relationships within the tribe Moriomorphini Sloane, 1890 are analyzed cladistically based on 75 morphological characters and 21 ingroup terminal taxa rooted at a Trechus obtusus Erichson outgroup. Based on the resultant cladistic relationships, two subtribes-Moriomorphina and Amblytelina Blackburn, 1892-are recognized, with the following new synonymies proposed: Meonides Sloane, 1898 = Amblytelina (NEW SYNONYMY); Tropopterides Sloane, 1898 = Amblytelina (NEW SYNONYMY); Mecyclothoracitae Jeannel, 1940 = Amblytelina (NEW SYNONYMY). Monophyly of Moriomorphina is based on presence of elongate, parallel-sided and glabrous to nearly glabrous male parameres, whereas Amblytelina are defined most broadly by possession of conchoid parameres with narrowed, setose apices, subtending a clade defined by a more derived parameral configuration whereby elongate styloid parameres terminate in a whip-like apical extension.

Absence asymmetry: the evolution of monorchid beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae).

Asymmetrical monorchy, or the complete absence of one testis coupled with the presence of its bilateral counterpart, is reported for 174 species of the carabid beetle tribes Abacetini, Harpalini, and Platynini (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae) based on a survey of over 820 species from throughout the family. This condition was not found in examined individuals of any other carabid beetle tribes, or of other adephagan beetle families. One monorchid taxon within Platynini exhibits symmetrical vasa deferentia at the beginning of the pupal stadium, suggesting that developmental arrest of the underdeveloped vas deferens takes place in pupation.

A CLADISTIC TEST OF THE TAXON CYCLE AND TAXON PULSE HYPOTHESES.

Abstract- A species' habitat preference is intcrpretablc both as a response to present-day conditions and as a result of evolutionary response to historical conditions. The taxon cycle and taxon pulse have been proposed as hypotheses that allow prediction of patterns of habitat specialization within a lineage. Both are based on common assumptions: (1) habitat specialization is largely irreversible in a lineage, (2) ecological specializations arise in a center of origin, and (3) dispersal events leading to current distributions can be ascertained.

GENE FLOW IN GROUND BEETLES (COLEOPTERA: CARABIDAE) OF DIFFERING HABITAT PREFERENCE AND FLIGHT-WING DEVELOPMENT.

Estimates of gene flow vary 100-fold among five carabid species, ranging from the winged lowland subtropical Agonum elongatulum to the flightless montane temperate Platynus angustatus. Results based on Wright's (1943) F method, and Slatkin's (1981) graphical and (1985a) private-allele methods are concordant. Genetic heterogeneity, measured by Wright's F , is not correlated with degree of flight-wing development; one fully winged species exhibits heterogeneity of the same order as a vestigially winged species.