<i>Mecyclothorax rex</i> (IMAGE)

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<i>Mecyclothorax rex</i>

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A moss covered ohia tree in Maui rainforest with a Mecyclothorax rex beetle inset. These beetles often live and feed within moss mats on trees, thereby escaping the extensive rainfall that floods Haleakala's windward slopes.

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Prof. James K. Liebherr

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