Morion
Kipling Will
- Morion angustus
- Morion aridus
- Morion attenuatus
- Morion australis
- Morion baloghi
- Morion biroi
- Morion bithynicus
- Morion boliviensis
- Morion boninensis
- Morion brasiliensis
- Morion brevior
- Morion caledoniae
- Morion congoensis
- Morion constrictus
- Morion cordatus
- Morion costiger
- Morion crassipes
- Morion cucujoides
- Morion cyclomus
- Morion dalbertisi
- Morion doriae
- Morion germanus
- Morion guineensis
- Morion humeratus
- Morion japonicus
- Morion jordani
- Morion lafertei
- Morion logipennis
- Morion longicollis
- Morion luzonicus
- Morion monilicornis
- Morion novaehollandiae
- Morion olympicus
- Morion orientalis
- Morion pachysomus
- Morion parallelus
- Morion piceus
- Morion polynesiae
- Morion simplex
- Morion simulatus
- Morion victoriae
Introduction
This pantropical genus includes 41 named species, though undoubtedly many more remain to be described. Individuals are generally found in rotten logs and under loose bark. They often come to lights and do fly. As far as known they are predatory. Adults produce a potent spray of formic acid from their pygidial glands.
Characteristics
Member taxa are typical of Morionini form, elongate, subpedunculate with moderately prominent temples. Morion species share the synapomorphic characteristics of Morionina but lack the more derived features found in Hyperion, Platynodes and Megamorio. More than half of the described species are treated in keys by Chaudoir (1880) and Allen (1968). Otherwise, regionally specific keys may used, e.g., those by Jeannel (1948), Darlington (1962) and Straneo (1958), but all lack some portion of the described taxa.
Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships
The genus has been divided by into two subgenera (Jeannel 1948, Straneo 1952); Morion (s.str.) and Morion (Neomorion) Jeannel. A comprehensive study of this genus, especially the African and Oriental species, would be very beneficial. It seems likely that Morion will be found to be a grade at this level and Hyperion, Platynodes and Megamorio may be derived from it.
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Morion sp. |
|---|---|
| Specimen Condition | Dead Specimen |
| Life Cycle Stage | Adult |
| View | Dorsal |
| Copyright | © 2005 Kipling Will |
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Kipling Will
Essig Museum of Entomology
University of California, Berkeley, CA
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- First online 21 February 2005
Citing this page:
Will, Kipling. 2005. Morion. Version 21 February 2005 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Morion/28918/2005.02.21 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/
