Mecodema costellum

Mecodema costellum obesum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Adephaga

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Broscinae
Tribus: Broscini
Genus: Mecodema
Species: Mecodema costellum

Subspecies: M. c. costellum – M. c. gordonense – M. c. lewisi – M. c. obesum

Name

Mecodema costellum Broun, 1903: 451

Synonyms

• Mecodema gordonense
• Mecodema lewisi
• Mecodema obesum

References

Primary references

• Broun, T. 1903. Descriptions of new genera and species of New Zealand Coleoptera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 11(65): 450–458. DOI: 10.1080/00222930308678798 . BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Edwards, J.S. 1950: Insects from Lake Waikaremoana. Tane, 3(1): 33. [record of indet. costellum-group species]
• Townsend, J.I. 1990. Sub-fossil remains of Mecodema costella (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Weta 13(2): 35–37. Reference page. 

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