Mecodema

Taxonavigation

Mecodema oconnori

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 (69): M. aberrans – M. allani – M. alternans – M. angustulum – M. antarctica – M. aoteanoho – M. argentum – M. atrox – M. atuanui – M. brittoni – M. bullatum – M. chaiup – M. chiltoni – M. constrictum – M. costellum – M. costipenne – M. crenaticolle – M. crenicolle – M. curvidens – M. ducale – M. dunense – M. dunnorum – M. dux – M. elongatum – M. femorale – M. florae – M. fulgidum – M. genesispotini – M. godzilla – M. gourlayi – M. haunoho – M. hector – M. howittii – M. huttense – M. impressum – M. infimate – M. integratum – M. jacinda – M. kipjac – M. kokoroiho – M. kokoromatua – M. laeviceps – M. laterale – M. litoreum – M. longicolle – M. lucidum – M. manaia – M. metallicum – M. minax – M. mohi – M. moniliferum – M. morio – M. ngaiatonga – M. ngaitahuhu – M. nitidum – M. oblongum – M. oconnori – M. oregoides – M. papake – M. parataiko – M. pavidum – M. perexiguus – M. persculptum – M. pluto – M. politanum – M. ponaiti – M. proximum – M. puiakium – M. pulchellum – M. punctatum – M. punctellum – M. quoinense – M. rectolineatum – M. regulus – M. rex – M. rugiceps – M. rusticulus – M. scitulum – M. sculpturatum – M. simplex – M. spiniferum – M. striatum – M. strictum – M. temata – M. tenaki – M. teparawhau – M. teroroa – M. tewhara – M. tibiale – M. tuhoe – M. undecimus – M. validum – M. wharekahika – M. xylanthrax – M. yconomous – M. zonula

Name

Mecodema Blanchard, 1843

Gender: [Neuter]
Type species: Mecodema sculpturatum Blanchard, 1843

References

Britton, E.B. 1949. The Carabidae (Coleoptera) of New Zealand. Part III-A revision of the tribe Broscini. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 77(4): 533–581, plates 59-78. Online. Reference page.
Goldberg, J. et al. 2014: Species radiation of carabid beetles (Broscini: Mecodema) in New Zealand. PLoS ONE 9(1): e86185. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086185 Reference page.
Goldberg, J.; Trewick, S. 2008: Maximum age for a carabid beetle radiation in New Zealand (Coleoptera: Broscini: Mecodema). P. 213 in: Gradstein, S.R.; Klatt, S.; Normann, F.; Weigelt, P.; Willmann, R.; Wilson, R. (eds.), Systematics 2008. Universitätsverlag Göttingen. ISBN 978-3-940344-23-6 Google books
Seldon, D.S. 2015: A unique species of Mecodema (Carabidae: Broscini) from the Hawke's Bay region, New Zealand, with implications for North-South Island zoogeography. New Zealand Entomologist, 38(1): 28–35.
Seldon, D.S.; Buckley, T.R. 2019: The genus Mecodema Blanchard 1853 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Broscini) from the North Island, New Zealand. Zootaxa 4598(1): 1–148. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4598.1.1 Reference page.
Seldon, D.S.; Leschen, R.A.B. 2011: Revision of the Mecodema curvidens species group (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Broscini). Zootaxa, 2829: 1–45.
Seldon, D.S.; Leschen, R.A.B.; Liebherr, J.K. 2012: A new species of Mecodema (Carabidae: Broscini) from Northland, New Zealand, with notes on a newly observed structure within the female genitalia. New Zealand Entomologist, 35(1): 39–50.
Trewick, S.A.; Wallis, G.P. 2001: Bridging the "beech-gap": New Zealand invertebrate phylogeography implicates Pleistocene glaciation and Pliocene isolation. Evolution, 55(11): 2170–2180. DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2001.tb00733.x

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