Mecodema allani
Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Broscinae
Tribus: Broscini
Genus: Mecodema
Species: Mecodema allani
Name
edit- Mecodema allani Fairburn, 1945
- Authority for placement: original
- Current status: valid species
- Gender: unchangeable (patronym)
- Original genus: Mecodema Blanchard, 1843
- Original status: valid species
- Primary type: holotype
- Fixation: designated (as 'type')
- Description: [adult]
- Repository: CMNZ
- Type locality: 'in a beech-clad valley between Mt. Horrible and Mt. Misery, near Cass, Canterbury'
- ZooBank: A443DB02-0EB9-4F60-BD31-273CC646CF7A
References
editPrimary references
edit- Fairburn, E. 1945: A new beetle of the genus Mecodema. Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 74(4): 408–410, plate 59. full text and PDF Reference page. [first availability, see p. 408, and plate 59]
Additional references
edit- 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.
- Ewers, R.M. & Didham, R.K. 2004. A first assessment of New Zealand beetles restricted to large forest areas. Weta 27: 33–40. full article (PDF) Reference page. [see fig 2(a) (same specimen as image here)]
- Ewers, R.M., Thorpe, S. & Didham, R.K. 2007. Synergistic interactions between edge and area effects in a heavily fragmented landscape. Ecology 88(1): 96–106. DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2007)88[96:SIBEAA]2.0.CO;2
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. Reference page. [see Appendix C
