Mecodema atrox

Mecodema atrox

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 atrox

Name

• Mecodema atrox Britton, 1949
  • Authority for placement: original
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated and presumably unique
    • Description: adult male
    • Repository: NZAC NZAC04011260, ex E.S. Gourlay collection
  • Type locality: 'NORTH ISLAND. Auckland: Tauranga'
  • ZooBank: A54FA821-B89E-4534-AC59-3DB5D2E9B637

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.  [first availability, see p. 576, and fig. 119]
• Seldon, D.S. & Leschen, R.A.B. 2011. Revision of the Mecodema curvidens species group (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Broscini). Zootaxa 2829(1): 1–45. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2829.1.1 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Watt, J.C. 1979: A record of Mecodema atrox (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Weta 3(1): 7. BUGZ Reference page.