Mecodema puiakium

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 puiakium

Name

Mecodema puiakium Johns & Ewers in Johns, 2007

- Authority for placement: original
- Original genus: Mecodema Blanchard, 1843
- Original status: valid species
- Primary type: holotype
  - Fixation: designated
  - Description: [adult] male
  - Repository: CMNZ
- Type locality: 'Poulter-Thompson confluence, left bank, Arthurs Pass National Park'
- ZooBank: DC872E94-2C49-486E-A340-98B822CCB912

References

Primary references

Johns, P.M. 2007. New genera and species of rare New Zealand endemic carabids. (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Privately published: Christchurch, New Zealand. PDF. Reference page. [first availability, see p. 2]

Additional references

Brockerhoff, E. et al. 2008: Terrestrial invertebrates. Pp. 493-548 in: Winterbourn, M.; Knox, G.; Burrows, C. & Marsden, I. (eds.) The natural history of Canterbury. Canterbury University Press: Christchurch, N.Z. ISBN 978-1-877257-57-5 Reference page. [see p. 495]
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. [as Mecodema n.sp., see fig. 1(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 . JSTOR . Reference page. [see Appendix C, as Mecodema n. sp.]
Johns, P.M. 1980. Ground beetles (Carabidae) of Arthurs Pass National Park. Mauri Ora 8: 55–67. Full article (PDF) BUGZ Reference page. [see p. 59, as Mecodema new species]
Johns, P.M. 2005: Field guide to South Island carabid beetles of conservation interest (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Department of Conservation, Christchurch. [not seen] Reference page. [as Mecodema "dense Nothofagus"]
Larochelle, A. & Larivière, M.-C. 2007. Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera): synopsis of supraspecific taxa. Fauna of New Zealand (60) Extract and PDF Reference page. [no new information]
Townsend, J.I. 1997: Checklist of Nelson, Marlborough and West Coast Carabidae. An annotated list of Carabidae recorded from Nelson/Marlborough and West Coast Conservancies. Occasional publication, (29). ISBN 0-478-018-28-2 Reference page. [see p. 9, as Mecodema n. sp. - 'Large costate species, not uncommon. Lewis Pass.']