Mecodema rugiceps

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 rugiceps
Synonyms (3): M. anomalum – M. persculptum – M. seriatum

Name

• Mecodema rugiceps Sharp, 1886

References

Primary references

• Sharp, D. 1886. On New Zealand Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Scientific transactions of the Royal Dublin Society (2)3: 351–454, plates XII–XIII. BHL. Internet Archive. Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 359

Additional references

• Ewers, R.M. 2008: Spatio-temporal variation in mortality rates of Mecodema spp. (Coleoptera: Carabidae) across a forest-grassland edge in New Zealand. Insect conservation and diversity, 1(1): 40–47. DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2007.00006.x Reference page. 
• 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.  Appendix C