Mecodema tenaki

Mecodema tenaki, length about 26 mm

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 tenaki

Name

• Mecodema tenaki Seldon & Leschen, 2011
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: adult male
    • Repository: NZAC
  • Type locality: 'NEW ZEALAND ND Cape Reinga Te Paki RBB-7' [Unuwhao]
  • ZooBank: B2503253-DC99-493B-8B0D-963D80709F15

References

• Ball, O.J.-P., Whaley, P.T., Booth, A.M. & Hartley, S. 2013. Habitat associations and detectability of the endemic Te Paki ground beetle Mecodema tenaki (Coleoptera: Carabidae). New Zealand Journal of Ecology 37(1): 84–94. abstract and full text (PDF) Reference page. 
• 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. 

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