Mecodema allani

Mecodema allani
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Carabidae
Genus:	Mecodema
Species:	M. allani
Binomial name
	Mecodema allani; Fairburn, 1945

Mecodema allani is a ground beetle of the family Carabidae, endemic to the South Island, New Zealand.^[1] It is one of two species within the laterale group,^[2] which are large-bodied species with a distinctively broad lateral carina along the elytra that is reflexed (curved upward).

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^ "Mecodema allani Fairburn, 1945". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
^ 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.

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[NZOR-1] "Mecodema allani Fairburn, 1945". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 23 May 2017.

[2] 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.

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