Mecodema kipjac
This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (November 2019) |
Mecodema kipjac | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Carabidae |
Genus: | Mecodema |
Species: | M. kipjac
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Binomial name | |
Mecodema kipjac Seldon & Buckley, 2019
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Mecodema kipjac is a large-bodied ground beetle species found near Kirikopuni in Northland, New Zealand.
Diagnosis[]
Distinguished from other Mecodema species in the North Island by:
- the small foveae situated directly behind the eye;
- anterad pronotal foveae on the disc a distinctive shallow depression with scattered pits and short wrinkles mesad foveae;
- distinct shape of the apical portion of the penis lobe.[1]
Description[]
Length 33.1 mm, pronotal width 9.4 mm, elytral width 10.8 mm. Colour of entire body dark reddish-brown, head matte black.[1]
Natural history[]
More research is required.
References[]
- ^ a b Seldon, D.S.; Buckley, T.R. (2019). "The genus Mecodema Blanchard 1853 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Broscini) from the North Island, New Zealand". Zootaxa. 4598 (1): zootaxa.4598.1.1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4598.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 31716064.
Categories:
- Mecodema
- Beetles described in 2019