Mecodema oregoides
Mecodema oregoides | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Carabidae |
Genus: | Mecodema |
Species: | M. oregoides
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Binomial name | |
Mecodema oregoides Broun, 1894
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Mecodema oregoides is a small-bodied ground beetle endemic to New Zealand, and is the southernmost species of the curvidens group.[1] It is found in a range of different habitats on Banks Peninsula, Canterbury.[2]
References[]
- ^ Britton, E.B. (1949). "The Carabidae (Coleoptera) of New Zealand Part III - A revision of the Broscini". Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 77 (4): 533–581.
- ^ Seldon, David S. (2011). "Revision of the Mecodema curvidens species group (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Broscini)". Zootaxa. 2829: 1–45. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2829.1.1.
Categories:
- Mecodema
- Taxa named by Thomas Broun
- Beetles described in 1894
- Carabidae stubs