Mecodema allani

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Mecodema allani
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Status NZTCS NT.svg
Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
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). Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened". [3]

References

  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.
  3. ↑ Leschen, R. A.B.; Marris, J. W.M.; Emberson, R. M.; Nunn, J.; Hitchmough, R. A.; Stringer, I. A.N. (2012-07-01). "The conservation status of New Zealand Coleoptera" . New Zealand Entomologist. 35 (2): 91–98. doi:10.1080/00779962.2012.686311. ISSN   0077-9962.


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