| Mecodema haakuturi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Mecodema |
| Species: | M. haakuturi |
| Binomial name | |
| Mecodema haakuturi Seldon & Pou, 2024 | |
Mecodema haakuturi is a species of ground beetle, restricted to the escarpment of the northeastern arm of the Parataiko Range, western Northland Region, New Zealand. This species is within the curvidens species group, [1] which includes these other species: M. kokoromatua, M. manaia, M. parataiko, M. tenaki, etc.
Diagnosis.
Distinguishable from other North Island Mecodema species by having: (1) the vertexal groove absent, except a few wrinkles sparsely distributed laterally; (2) asetose punctures of elytral striae stellate (star-shaped) in the apical third (Fig. 3, Seldon & Pou 2024); and (3) regarding the apical shape of the aedeagal lobe, the form of the left paramere is distinctive with long setae extending along ⅘ of the ventral edge (Fig. 2, LP, AL, Seldon & Pou 2024).
