Mecodema oregoides

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Mecodema oregoides
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M. oregoides in Ohinetahi Reserve, Port Hills
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Mecodema
Species:
M. oregoides
Binomial name
Mecodema oregoides
Broun, 1894
Synonyms
  • Metaglymma oregoideBroun, 1894

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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. hdl: 2292/8777 .