| Mecodema oregoides | |
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| M. oregoides in Ohinetahi Reserve, Port Hills | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Mecodema |
| Species: | M. oregoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Mecodema oregoides Broun, 1894 | |
| Synonyms | |
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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]