Mecodema manaia

Mecodema manaia (topotype), length about 26 mm

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Adephaga

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Broscinae
Tribus: Broscini
Genus: Mecodema
Species: Mecodema manaia

Name

Mecodema manaia Seldon & Leschen, 2011

• • Authority for placement: original
  • Current status: valid species
  • Gender: unchangeable [noun in apposition]
  • Original genus: Mecodema Blanchard, 1843
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: [adult] male
    • Repository: NZAC
  • Type locality: 'NEW ZEALAND ND Whangarei Heads Mt Lion'
  • ZooBank: 5C6DA3C7-69D5-44E3-B67F-8A3FC8656834

References

• Seldon, D.S. & Leschen, R.A.B. 2011. Revision of the Mecodema curvidens species group (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Broscini). Zootaxa 2829(1): 1–45. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2829.1.1 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Seldon, D.S., Leschen, R.A.B. & Liebherr, J.K. 2012. A new species of Mecodema (Carabidae: Broscini) from Northland, New Zealand, with notes on a newly observed structure within the female genitalia. New Zealand Entomologist 35(1): 39–50. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.2012.649707 . Reference page. 
• Watt, J.C. 1982: Terrestrial arthropods from the Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 12(3): 283-320. DOI: 10.1080/03036758.1982.10415350 Reference page.  [see p. 297, as "an un-named taxon of the curvidens group from Whangarei Heads"]

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