Mecodema allani

Mecodema allani
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
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).

Diagnosis

Description

Natural history

References

"Mecodema allani Fairburn, 1945". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
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.

External links

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[NZOR-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.