Mecodema punctellum: Difference between revisions

Mecodema punctellum
Conservation status
	Extinct
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Carabidae
Subfamily:	Broscinae
Genus:	Mecodema
Species:	M. punctellum
Binomial name
	Mecodema punctellum; (Broun, 1921)

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Mecodema punctellum is a presumed-extinct ground beetle of the family Carabidae, endemic to Stephens Island in New Zealand.

Description

Mecodema punctellum is a large black flightless ground beetle which reached a length of 38.5 mm and a width of 11.7 mm.

Habitat and biology

Nothing is known about its habitat, but it is assumed that it occurred in wet forests and sought shelter under large logs. It was predacious and fed from snails.

Extinction

Mecodema punctellum was last seen in 1931 and after surveys in the years 1961, 1971, 1974/5, 1976, 1981, 1990, 1996 on Stephens Island, and 1997 on D'Urville Island failed, it is now considered to be extinct. The causes for its extinction were apparently habitat destruction because there are now no large logs remaining on Stephens Island.

References and external links

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-'''''Mecodema punctellum''''' is a [[ground beetle]], [[endemism|endemic]] to [[Stephens Island]], which is presumed to be extinct.
+'''''Mecodema punctellum''''' is a presumed-extinct [[ground beetle]] of the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Carabidae]], [[endemism|endemic]] to [[Stephens Island]] in [[New Zealand]].
 ==Description==
-''Mecodema punctellum'' was a large black ground beetle which reached a length of 38.5 millimetres and a width of 11.7 millimetres. It was flightless
+''Mecodema punctellum'' is a large black flightless ground beetle which reached a length of 38.5 [[millimetre|mm]] and a width of 11.7 mm.
+==Habitat and biology==
-The genus ''[[Mecodema]]'' occurs only on [[New Zealand]] and offshore islands.
+Nothing is known about its habitat, but it is assumed that it occurred in wet forests and sought shelter under large logs. It was predacious and fed from snails.
-==Habitat and Biology==
-Nothing known is about its habitat, but it is assumed that it occurred in wet forests and sought shelter under large logs. It was predacious and fed from snails.
 ==Extinction==
-''Mecodema punctellum'' was last seen 1931 and after surveys in the years 1961, 1971, 1974/5, 1976, 1981, 1990, 1996 on [[Stephens Island]] and 1997 on [[D'Urville Island, New Zealand|D'Urville Island]] failed, it is now considered as extinct. The causes for its extinction were apparently habitat destruction because there are no large logs on Stephens Island anymore.
+''Mecodema punctellum'' was last seen in 1931 and after surveys in the years 1961, 1971, 1974/5, 1976, 1981, 1990, 1996 on [[Stephens Island]], and 1997 on [[D'Urville Island, New Zealand|D'Urville Island]] failed, it is now considered to be extinct. The causes for its extinction were apparently habitat destruction because there are now no large logs remaining on Stephens Island.
-==References and External links==
+==References and external links==
 * {{IUCN2006
 |assessors=[[World Conservation Monitoring Centre]]
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-*[http://faunaseries.landcareresearch.co.nz/pages/Taxon.aspx?id=_bd6e5d63-5244-4962-8e61-40f4d3090d5b&fileName=Fauna%2043.xml Fauna of New Zealand Series - Mecodema punctellum]
+* [http://faunaseries.landcareresearch.co.nz/pages/Taxon.aspx?id=_bd6e5d63-5244-4962-8e61-40f4d3090d5b&fileName=Fauna%2043.xml Fauna of New Zealand Series - Mecodema punctellum]
-*[http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/image/rsnz_77/rsnz_77_04_0679_0548_ac_01.html Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868-1961 - Mecodema punctellum]
+* [http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/image/rsnz_77/rsnz_77_04_0679_0548_ac_01.html Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868-1961 - Mecodema punctellum]
-*[http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/conservation/native-animals/invertebrates/010-beetles-carabids-ii-and-cerambycids.pdf Description and image]
+* [http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/conservation/native-animals/invertebrates/010-beetles-carabids-ii-and-cerambycids.pdf Description and image]
-*[http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/image/rsnz_77/rsnz_77_04_0682_0000f_ac_01.html Image]
+* [http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/image/rsnz_77/rsnz_77_04_0682_0000f_ac_01.html Image]
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