Mecodema atuanui
| Mecodema atuanui | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Mecodema |
| Species: | M. atuanui
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| Binomial name | |
| Mecodema atuanui Seldon & Buckley 2019
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Mecodema atuanui was described from a single male specimen collected in pitfall traps on Mt Auckland (Atuanui), Kaipara Region. It is a medium-length ground beetle that is related to Mecodema spiniferum,[1] which is the only large-lengthed ground beetle species found in the Waitākere Ranges, Auckland, rather than the more geographically close species (M. dunnorum) to the east in Puhoi.
Diagnosis
Distinguished from other North Island Mecodema species by having:
- a lobate labrum;
- vertexal groove defined by punctures along the entire length;
- elytral intervals 3 and 5 significantly broadened than otherintervals;
- the distinctively narrow width of the apical portion of the penis lobe.[1]
Description
Length 24.9 mm, pronotal width 6.7 mm, elytral width 7.9 mm. Colour of entire body matte black, except coxae and legs dark reddish-brown.[1]
Natural History
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References
- ^ a b c Seldon, D.S.; Buckley, T.R. (2019). "The genus Mecodema Blanchard 1853 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Broscini) from the North Island, New Zealand". Zootaxa. 4598 (1): 1–148. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4598.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.