Mecodema kipjac

Mecodema kipjac is a large-bodied ground beetle species found near Kirikopuni in Northland, New Zealand.

Mecodema kipjac
The only known specimen of M.chaiup, found in 2008.
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M. kipjac
Binomial name
Mecodema kipjac
Seldon & Buckley, 2019

Diagnosis

Distinguished from other Mecodema species in the North Island by:

  1. the small foveae situated directly behind the eye;
  2. anterad pronotal foveae on the disc a distinctive shallow depression with scattered pits and short wrinkles mesad foveae;
  3. distinct shape of the apical portion of the penis lobe.[1]

Description

Length 33.1 mm, pronotal width 9.4 mm, elytral width 10.8 mm. Colour of entire body dark reddish-brown, head matte black.[1]

Natural History

More research is required.

References

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