Mecodema oregoides

Mecodema oregoides is a small-bodied ground beetle endemic to New Zealand, and is the southernmost species of the curvidens group.[1] It is found in a range of different habitats on Banks Peninsula, Canterbury.[2]

Mecodema oregoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Carabidae
Genus:
Mecodema
Species:
M.oregoides
Binomial name
Mecodema oregoides
Broun, 1894

References

  1. Britton, E.B. (1949). "The Carabidae (Coleoptera) of New Zealand Part III - A revision of the Broscini". Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 77(4): 533–581.
  2. Seldon, David S. (2011). "Revision of the Mecodema curvidens species group (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Broscini)". Zootaxa. 2829: 1–45.


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