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Mecodema allani

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Species of beetle

Mecodema allani
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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. It is one of two species within the laterale group, which are large-bodied species with a distinctively broad lateral carina along the elytra that is reflexed (curved upward).

References

  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.

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Taxon identifiers
Mecodema allani


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