Mecodema oconnori

Mecodema oconnori
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Mecodema
Species: M. oconnori
Binomial name
Mecodema oconnori
Broun, 1912

Mecodema oconnori is a ground beetle of the family Carabidae, endemic to New Zealand.[1] It is up to 40 mm in length, and is found mainly in the North Island, but also in the South Island at Kaikoura.[2]

References

  1. NZOR (Web Service Demonstrator)
  2. Townsend, J.I. 2012: Notes on the taxonomy of the Mecodema spiniferum species group (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Weta, 42(1): 4–13. abstract and pdf
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