Mecodema curvidens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Adephaga

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Broscinae
Tribus: Broscini
Genus: Mecodema
Species: Mecodema curvidens

Name

Mecodema curvidens (Broun, 1915: 273)

• Original genus: Metaglymma Bates, 1867
• Original status: valid species
• Primary type: holotype
  • Fixation: unique ('A single female ...')
  • Description: [adult] '♀. Length, 20 mm.; breadth, nearly 6 mm'
  • Repository: BMNH
• Type locality: 'Opotiki' [NEW ZEALAND BP]

Synonyms

• Mecodema exitiosum Brookes, 1926: 441
• Original genus: Mecodema Blanchard, 1843
• Original status: valid species
• Primary type: holotype
  • Fixation: designated
  • Description: adult male
  • Repository: NZAC
• Type locality: 'Okauia, near Matamata, Waikato' [NEW ZEALAND WO]

References

• Bates, H.W. 1867. New species of insects from the province of Canterbury, New Zealand, collected by R.W. Fereday, Esq. Entomologist's monthly magazine 4: 52–56, 78–80. BHL Reference page. 
• 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, plates 59-78. Online. Reference page.  [See p. 576]
• Brookes, A.E. 1926: A new genus and eight new species of Coleoptera. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 56: 440–448. Full text and PDF Reference page. 
• Broun, T. 1915. Descriptions of new genera and species of Coleoptera. Part IV. New Zealand Institute bulletin 1(4): 267–346. BHL Reference page. 
• Seldon, D.S. & Leschen, R.A.B. 2011. Revision of the Mecodema curvidens species group (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Broscini). Zootaxa 2829(1): 1–45. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2829.1.1 . ResearchGate . Reference page.