Mecodema kokoromatua

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Adephaga
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Cladus: Pterygota Cladus: Metapterygota Cladus: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Endopterygota Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Adephaga

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

Name

• Mecodema kokoromatua Seldon, Leschen & Liebherr, 2012
  • Authority for placement: original
  • Current status: valid species
  • Gender: unchangeable [noun in apposition]
  • Original genus: Mecodema Blanchard, 1843
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: [adult] male
    • Repository: NZAC
  • Type locality: "NEW ZEALAND, ND, Herekino, North Head, Waiatua Stream, ..., 35°16'11.0525'' S, 173°09'35.314'' E"
  • ZooBank

Primary references

• Seldon, D.S.; Leschen, R.A.B.; Liebherr, J.K. 2012: A new species of Mecodema (Carabidae: Broscini) from Northland, New Zealand, with notes on a newly observed structure within the female genitalia. New Zealand entomologist, 35(1): 39-50. doi: 10.1080/00779962.2012.649707 reference page  [first availability, see p. 42, and figs. 1-12]