David S. Seldon

David S. Seldon, PhD, entomologist, taxonomist, systematicist

• School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
• New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, Bioeconomy Science Institute, Auckland, New Zealand
• E-mail: d.seldon[at]auckland.ac.nz

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 9 taxon names authored by David S. Seldon

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2006

• Seldon, D.S. 2006. A morphological examination of the curvidens species group within the genus Mecodema (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Broscini). A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland.

2011

• 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. 

2012

• 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. 

2014

• Seldon, D.S. 2014 (Online) 2015 (Print). A unique species of Mecodema (Carabidae: Broscini) from the Hawke's Bay region, New Zealand, with implications for North–South Island zoogeography. New Zealand Entomologist 38(1): 28-35. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.2014.936105 Reference page. 

2019

• Seldon, D.S.; Buckley, T.R. 2019: The genus Mecodema Blanchard 1853 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Broscini) from the North Island, New Zealand. Zootaxa 4598(1): 1–148. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4598.1.1 Reference page. 
• Seldon, D.S. & Holwell, G.I. 2019. Monteremita gen. nov. (Coleoptera: Carabidae), a new genus of ground beetle from New Caledonia. Austral Entomology 58: 724–728. DOI: 10.1111/aen.12422. . Reference page. 

2026

• Fong, H.M. & Seldon, D.S. 2026. A revision of the ducale and laterale species groups of the genus Mecodema Blanchard 1853 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Nothobroscina) from the South Island, Aotearoa New Zealand. ZooNova 50: 1-38. Reference page. 

Links

• ZooBank: E42B00ED-1B72-4A9B-8326-5E1187F10F2F