Mecodema regulus

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 regulus

Name

Mecodema regulus Britton, 1964

• • Authority for placement: original
  • Current status: valid species
  • Gender: unchangeable?
  • Original genus: Mecodema Blanchard, 1843
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: [adult] male
    • Repository: NZAC
  • Type locality: 'New Zealand: Three Kings Islands: Great Island'
  • ZooBank: 4CEE319D-64E0-4D14-A434-AA12756B707E

References

• Britton, E.B. 1963[1964]. New Carabidae (Coleoptera) from New Zealand caves. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (13) 6: 625–634. Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 526, and figs. 3, 6]
• 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.