Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Adephaga 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Broscinae
Tribus: Broscini
Genus: Mecodema
Species: Mecodema simplex
Synonym: Mecodema acuductum

Name

  • Mecodema acuductum Broun, 1908
    • Authority for placement:
    • Current status: invalid synonym of Mecodema simplex
    • Gender: changeable (-us, -um, -a)
    • Original genus: Mecodema Blanchard, 1843
    • Original status: valid species
    • Primary type: holotype ('Described from one example ...')
      • Fixation: unique
      • Description: [adult] male
      • Repository: BMNH?
    • Type locality: 'Mount Holdsworth, Tararua Range, in the birch-forest at an elevation of 1500 to 2000 feet'
    • ZooBank: [No record] [no record]

Primary references

  • Broun, T. 1908: Descriptions of new species of New Zealand Coleoptera. Annals and magazine of natural history (8), 2: 334–352. BHL [first availability, see p. 335]

References

  • 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. 
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