Taxonavigation

Mecodema allani

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

Name

• Mecodema allani Fairburn, 1945
  • Authority for placement: original
  • Current status: valid species
  • Gender: unchangeable (patronym)
  • Original genus: Mecodema Blanchard, 1843
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated (as 'type')
    • Description: [adult]
    • Repository: CMNZ
  • Type locality: 'in a beech-clad valley between Mt. Horrible and Mt. Misery, near Cass, Canterbury'
  • ZooBank: A443DB02-0EB9-4F60-BD31-273CC646CF7A

Primary references

• Fairburn, E. 1945: A new beetle of the genus Mecodema. Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 74(4): 408–410, plate 59. full text and PDF Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 408, and plate 59]

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. 

• Ewers, R.M.; Didham, R.K. 2004: A first assessment of New Zealand beetles restricted to large forest areas. Weta, 27: 33–40. full article (PDF) Reference page.  [see fig 2(a) (same specimen as image here)]

• Ewers, R.M.; Thorpe, S.; Didham, R.K. 2007: Synergistic interactions between edge and area effects in a heavily fragmented landscape. Ecology, 88(1): 96–106. DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2007)88[96:SIBEAA]2.0.CO;2 JSTOR Reference page.  [see Appendix C

Selected links

• UniProt

Mecodema allani