Taxonavigation

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Broscinae
Tribus: Broscini
Genus: Mecodema
Species: Mecodema sulcatum
Synonym: Mecodema doullii

Name

• Mecodema doullii (Broun, 1905)
  • Authority for placement: Britton, 1949: 578 ('new synonymy')
  • Current status: invalid synonym of Mecodema sulcatum
  • Gender: unchangeable (patronym, with -ii suffix)
  • Original genus: Metaglymma
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: unique ('One example ...')
    • Description: [adult] male
    • Repository: BMNH?
  • Type locality: 'North Canterbury'
  • ZooBank: [No record] [no record]

Primary references

• Broun, T. 1905: Descriptions of a new genus and four species of Coleoptera from New Zealand. Annals and magazine of natural history (7), 15(90): 543–547. BHL DOI: 10.1080/03745480509442849 Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 543]

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.