Taxonavigation

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Broscinae
Tribus: Broscini
Genus: Mecodema
Species: Mecodema fulgidum
Synonyms (5): M. antennale – M. cassense – M. cognatum – M. halli – M. simulans

Name

• Mecodema fulgidum Broun, 1881
  • Authority for placement: original
  • Current status: valid species
  • Gender: changeable (-us, -um, -a)
  • Original genus: Mecodema Blanchard, 1843
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: syntypes (2)
    • Fixation: automatic
    • Description: 2 [adults]
    • Repository: BMNH
  • Type locality: 'mountains near Nelson'
  • ZooBank: [No record] [no record]

Primary references

• Broun, T. 1881: Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Part II. Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department, Wellington. BHL [first availability, see p. 653]

References

• Ewers, R.M. 2008: Spatio-temporal variation in mortality rates of Mecodema spp. (Coleoptera: Carabidae) across a forest-grassland edge in New Zealand. Insect conservation and diversity, 1(1): 40–47. DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2007.00006.x Reference page. 

• 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.  Appendix C

• Townsend, J.I. 2012: Notes on the taxonomy of the Mecodema spiniferum species group (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Weta 42: 4-13. Abstract and full article (PDF) Reference page.