Taxonavigation

Mecodema oconnori (male)

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

Name

• Mecodema oconnori Broun, 1912 [source: Broun (1912: 382)]
  • Primary type: holotype (unique), female [source: Broun (1912: 383)]: BMNH?
    • NOTE: Britton (1949: 560) refers to a 'paratype'
  • Type locality: 'Levin, near Wellington', New Zealand WN [source: Broun (1912: 383)]
  • Broun species number: 3164 [source: Broun (1912: 382)]

Primary references

• Broun, T. 1912: Descriptions of new genera and species of Coleoptera. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 44: 379–440. BHL Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 382]

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: 533–581, plates 59-78.
• Edwards, J. 1950: Insect records - 1950. Tane, 3: 84–85.
• Green, O.R. 1982: Auckland Branch trip to Mangatautari Mountain, 28th Feb. 1982. Weta, 5(2): 36–37. ISSN: 0111-7696 BUGZ [probable misidentification as Mecodema spinifer]

• Hutchison, M.A.S. 2007: Seasonality and life histories of two endemic New Zealand carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae): Mecodema oconnori Broun and Megadromus capito (White). New Zealand journal of zoology 34(1): 79–89. DOI: 10.1080/03014220709510066 Reference page. 
• Larochelle, A.; Larivière, M.-C. 2001: Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera): catalogue. Fauna of New Zealand, (43)
• Larochelle, A.; Larivière, M.-C. 2007: Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera): synopsis of supraspecific taxa. Fauna of New Zealand, (60)
• May, B.M. 1967: The Broun species numbers (Coleoptera). Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, zoology, 9: 175–180. BUGZ
• Townsend, J.I. 1997: An insect survey of Paengaroa Scenic Reserve, Mataroa. Conservation Advisory Science Notes, (152). Department of Conservation, Wellington. PDF

• 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. 

• Townsend, J.I. 2013: Ecological observations on Mecodema oconnori Broun (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Broscini). Weta 44: 20-27. Abstract and full article (PDF) Reference page.