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 pluto

Name

  • Mecodema pluto Britton, 1949
    • Authority for placement: original
    • Original status: valid species
    • Primary type: holotype
      • Fixation: designated and presumably unique
      • Description: adult
      • Repository: BMNH
    • Type locality: 'NORTH ISLAND. Auckland: Te Aroha Trig. Station'
    • ZooBank: E3E9B508-D93A-4464-8155-2E38419E21F2

Primary 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. 

References

  • Gibbs, G.; McIntyre, M. 1997: Abundance and future options for wetapunga on Little Barrier Island. Science for conservation, (48) ISBN 0-478-01896-7 PDF [see table 7 on p. 20] [probably a misidentification of Mecodema haunoho]
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