Taxonavigation

Mecodema puiakium

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

Name

• Mecodema puiakium Johns & Ewers in Johns, 2007
  • Authority for placement: original
  • Original genus: Mecodema Blanchard, 1843
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: [adult] male
    • Repository: CMNZ
  • Type locality: 'Poulter-Thompson confluence, left bank, Arthurs Pass National Park'
  • ZooBank: DC872E94-2C49-486E-A340-98B822CCB912

Primary references

• Johns, P.M. 2007: New genera and species of rare New Zealand endemic carabids. (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Privately published: Christchurch, New Zealand. PDF. Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 2]

References

• Brockerhoff, E. et al. 2008: Terrestrial invertebrates. Pp. 493-548 in: Winterbourn, M.; Knox, G.; Burrows, C. & Marsden, I. (eds.) The natural history of Canterbury. Canterbury University Press: Christchurch, N.Z. ISBN 978-1-877257-57-5 Reference page.  [see p. 495]

• 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.  [as Mecodema n.sp., see fig. 1(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, as Mecodema n. sp.]

• Johns, P.M. 1980: Ground beetles (Carabidae) of Arthurs Pass National Park. Mauri Ora 8: 55–67. Full article (PDF) BUGZ Reference page.  [see p. 59, as Mecodema new species]

• Johns, P.M. 2005: Field guide to South Island carabid beetles of conservation interest (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Department of Conservation, Christchurch. [not seen] Reference page.  [as Mecodema "dense Nothofagus"]

• Larochelle, A.; Larivière, M.-C. 2007: Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera): synopsis of supraspecific taxa. Fauna of New Zealand, (60) Extract and PDF Reference page.  [no new information]

• Townsend, J.I. 1997: Checklist of Nelson, Marlborough and West Coast Carabidae. An annotated list of Carabidae recorded from Nelson/Marlborough and West Coast Conservancies. Occasional publication, (29). ISBN 0-478-018-28-2 Reference page.  [see p. 9, as Mecodema n. sp. - 'Large costate species, not uncommon. Lewis Pass.']