Mecodema spiniferum

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 spiniferum
Synonyms (1): M. scitulum

Mecodema spiniferum Broun, 1880
- Primary type: holotype (unique): BMNH?
- Type locality: 'Waitakerei, near Auckland', New Zealand AK
- Incorrect original spelling: Mecodema spinifer

Broun, T. 1880: Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department, Wellington. BHL [first availability, see p. 10 (Broun species number: 22)]

Green, O.R. 1982: Auckland Branch trip to Mangatautari Mountain, 28th Feb. 1982. Weta, 5(2): 36–37. ISSN: 0111-7696 BUGZ [probable misidentification of Mecodema oconnori]
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. 2012: Notes on the taxonomy of the Mecodema spiniferum species group (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Weta 42: 4-13. Abstract and full article (PDF) Reference page.

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