Mecodema allani
Mecodema allani is a ground beetle of the family Carabidae, endemic to the South Island, New Zealand.[1] It is one of two species within the laterale group[2], which are large-bodied species with a distinctively broad lateral carina along the elytra that is reflexed (curved upward).
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- "Mecodema allani Fairburn, 1945". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
- 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.
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