Mecodema quoinense

Mecodema quoinense is a large-bodied ground beetle of the genus Mecodema, an endemic New Zealand carabid, which is found in the Tararua Ranges, North Island above about 1000 m. It is named after the type locality Mount Quoin, but specimens have been found on Mount Holdsworth.[1] This species is in Britton's spiniferum group and can be distinguished from other Mecodema species by the very distinctive shape of the male genitalia.

References

  1. Britton, E.B. (1949). "The Carabidae (Coleoptera) of New Zealand Part III - A revision of the Broscini". Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 77(4): 533–581.

Mecodema quoinense
M. quoinense holotype
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Carabidae
Tribe:
Broscini
Genus:
Mecodema
Species:
quoinense
Binomial name
Mecodema quoinense
Broun 1915
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