Mecodema kipjac
Mecodema kipjac dorsal view
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Mecodema
Species:
M. kipjac
Binomial name
Mecodema kipjac
Seldon & Buckley, 2019

Mecodema kipjac is a large-bodied ground beetle species found near Kirikopuni in Northland, New Zealand.


Diagnosis

Distinguished from other Mecodema species in the North Island by:

  1. the small foveae situated directly behind the eye;
  2. anterad pronotal foveae on the disc a distinctive shallow depression with scattered pits and short wrinkles mesad foveae;
  3. distinct shape of the apical portion of the penis lobe.[1]

Description

Length 33.1 mm, pronotal width 9.4 mm, elytral width 10.8 mm. Colour of entire body dark reddish-brown, head matte black.[1]

Natural history

More research is required.

References

  1. 1 2 Seldon, D.S.; Buckley, T.R. (2019). "The genus Mecodema Blanchard 1853 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Broscini) from the North Island, New Zealand". Zootaxa. 4598 (1): zootaxa.4598.1.1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4598.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 31716064. S2CID 164710644.
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