Megadromus capito
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Carabidae
Genus:
Megadromus
Species:
M. capito
Binomial name
Megadromus capito
White, 1846
Synonyms[1]
  • Megadromus aucklandicus (Bates, 1878)
  • Megadromus humeralis (Broun, 1882)
  • Megadromus cephalotes (Broun, 1886)
  • Megadromus hudsoni (Broun, 1904)
  • Megadromus ordinarius (Broun, 1908)

Megadromus capito is a large endemic ground beetle from New Zealand.[2] This beetle hunts on the ground, is active mainly at night and tends to take shelter under debris during the day.[3]

Taxonomy

M. capito was first described by Adam White in 1846.[4]

Description

M. capito is a shiny, black beetle with a thorax cover that can have a greenish appearance. The beetle has horizontal linear groves running the length of its wing covers.[2] They are sexually dimorphic in that the males are significantly larger than the females.[3]

Life cycle

M. capito have relatively low numbers of eggs, up to 26, which they gestate for at least six months.[3]

M. capito are regarded as being a long lived species of beetle.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Megadromus (Megadromus) capito (White, 1846)". www.gbif.org. Global Biodiversity Information Network. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Beetle (Ground) Megadromus capito". www.terrain.net.nz. Taranaki Education Resource Research Analysis and Information Network. Archived from the original on 2020-01-19. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Hutchison, Melissa A. S. (19 February 2010). "Seasonality and life histories of two endemic New Zealand carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae): Mecodema oconnori Broun and Megadromus capito (White)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 34 (1): 79–89. doi:10.1080/03014220709510066.
  4. ↑ White, Adam; Butler, Arthur Gardiner (1846). The zoology of the voyage of the H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross - Insects. Vol. 2. London: E. W. Janson. p. 4. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.7364. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
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