Mecodema
Encyclopedia
Mecodema is a genus of ground beetle
in the family
Carabidae.
Beetle
Coleoptera is an order of insects commonly called beetles. The word "coleoptera" is from the Greek , koleos, "sheath"; and , pteron, "wing", thus "sheathed wing". Coleoptera contains more species than any other order, constituting almost 25% of all known life-forms...
in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Carabidae.
Species
- Mecodema allani Fairburn, 1945
- Mecodema alternans Laporte de Castelnau, 1867
- Mecodema angustulum Broun, 1914
- Mecodema aoteanoho Seldon & Leschnen, 2011
- Mecodema atrox Britton, 1949
- Mecodema brittoni Townsend, 1965
- Mecodema bullatum Lewis 1902
- Mecodema chiltoni Broun, 1917
- Mecodema costellum Broun, 1903
- Mecodema costipenne Broun, 1914
- Mecodema crenaticolle Redtenbacher, 1868
- Mecodema crenicolle CastelnauFrançois Louis de la Porte, comte de CastelnauFrançois Louis Nompar de Caumont LaPorte, comte de Castelnau was a French naturalist, known also as François Laporte or Francis de Castelnau.-Life:Born in London, he studied natural history in Paris...
, 1867 - Mecodema ducale Sharp, 1886
- Mecodema dunense Townsend, 1965
- Mecodema dux Britton, 1949
- Mecodema elongatum CastelnauFrançois Louis de la Porte, comte de CastelnauFrançois Louis Nompar de Caumont LaPorte, comte de Castelnau was a French naturalist, known also as François Laporte or Francis de Castelnau.-Life:Born in London, he studied natural history in Paris...
, 1867 - Mecodema femorale Broun, 1921
- Mecodema florae Britton, 1949
- Mecodema fulgidum Broun, 1881
- Mecodema gourlayi Britton, 1949
- Mecodema haunoho Seldon & Leschnen, 2011
- Mecodema hector Britton, 1949
- Mecodema howitti CastelnauFrançois Louis de la Porte, comte de CastelnauFrançois Louis Nompar de Caumont LaPorte, comte de Castelnau was a French naturalist, known also as François Laporte or Francis de Castelnau.-Life:Born in London, he studied natural history in Paris...
- Mecodema huttense Broun, 1915
- Mecodema impressum CastelnauFrançois Louis de la Porte, comte de CastelnauFrançois Louis Nompar de Caumont LaPorte, comte de Castelnau was a French naturalist, known also as François Laporte or Francis de Castelnau.-Life:Born in London, he studied natural history in Paris...
, 1867 - Mecodema infimate Lewis, 1902
- Mecodema integratum Townsend, 1965
- Mecodema laeviceps Broun, 1904
- Mecodema laterale Broun, 1917
- Mecodema litoreum Broun, 1886
- Mecodema longicolle Broun, 1923
- Mecodema lucidum CastelnauFrançois Louis de la Porte, comte de CastelnauFrançois Louis Nompar de Caumont LaPorte, comte de Castelnau was a French naturalist, known also as François Laporte or Francis de Castelnau.-Life:Born in London, he studied natural history in Paris...
, 1867 - Mecodema manaia Seldon & Leschnen, 2011
- Mecodema metallicum Sharp, 1886
- Mecodema minax Britton, 1949
- Mecodema morio (CastelnauFrançois Louis de la Porte, comte de CastelnauFrançois Louis Nompar de Caumont LaPorte, comte de Castelnau was a French naturalist, known also as François Laporte or Francis de Castelnau.-Life:Born in London, he studied natural history in Paris...
, 1867) - Mecodema nitidum Broun, 1903
- Mecodema oblongum (Broun, 1882)
- Mecodema occiputale Broun, 1923
- Mecodema oconnoriMecodema oconnoriMecodema oconnori is a ground beetle of the family Carabidae, endemic to the North Island of New Zealand. It is up to 40 mm long.-References:*...
Broun - Mecodema oregoides (Broun, 1894)
- Mecodema parataiko Seldon & Leschnen, 2011
- Mecodema pavidum Townsend, 1965
- Mecodema pluto Britton, 1949
- Mecodema politanum Broun, 1917
- Mecodema ponaiti Seldon & Leschnen, 2011
- Mecodema proximum Britton, 1949
- Mecodema pulchellum Townsend, 1965
- Mecodema punctatum (Laporte de Castelnau, 1867)
- Mecodema punctellumMecodema punctellumMecodema punctellum is a presumed-extinct ground beetle of the family Carabidae, endemic to Stephens Island in New Zealand.-Description:Mecodema punctellum is a large black flightless ground beetle which reached a length of and a width of ....
(Broun, 1921) - Mecodema puncticolle Broun, 1945
- Mecodema quoinense Broun, 1912
- Mecodema rectolineatum Laporte de Castelnau, 1867
- Mecodema regulus Britton, 1964
- Mecodema rex Britton, 1949
- Mecodema rugiceps Sharp, 1886
- Mecodema sculpturatum Blanchard, 1843
- Mecodema simplex CastelnauFrançois Louis de la Porte, comte de CastelnauFrançois Louis Nompar de Caumont LaPorte, comte de Castelnau was a French naturalist, known also as François Laporte or Francis de Castelnau.-Life:Born in London, he studied natural history in Paris...
, 1867 - Mecodema spiniferum Broun, 1880
- Mecodema striatum Broun, 1904
- Mecodema strictum Britton, 1949
- Mecodema sulcatum (Sharp, 1886)
- Mecodema tenaki Seldon & Leschnen, 2011
- Mecodema validum Broun, 1923