Mecodema haunoho
| Mecodema haunoho | |
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| Dorsal view of Mecodema haunoho from Little Barrier Island, New Zealand | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Mecodema |
| Species: | M. haunoho
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| Binomial name | |
| Mecodema haunoho Seldon & Leschen, 2011
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| Distribution (in green) of Mecodema haunoho | |
Mecodema haunoho is the only ground beetle (Carabidae) species that is endemic to Little Barrier Island (Hauturu).[1][2][3] It is sister species of the Great Barrier Island (Aotea) species M. aoteanoho and both are closely related to M. manaia, a species found in Bream Head, Northland, New Zealand.[1]
Diagnosis
[edit]Distinguished from other North Island Mecodema species by having:
- the prothoracic carina narrow the entire length, moderately crenulated with 3 setae along each side (curvidens species group);
- the distinctive shape of the penis lobe.[2]
Description
[edit]Length 20.5–24.1 mm, pronotal width 5.1–5.9 mm, elytral width 6.3–6.8 mm. Colour of the entire body is matte to glossy black.[1][2]
Natural history
[edit]Found throughout the island, but more commonly encountered in the broadleaf forests of the southern and southwestern areas of Hauturu.
Conservation status
[edit]Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Naturally Uncommon" with the qualifiers of "Island Endemic" and "One Location".[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Seldon, David S.; Leschen, Richard A.B. (2011). "A revision of the Mecodema curvidens species group (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Broscini)". Zootaxa. 2829: 1–45. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2829.1.1. hdl:2292/8777.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ Hauturu: the history, flora and fauna of Te Hauturu-o-Toi Little Barrier Island. Veitch, C.R., Wade, L. Auckland, New Zealand. 2019. ISBN 9780995109582. OCLC 1106097068.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Leschen, R. A.B.; Marris, J. W.M.; Emberson, R. M.; Nunn, J.; Hitchmough, R. A.; Stringer, I. A.N. (1 July 2012). "The conservation status of New Zealand Coleoptera". New Zealand Entomologist. 35 (2): 91–98. doi:10.1080/00779962.2012.686311. ISSN 0077-9962.