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 |
Family: | Carabidae |
Genus: | Mecodema |
Species: | M. haunoho
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Binomial name | |
Mecodema haunoho Seldon & Leschen, 2011
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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]
Distinguished from other North Island Mecodema species by having:
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]
Found throughout the island, but more commonly encountered in the broadleaf forests of the southern and southwestern areas of Hauturu.
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