Mecodema tenaki

Mecodema tenaki

Declining (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Mecodema
Species:
M. tenaki
Binomial name
Mecodema tenaki
Seldon & Leschen, 2011

Mecodema tenaki is a species of ground beetle found in the Cape Reinga region, Northland, New Zealand.[1] Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Declining" with the qualifiers of "Conservation Dependent", "Range Restricted" and "Biologically Sparse".[2]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Leschen, R. A.B.; Marris, J. W.M.; Emberson, R. M.; Nunn, J.; Hitchmough, R. A.; Stringer, I. A.N. (2012-07-01). "The conservation status of New Zealand Coleoptera". New Zealand Entomologist. 35 (2): 91–98. doi:10.1080/00779962.2012.686311. ISSN 0077-9962.