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Mecodema kipjac is a large-bodied ground beetle species found near Kirikopuni in Northland, New Zealand.
Mecodema kipjac | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Carabidae |
Genus: | Mecodema |
Species: | M. kipjac
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Binomial name | |
Mecodema kipjac Seldon & Buckley, 2019
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Diagnosis
editDistinguished from other Mecodema species in the North Island by:
- the small foveae situated directly behind the eye;
- anterad pronotal foveae on the disc a distinctive shallow depression with scattered pits and short wrinkles mesad foveae;
- distinct shape of the apical portion of the penis lobe.[1]
Description
editLength 33.1 mm, pronotal width 9.4 mm, elytral width 10.8 mm. Colour of entire body dark reddish-brown, head matte black.[1]
Natural history
editMore research is required.