Mecodema kipjac
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (November 2019) |
| Mecodema kipjac | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Mecodema |
| Species: | M. kipjac
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| Mecodema kipjac Seldon & Buckley, 2019
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Mecodema kipjac is a large-bodied ground beetle species found near Kirikopuni in Northland, New Zealand.
Diagnosis
[edit]Distinguished 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
[edit]Length 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
[edit]More research is required.