A unique species ofMecodema(Carabidae: Broscini) from the Hawke's Bay region, New Zealand, with implications for North–South Island zoogeography

Autor:	David Seldon
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Ground beetle Zoogeography Ecology Insect Science Species group Taxonomy (biology) Mecodema Biology Body size biology.organism_classification Bay Phylogenetic relationship
Zdroj:	New Zealand Entomologist. 38:28-35
ISSN:	1179-3430 0077-9962
DOI:	10.1080/00779962.2014.936105
Popis:	Mecodema chaiup sp. nov. (Carabidae: Broscini) is described from a single male specimen collected from Mohi Bush Scenic Reserve, Maraetotara Plateau, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. The species is unique among Mecodema in that its elytra are narrower than the pronotum at the widest point. Based on body size and elytral configuration this species could represent the first member of the ‘costellum species group’ found in the North Island. Alternatively, aedeagal and head configuration support a close phylogenetic relationship with the widespread M. oconnori.http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:ACFCBAC9-9013-4F1B-9FCE-09F2CE79DC70
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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