Mecodema validum

Mecodema validum
	Mecodema validum Pureora dorsal
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Carabidae
Genus:	Mecodema
Species:	M. validum
Binomial name
	Mecodema validum; Broun, 1923

Mecodema validum is a large-bodied ground beetle endemic to New Zealand. It is geographically widespread from Mt Te Aroha (north) to the Ruahine Ranges (south) with Ohakune as the type locality. This species is within the spiniferum group,[1] there is variability in some of the external morphological characters along its distribution. However, the form of the male genitalia remains constant, except with a slight variation in the easternmost population in northern Hawke's Bay.

References

Britton, E.B. (1949). "The Carabidae (Coleoptera) of New Zealand Part III - A revision of the tribe Broscini". Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 77 (4): 533–581.

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[1] Britton, E.B. (1949). "The Carabidae (Coleoptera) of New Zealand Part III - A revision of the tribe Broscini". Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 77 (4): 533–581.