Mecodema oconnori
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| Mecodema oconnori | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Mecodema |
| Species: | M. oconnori |
| Binomial name | |
| Mecodema oconnori Broun, 1912 | |
Mecodema oconnori is a large-bodied species of ground beetle that is found mainly on the western regions of the North Island, New Zealand.[1][2][3] It is mainly found in native forest habitats, both intact and fragmented, and on the edges of pine (Pinus radiata) plantations. Mecodema oconnori ranges from Otaki, Kapiti Coast to Raglan (on the western side of the Tararua and Ruahine Ranges), but is also found in the Manawatu Gorge and some other eastern localities.[4]
