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Distinguished from other
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species in the North Island by:
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, the small foveae situated directly behind the eye;
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, anterad pronotal foveae on the disc a distinctive shallow depression with scattered pits and short wrinkles mesad foveae;
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, distinct shape of the apical portion of the penis lobe (
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PL).
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Length
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, pronotal width
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, elytral width
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. Colour of entire body dark reddish-brown, head matte black.
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Broad and flat (
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). Vertex with very fine wrinkles forming an isodiametric pattern laterally; vertexal groove narrow and defined by punctures medially (
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), punctures absent laterally; large supraorbital puncture bearing 4 setae, small foveae behind eye and below supraorbital puncture; 23 indistinctly impressed supraorbital grooves extended onto frons; frons with a triangular depression each side of midline surrounded by grooves, medially convex anterad frons, extended posterad clypeus; frontoclypeal suture (
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) poorly defined, tentorial pits very small; anterior area of clypeus with distinctly impressed grooves in front of raised area, 1 large setose puncture each side bearing 2 setae, 2 small punctures medially bearing 1 seta each. Labrum lobate, anterior edge rounded and strongly emarginated medially with 2 proximate central setae, 2 setae each side evenly spaced. Mentum lobes rounded (
<figureCitation id="13297DB5023EB73591C3B649EF1FFBE3" box="[431,532,1070,1095]" captionStart="FIGURE 12" captionStartId="18.[151,250,1905,1927]" captionTargetBox="[311,1244,697,1878]" captionTargetId="figure@18.[310,1250,689,1889]" captionTargetPageId="18" captionText="FIGURE 12. Ventral view of the mentum with a number of different character states. Illustrations AD are the different forms of the indentation in the apex of the median process: (A) distinctly indentate (M. manaia); (B) moderately indentate (M. pluto); (C) slightly indentate (M. infimate); (D) indentation notched (M. parataiko). Illustrations EG are the three general forms (i.e., hashed lines) of the mentum lobes: (E) triangular; (F) rounded; (G) squared." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2668087/files/figure.png" pageId="59" pageNumber="60">Fig. 12F</figureCitation>
), median process very broad (especially at base), slightly angled upward (15°), distinctlyly indentate (
<figureCitation id="13297DB5023EB73591CDB635EF1AFBCF" box="[417,529,1106,1131]" captionStart="FIGURE 12" captionStartId="18.[151,250,1905,1927]" captionTargetBox="[311,1244,697,1878]" captionTargetId="figure@18.[310,1250,689,1889]" captionTargetPageId="18" captionText="FIGURE 12. Ventral view of the mentum with a number of different character states. Illustrations AD are the different forms of the indentation in the apex of the median process: (A) distinctly indentate (M. manaia); (B) moderately indentate (M. pluto); (C) slightly indentate (M. infimate); (D) indentation notched (M. parataiko). Illustrations EG are the three general forms (i.e., hashed lines) of the mentum lobes: (E) triangular; (F) rounded; (G) squared." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2668087/files/figure.png" pageId="59" pageNumber="60">Fig. 12A</figureCitation>
); mentum setae absent. Submentum sclerite constriction narrow, broadened laterally with 3 evenly spaced setae each side. Stipes with 2 basal setae. Gula pits small, suture well-defined, gula flat with rugose lines. Gena (
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) with a fine isodiametric pattern across entire area.
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<emphasis id="B966BD22023EB73590ABB6D9EC49FB72" box="[199,322,1214,1238]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="60">Prothorax:</emphasis>
Prothoracic carina narrow the entire length but broadened at anterior angle, very slightly crenulated with 810 setae each side (
<figureCitation id="13297DB5023EB73591B1B685EF3EFB5F" box="[477,565,1250,1275]" captionStart="FIGURE 33" captionStartId="60.[151,250,1858,1880]" captionTargetBox="[217,1375,203,1820]" captionTargetId="figure@60.[205,1381,193,1836]" captionTargetPageId="60" captionText="FIGURE 33. Mecodema kipjac plate with half habitus (left) and the three (detached) structures of the male aedeagus: the right (RP) and left parameres (LP), plus the penis lobe (PL). The bottom scale bar is the width across the widest point of the pronotum of the specimen used for this habitus and top scale bar equates to the half the length of the penis lobe." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2668129/files/figure.png" pageId="59" pageNumber="60">Fig. 33</figureCitation>
), extended to anterior angle; posterior lateral sinuation evidently carinate, slightly angled inward; pronotum broad and flat, overall shape cordate (
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); midline impressed, anterior medial triangular impression (with wings that narrowed toward anterior lateral margin) and posterior medial diamond-shaped impression present, disc with fine transverse wrinkles laterally, anterad of foveae a distinctive shallow depression, sparsely pitted and short wrinkles mesad foveae; pronotal foveae shallow and broad; anterior edge moderately inwardly curved, posterior edge relatively straight (
<figureCitation id="13297DB5023EB73593CBB7F1EEF7FA0B" box="[935,1020,1430,1455]" captionStart="FIGURE 33" captionStartId="60.[151,250,1858,1880]" captionTargetBox="[217,1375,203,1820]" captionTargetId="figure@60.[205,1381,193,1836]" captionTargetPageId="60" captionText="FIGURE 33. Mecodema kipjac plate with half habitus (left) and the three (detached) structures of the male aedeagus: the right (RP) and left parameres (LP), plus the penis lobe (PL). The bottom scale bar is the width across the widest point of the pronotum of the specimen used for this habitus and top scale bar equates to the half the length of the penis lobe." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2668129/files/figure.png" pageId="59" pageNumber="60">Fig. 33</figureCitation>
). Prosternum flat with deep grooves laterally; proepisternum without microsculpture. Procoxal setae absent; protibia distally expanded and shovel-like (
<figureCitation id="13297DB5023EB73590F3B7B9EC0DFA53" box="[159,262,1502,1527]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="16.[151,250,1442,1464]" captionTargetBox="[152,1428,191,1421]" captionTargetId="figure@16.[151,1435,183,1427]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="FIGURE 10. The protibia form is a character used mainly to determine between genera, except for one species in Mecodema where the difference between (A) greatly distally expanded (M. antarctica) and (B) expanded distally (all other Mecodema species) is used." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2668083/files/figure.png" pageId="59" pageNumber="60">Fig. 10B</figureCitation>
).
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<emphasis id="B966BD22023EB73590ABB464EC1DF9BF" box="[199,278,1539,1563]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="60">Elytra:</emphasis>
Broad and slightly deflected laterally; humerus anteriorly convergent (elytra look narrower) (
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); basal margin slighty curved and gently sloped to base, interval 1 extended to scutellum, other intervals and striae extended to margin but not abruptly so; lateral carina narrow the entire length, extended to humeral angle; humerus with 4 equally-spaced setae (right side) (
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); suture impressed; striae 16 asetose punctures small, regularly spaced, striae 7 and 8 asetose punctures slightly increased in size (
<figureCitation id="13297DB5023EB7359312B4F5EEDAF90F" box="[894,977,1682,1707]" captionStart="FIGURE 33" captionStartId="60.[151,250,1858,1880]" captionTargetBox="[217,1375,203,1820]" captionTargetId="figure@60.[205,1381,193,1836]" captionTargetPageId="60" captionText="FIGURE 33. Mecodema kipjac plate with half habitus (left) and the three (detached) structures of the male aedeagus: the right (RP) and left parameres (LP), plus the penis lobe (PL). The bottom scale bar is the width across the widest point of the pronotum of the specimen used for this habitus and top scale bar equates to the half the length of the penis lobe." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2668129/files/figure.png" pageId="59" pageNumber="60">Fig. 33</figureCitation>
); intervals 15 flat, intervals 68 weakly convex, interval 9 strongly convex and terminated posterad humerus; interval microsculpture absent; 7
<superScript id="7C67CC78023EB735957AB4D2E829F967" attach="left" box="[1302,1314,1717,1731]" fontSize="6" pageId="59" pageNumber="60">th</superScript>
strial setal (
<figureCitation id="13297DB5023EB73590F3B4BAEDEBF952" box="[159,224,1757,1782]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1912,1934]" captionTargetBox="[159,1427,1029,1884]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,1023,1890]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 1. Dorsal view of a Mecodema specimen showing taxonomic structures used in the species descriptions. H =head; P = pronotum; E = elytra; S = striae; I1 = interval 1; A = apex; 7S = 7 th strial setae; HSP = humerus setose puncture; HA = humeral angle; BM = basal margin; P = protibia." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2668065/files/figure.png" pageId="59" pageNumber="60">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
) pattern with 3 setose punctures anterior ½, 4 setose punctures posterior ½, setose punctures small.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BAD6130023EB73590ABB566EE76F80E" blockId="59.[151,1437,602,1962]" pageId="59" pageNumber="60">
<emphasis id="B966BD22023EB73590ABB566EC89F8BD" box="[199,386,1793,1817]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="60">Ventral surface:</emphasis>
Mesepisternum with sparse punctures present; metepisternum lineate; setose punctures present on mesocoxa (1) and metacoxa (2). Abdominal ventrites 1
<date id="FFAC47F0023EB73593F0B542EEE8F89A" box="[924,995,1829,1854]" pageId="59" pageNumber="60">6 may</date>
be finely lineate; ventrites 35 with 1 setose puncture each side of midline; ventrite 6 setae present:
<specimenCount id="9D14AAB9023EB7359339B52DEE61F8C5" box="[853,874,1866,1889]" pageId="59" pageNumber="60" type="male"></specimenCount>
with 1 setose puncture distantly spaced each side of straight ventral edge, (no
<specimenCount id="9D14AAB9023EB73591B5B509ECE5F821" box="[473,494,1902,1925]" pageId="59" pageNumber="60" type="female"></specimenCount>
specimen available); lateral foveae absent. Anterior metaventrite process (
<figureCitation id="13297DB5023EB7359557B50AE88BF822" box="[1339,1408,1901,1926]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="6.[151,250,800,822]" captionTargetBox="[159,1432,197,773]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,193,779]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 2. Ventral view of a Mecodema specimen showing specific morphological structures, excluding taxonomic structures indicated in detail figures, used in the species descriptions. ƑLF = ventrite lateral foveae; ƑSP = ventrite setose punctures; MTC = metacoxa; MTƑP = metaventrite process; MSC = mesocoxa; PC = procoxa; PS = prosternum; G = gena; PES = proepisternum; MSE = mesepisternum; MTE = metepisternum; Ƒ1Ƒ6 = ventrites 1-6 (ventrites 1-3 may be fused); M = midline (dashed line, not a taxonomic structure)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2668067/files/figure.png" pageId="59" pageNumber="60">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
) a short and broad triangle with a very broad carina the entire length.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BAD61300239B73290FBB525E808F831" blockId="60.[151,1436,1858,1941]" pageId="60" pageNumber="61">
<emphasis id="B966BD220239B73290FBB525EC2BF8FC" bold="true" box="[151,288,1858,1880]" pageId="60" pageNumber="61">FIGURE 33.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C121AB30239B732914AB525ECD2F8FC" authorityName="Seldon &amp; Buckley" authorityYear="2019" box="[294,473,1858,1880]" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Mecodema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kipjac">
<emphasis id="B966BD220239B732914AB525ECD2F8FC" box="[294,473,1858,1880]" italics="true" pageId="60" pageNumber="61">Mecodema kipjac</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
plate with half habitus (left) and the three (detached) structures of the male aedeagus: the right (RP) and left parameres (LP), plus the penis lobe (PL). The bottom scale bar is the width across the widest point of the pronotum of the specimen used for this habitus and top scale bar equates to the half the length of the penis lobe.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BAD61300238B73390ABB2FFEDC4FD0C" blockId="61.[151,1437,151,1040]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">
<emphasis id="B966BD220238B73390ABB2FFEC72FF14" box="[199,377,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Male genitalia:</emphasis>
Apical portion of penis lobe asymmetrically hooked with a distinct deflection to right of vertical axis (VV) (
<figureCitation id="13297DB50238B733911FB2DBECD6FF71" box="[371,477,188,213]" captionStart="FIGURE 15" captionStartId="20.[151,250,1943,1965]" captionTargetBox="[162,1424,1039,1914]" captionTargetId="figure@20.[162,1424,1038,1921]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="FIGURE 15. The penis lobe in ventral view showing the relative deflection to right of vertical: (A) distinctly deflected (M. regulus); (B) moderately deflected (M. haunoho); (C) slightly deflected (M. oregoides). Scale bars = 1 mm. Structures of penis lobe indicated are: base (B); lateral edge (LE); apical portion (AP); ventral edge (ƑE)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2668093/files/figure.png" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Fig. 15A</figureCitation>
); a short curve down from shaft forms a bluntly rounded ventral process (
<figureCitation id="13297DB50238B733954DB2DBE87AFF70" box="[1313,1393,188,213]" captionStart="FIGURE 33" captionStartId="60.[151,250,1858,1880]" captionTargetBox="[217,1375,203,1820]" captionTargetId="figure@60.[205,1381,193,1836]" captionTargetPageId="60" captionText="FIGURE 33. Mecodema kipjac plate with half habitus (left) and the three (detached) structures of the male aedeagus: the right (RP) and left parameres (LP), plus the penis lobe (PL). The bottom scale bar is the width across the widest point of the pronotum of the specimen used for this habitus and top scale bar equates to the half the length of the penis lobe." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2668129/files/figure.png" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Fig. 33</figureCitation>
PL) that is pushed forward of vertical axis (
<figureCitation id="13297DB50238B7339226B2B8EF86FF5C" box="[586,653,223,248]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1765,1787]" captionTargetBox="[155,1433,1029,1723]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,1023,1723]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 3. Detail of the apical portion of aedeagus (male genitalia) with parameres removed showing taxonomic structures, vertical and horizontal planes that are referred to in the species descriptions and redescriptions: aedeagus shaft width (ASW); vertical central line (ƑCL) [dashed line, not a structure]; horizontal central line (HCL) [dashed line, not a structure]." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2668069/files/figure.png" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
), apex with a symmetrical and slightly flattened curve dorsad forming the short and broadly rounded (hammer-like) dorsal process, hook slightly recurved to shaft (
<figureCitation id="13297DB50238B73394CEB363E9F9FEB8" box="[1186,1266,260,285]" captionStart="FIGURE 33" captionStartId="60.[151,250,1858,1880]" captionTargetBox="[217,1375,203,1820]" captionTargetId="figure@60.[205,1381,193,1836]" captionTargetPageId="60" captionText="FIGURE 33. Mecodema kipjac plate with half habitus (left) and the three (detached) structures of the male aedeagus: the right (RP) and left parameres (LP), plus the penis lobe (PL). The bottom scale bar is the width across the widest point of the pronotum of the specimen used for this habitus and top scale bar equates to the half the length of the penis lobe." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2668129/files/figure.png" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Fig. 33</figureCitation>
PL); penis lobe shaft with ventral edge slightly curved to right (VV), shaft of penis lobe narrow, more narrowed prior to apex (
<figureCitation id="13297DB50238B7339503B340EDB8FEC0" captionStart="FIGURE 33" captionStartId="60.[151,250,1858,1880]" captionTargetBox="[217,1375,203,1820]" captionTargetId="figure@60.[205,1381,193,1836]" captionTargetPageId="60" captionText="FIGURE 33. Mecodema kipjac plate with half habitus (left) and the three (detached) structures of the male aedeagus: the right (RP) and left parameres (LP), plus the penis lobe (PL). The bottom scale bar is the width across the widest point of the pronotum of the specimen used for this habitus and top scale bar equates to the half the length of the penis lobe." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2668129/files/figure.png" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Fig. 33</figureCitation>
PL), broadened toward base, overall length of penis lobe moderately curved ventrally (LV) (
<figureCitation id="13297DB50238B733954DB32BE884FEC1" box="[1313,1423,332,357]" captionStart="FIGURE 16" captionStartId="21.[151,250,897,919]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,869]" captionTargetId="figure@21.[151,1436,181,876]" captionTargetPageId="21" captionText="FIGURE 16. Relative strength of the ventral curve over the length of the penis lobe (lateral view): (A) slightly curved (M. oblongum); (B) moderately curved (M. ponaiti); (C) distinctly curved (M. manaia). Scale bar = 1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2668095/files/figure.png" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Fig. 16B</figureCitation>
). Structures of the endophallus (
<figureCitation id="13297DB50238B733919AB308EF36FE2C" box="[502,573,367,392]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="7.[151,250,973,995]" captionTargetBox="[354,1232,193,952]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[354,1232,193,952]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 4. An Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope (ESEM) photograph of the four main structures of the apical plate of the endophallus within the penis lobe. This is an example from Mecodema haunoho showing the central spicule (c.s), left (l.s.f) and the right setose flange (r.s.f), and microtrichial field (m.f). These structures are variable among species but within a species, they are very consistent, even over distant geographical ranges. The microtrichial field can be covered in flattened scales as in photo above, or with elongated setae-like scales." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2668071/files/figure.png" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
): lateral form of the apex of the central spicule pointed; dorsal form of the apex of the central spicule greatly expanded with projection; setal (scales) coverage of the apical plate moderate (2675%); size of left setose flange small; size of right setose flange large. Left paramere basal lobe rectangular without dorsal hump, moderately angled (45°) to arm; arm narrow the entire length with terminal lobe indistinct from arm, ventral edge of arm curved apically reducing width; longer setae bunched at apex, long setae extended to junction of arm and basal lobe (
<figureCitation id="13297DB50238B733927FB043EF62FD98" box="[531,617,548,573]" captionStart="FIGURE 33" captionStartId="60.[151,250,1858,1880]" captionTargetBox="[217,1375,203,1820]" captionTargetId="figure@60.[205,1381,193,1836]" captionTargetPageId="60" captionText="FIGURE 33. Mecodema kipjac plate with half habitus (left) and the three (detached) structures of the male aedeagus: the right (RP) and left parameres (LP), plus the penis lobe (PL). The bottom scale bar is the width across the widest point of the pronotum of the specimen used for this habitus and top scale bar equates to the half the length of the penis lobe." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2668129/files/figure.png" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Fig. 33</figureCitation>
LP); ventral edge of basal lobe very straight, with setae absent. Right paramere narrow and triangular (½ width of left paramere), long narrow arm with double row of long setae extended along apical ¾ of ventral edge (
<figureCitation id="13297DB50238B7339205B00BEFB1FD20" box="[617,698,620,645]" captionStart="FIGURE 33" captionStartId="60.[151,250,1858,1880]" captionTargetBox="[217,1375,203,1820]" captionTargetId="figure@60.[205,1381,193,1836]" captionTargetPageId="60" captionText="FIGURE 33. Mecodema kipjac plate with half habitus (left) and the three (detached) structures of the male aedeagus: the right (RP) and left parameres (LP), plus the penis lobe (PL). The bottom scale bar is the width across the widest point of the pronotum of the specimen used for this habitus and top scale bar equates to the half the length of the penis lobe." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2668129/files/figure.png" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Fig. 33</figureCitation>
RP); apical ½ of arm inwardly curved across dorsad area of penis lobe.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BAD61300238B73390ABB0D3EFE2FD69" blockId="61.[151,1437,151,1040]" box="[199,745,692,717]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">
<emphasis id="B966BD220238B73390ABB0D3EC85FD68" box="[199,398,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Female genitalia:</emphasis>
no female specimen available.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C30832BB0238B73390ABB0B0EF21FC9C" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BAD61300238B73390ABB0B0EF21FC9C" blockId="61.[151,1437,151,1040]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">
<emphasis id="B966BD220238B73390ABB0B0EC59FD54" bold="true" box="[199,338,727,752]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Comments:</emphasis>
This species has been described from a single specimen collected in Kirikopuni, situated to the northwest of the Tangihua Range across the Wairoa River, and near the southeastern flanks of the Maungaru Range, between Whangarei and Dargaville.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C30832BB0238B73390ABB123EEA0FCF9" box="[199,939,836,861]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BAD61300238B73390ABB123EEA0FCF9" blockId="61.[151,1437,151,1040]" box="[199,939,836,861]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">
<emphasis id="B966BD220238B73390ABB123EC69FCF9" bold="true" box="[199,354,836,861]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Distribution:</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="F30521A00238B7339105B122EF09FCF9" box="[361,514,836,861]" name="New Zealand" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">New Zealand</collectingCountry>
, North Island, Northland, Kirikopuni.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C30832BB0238B73390ABB100EDD5FC6C" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="8BAD61300238B73390ABB100EDD5FC6C" blockId="61.[151,1437,151,1040]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">
<materialsCitation id="3B7A6B6D0238B73390ABB100E883FC24" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2237851809" box="[199,1416,871,896]" collectingDate="1942-02-10" collectionCode="AMNZ" collectorName="N. Kirikopuni Wairoa &amp; C. E. Clarke Collection" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="holotype">
<emphasis id="B966BD220238B73390ABB100EC36FC24" bold="true" box="[199,317,871,896]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">
<typeStatus id="54A9DF920238B73390ABB100EC33FC24" box="[199,312,871,896]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
:
</emphasis>
<collectionCode id="ED03F9F50238B7339126B10FEC96FC24" box="[330,413,872,896]" country="New Zealand" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/76et-m1kt" name="Auckland Institute and Museum" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" type="Museum">AMNZ</collectionCode>
male labelled.
<collectorName id="26E704E60238B7339235B100EE47FC24" box="[601,844,871,896]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">N.Kirikopuni Wairoa</collectorName>
R.
<date id="FFAC47F00238B73393ECB10FE913FC24" box="[896,1048,871,896]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" value="1942-02-10">
<collectingDate id="EFE8BE180238B73393ECB10FE913FC24" box="[896,1048,871,896]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" value="1942-02-10">10 Feb 1942</collectingDate>
</date>
[hw] /
<collectorName id="26E704E60238B7339410B10FE883FC24" box="[1148,1416,871,896]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">C.E. Clarke Collection</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
/
<materialsCitation id="3B7A6B6D0238B73390FBB1EBEDD1FC6C" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2237851724" collectionCode="AMNZ" collectorName="DS Seldon &amp; TR Buckley" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" specimenCode="AMNZ 84331" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="holotype">
<typeStatus id="54A9DF920238B73390FBB1EBEC20FC00" box="[151,299,908,932]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" type="holotype">HOLOTYPE</typeStatus>
<taxonomicName id="4C121AB30238B7339159B1EBEF0BFC01" authority="Seldon &amp; Buckley, 2019" authorityName="Seldon &amp; Buckley" authorityYear="2019" box="[309,512,908,933]" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Mecodema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kipjac" status="sp. nov.">Mecodema kipjac</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B966BD220238B7339266B1EBEF47FC01" bold="true" box="[522,588,908,933]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">n. sp.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
design.
<collectorName id="26E704E60238B73392DCB1EBEE24FC01" box="[688,815,908,933]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">DS Seldon</collectorName>
,
<collectorName id="26E704E60238B7339351B1EAEEC3FC01" box="[829,968,908,933]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">TR Buckley</collectorName>
2018 [red label] /
<specimenCode id="DBB4C94B0238B73394C4B1EBE841FC00" box="[1192,1354,908,932]" collectionCode="AMNZ" country="New Zealand" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/76et-m1kt" name="Auckland Institute and Museum" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" type="Museum">AMNZ 84331</specimenCode>
[green label]
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C30832BB0238B73390ABB1B3E880FBB4" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BAD61300238B73390ABB1B3E880FBB4" blockId="61.[151,1437,151,1040]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">
<emphasis id="B966BD220238B73390ABB1B3EC5AFC49" bold="true" box="[199,337,980,1005]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Etymology:</emphasis>
This species epithet is an amalgamation of my (DSS) two main supporters and the sacrifices (e.g., collecting trips instead of holidays) they have made in pursuit of my doctorate, Kipling Seldon and Jaclyn Druitt.
</paragraph>
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</treatment>
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