Beetle (Ground) Mecodema ducale

Kingdom:   Animalia
Phylum:     Arthropoda
Class:        Insecta
Order:       Coleoptera
Family:      Carabidae
Subfamily:   Broscinae
Tribe:   Broscini
Genus:      Mecodema
Species:    Mecodema ducale
Genus: Mecodema
Species:   M. ducale
Binominal name:  Mecodema ducale

Mecodema ducate is a New Zealand species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae.

Photographed at Goldsborough, South Island.
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