A new species of Mecodema Blanchard, 1853 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Nothobroscina) restricted to the north-eastern arm of the Parataiko Range, Northland, Aotearoa – New Zealand

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Figure 1. The approximate locality on the Waoku Coach Road Track (red circle), Parataiko Range, Northland, Aotearoa – New Zealand where the two specimens of Mecodema haakuturi sp. nov. were collected by the late John Ward, Canterbury Museum, Christchurch.

Table 1. Described regionally endemic Mecodema species (in alphabetical order), the type locality and the ranges within the Northland (ND) region as per Crosby et al. (1998), New Zealand.

Species name/author	Type Locality/Region	Range
M. haakuturi sp. nov.	Waoku Coach Road Track, east of Kowekaweka, ND	North-eastern arm of Parataiko Range
M. kipjac Seldon & Buckley, 2019	Kirikopuni, ND	Type locality only
M. kokoroiho Seldon & Buckley, 2019	Warawara Forest, ND	Type locality only
M. kokoromatua Seldon et al., 2012	Herekino, North Head, ND	Type locality only
M. manaia Seldon & Leschen, 2011	Bream Head, Whangarei Heads, ND	Mt Lion, Mt Manaia and surrounding forested areas
M. ngaiatonga Seldon & Buckley, 2019	Ngaiatonga (Russell) Forest, ND	Throughout the forest and surrounding native remnants
M. ngaitahuhu Seldon & Buckley, 2019	Tangihua Forest, ND	Type locality and surrounding native remnants
M. papake Seldon & Buckley, 2019	Puketi Forest, ND	Type locality, Omahuta Forest, Maungataniwha Range
M. parataiko Seldon & Leschen, 2011	Waipoua Range, ND	All native forest remnants from Dargaville–Whangarei line north to Ahipara–Taipa line
M. ponaiti Seldon & Leschen, 2011	Poor Knights Is., ND	Type locality only
M. regulus Britton, 1964	Three Kings Is., ND	Type locality only
M. tenaki Seldon & Leschen, 2011	Unuwhau, Kapowairua, ND	Cape Reinga to North Cape, north of Waititi Landing
M. teparawhau Seldon & Buckley, 2019	Pukenui Forest, Whangarei, ND	Type locality only
M. teroroa Seldon & Buckley, 2019	Trounson/Waipoua Forests, ND	Parataiko Range
M. tewhara Seldon & Buckley, 2019	Bream Head, Whangarei Heads, ND	Mt Lion, Mt Manaia and surrounding areas
M. xylanthrax Seldon & Buckley, 2019	Waipu Gorge, ND	Type locality only

Figure 2. Male genitalia (aedeagus) structures (detached) of Mecodema haakuturi: (AL) aedeagal lobe, length 4.6 mm; (LP) left paramere (detached from AL), length 3.65 mm; (RP) right paramere (detached from AL), length 3.4 mm (EP) endophallus, length 3.9 mm (everted from AL). The Y-sclerite contains the sclerotised central spicule and associated structures (Photographs by author: DSS) [CMNZ specimen 2007.163.10642].

Figure 3. Mecodema haakuturi sp. nov. plate: A, dorsal habitus; B, habitus illustration; C, ventral habitus. The scale bar under the habitus is the width across the widest point of the elytra of the specimen used for this illustration. Illustration by Vivian Ward, School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland (Photographs by author: DSS) [CMNZ specimen 2007.163.10642].

Figure 4. Ventral view of a Mecodema specimen showing specific morphological structures, excluding taxonomic structures indicated in detail figures, used in the species descriptions. VLF = ventrite lateral foveae; VSP = ventrite setose punctures; MTC = metacoxa; MTVP = metaventrite process (with carina); MSC = mesocoxa; PC = procoxa; PS = prosternum; G = gena; PES = proepisternum; MSE = mesepisternum; MTE = metepisternum; V1–V6 = ventrites 1–6 (ventrites 1–3 may be fused); M = midline (dashed line, not a taxonomic structure) [Reproduced from Seldon & Buckley (2019) with permission from copyright holder, Zootaxa].

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