Global InformationMecodema antarcticum information
| Mecodema antarcticum | |
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| Specimen from Castlecliff Beach, Whanganui, New Zealand | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Mecodema |
| Species: | M. antarcticum
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| Binomial name | |
| Mecodema antarcticum (Laporte, 1867)
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Mecodema antarcticum is a carnivorous carabid beetle that burrows in sand above the high tide mark on New Zealand sandy beaches. First described by Francis de Laporte de Castelnau in 1867 as Brullea antarctica, it has since been reassigned to Mecodema.[2]
- ^ "Mecodema antarcticum". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ "Mecodema antarcticum (Laporte, 1867)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-03-11.